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Aerial photography platforms

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 4:00pm MDT by Mike Szczys

[Eric Austin] is using a Canon 7D with this RC helicopter to capture some amazing HD video. His success has manifested itself in a company that is now manufacturing these platforms ready-to-use. Take a look at their blog to see some of the hardware they’re working on, such as a tricopter and hexacopter photo platforms. [...]
Mind controlled rovio

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 3:00pm MDT by Caleb Kraft

[Robert] at Extremetech was going to write a review of the Emotiv EEG headset but found the bundled software lacking. He decided to write something to really show off what could be done with an EEG in your home. He is now controlling his Rovio with his mind. He had already written a new control [...]
Printable mecanum wheel

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 2:00pm MDT by Mike Szczys

[Zaggo] developed a printable mecanum wheel. These are designed to allow a wheeled vehicle to move in any direction. He uses parts printed with a Makerbot along with commonly available bearings, bolts, washers, and nuts. Download the STL files need for printing and watch the assembly video after the break. We’ve also included a clip [...]
Learn console hacking

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 1:00pm MDT by Mike Szczys

This bright red handheld is [Bacteria's] portable N64 console. We’re beginning to feel a bit saturated with N64 portable hacks, having seen one that looks like a Game Boy, another in a shiny black case, and yet another in a white case. This time around it’s not just the end product, but [Bacteria] has posted [...]
Bonfire – interactivity using pico projectors and cameras

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 12:00pm MDT by Mike Szczys

This video shows a demonstration of Bonfire, an additional interface for computers. It consists of a pico projector and camera hang on the back of either side of a laptop. The projector displays information on the table top and the camera monitors the area for interaction. It can recognize your hand or objects such as [...]
Report from ESC Silicon Valley 2010

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 10:00am MDT by Phil Burgess

Ah, the heady aroma of damp engineers! It’s raining in Silicon Valley, where the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference is getting off the ground at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center. ESC is primarily an industry event. In the past there’s been some lighter fare such as Parallax, Inc. representing the hobbyist market and giant robot giraffes [...]
Multiple buttons and a pot on one pin

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 10:00am MDT by Mike Szczys

[Kevin Fodor] shares his method of reading multiple inputs on one pin of a microcontroller. The analog to digital convert function of the microcontroller is used to read a potentiometer but with some careful calculations a resistor network can be built into the circuit that provides a unique voltage value for each button pushed. The [...]
Puppet Circuits

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 9:00am MDT by Caleb Kraft

This isn’t a specific project, so much as a pointer to a budding new site. Puppet Circuits is the project of [Raphael Abrams], one of the co founders of NYC Resistor. As you can probably guess, he has been posting about the circuits he uses in his animatronic puppets. I faces all kinds of problems [...]
RFID immobiliser

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 8:00am MDT by Caleb Kraft

[andrew_h] has put together this slick anti theft device for his car. The RFID immobiliser is used to keep the car from starting unless you swipe an RFID tag. Depending on how well you hide it, and how well the person stealing the car knows you, they would have no reason to suspect that they [...]
Hackaday links: April 28, 2010

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 7:00am MDT by Mike Szczys

Cell phone chopper control Control your tiny inexpensive helicopter with a Nokia N900. The chopper uses an infrared remote control, just like a television. Getting this to work was just a matter of figuring out the IR commands and writing an app for the phone to spit them out. Fade to black; inconspicuously Lost interest [...]
Part arcade, part guitar

Posted: April 28th, 2010, 5:33am MDT by Jakob Griffith

Finally a guitar that all of the arcade gaming geeks can jam with. [Mike Davenport] sent us his 8bit arcade based guitar for his senior project. Details are a little sparse if you intend to build you own at the moment, but he does mention the basics: such as it uses an FPGA for logic [...]