Mike Phillips shared this video in the Fireball group yesterday, it’s very impressive to see the advancement that has occurred over the years. I remember watching a car prototype being created by hand, modelers were working from a sketch smearing clay all over a model pinching and smoothing to make the lines similar to the sketch. Only problem with the manual method is it would be impossible to duplicate.
This interesting Hacked Camera Robot that OddBot made is great since it uses a camera that most people would have no use for anymore. He has mounted it onto a mount that the robot can control and when ready the robot can take the picture. Best of all the system is autonomous. "I’ve hacked a cheap camera and mounted on a pan / tilt neck assembly. Pictomatix MkII only
KeithRobot has made a crazy looking walking robot. It looks like the helicopter needs to be a bit more powerful to make it more useful but it is a great proof of concept. I can just imagine this thing being automated, it could fly close to the destination and walk the rest of the way.
The ARToolKit is a very cool technology. How long will it be before the Wii or Playstation 3 has a game that takes advantage of this? The demonstrations are simply fantastic. "ARToolKit is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These are applications that involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world. For example, in the image to the right a three-dimensional virtual character appears
Dave Peterson sent in this cool Macro Adapter that he built for his Olympus FE-310. It is a wonderful combination of used and disposable parts, you would never guess what it was made from by judging the results alone! "Took the objective lens out of a pair of MultiTech Survivor DCF 8×22 binoculars, cut out the center of a Fujifilm 35mm canister lid, cut the bottom half off the
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier. This contest will run for one week (Feb 28 – March 5, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as
If you have a few old hard drives laying around here is Hard Drive Tesla Turbine that can be made in a few simple steps. "Build a Tesla turbine from 2 old computer hard disk drives using basic hand tools and a pillar drill. No metal lathe or other expensive fabrication machinery is required and you only need some basic craft skills. It’s crude, but this thing can scream!
