Roboexotica Celebrates its 15th Year
The number one destination for barbot enthusiasts is Roboexotica, a festival held every year in Vienna.
Technology
UAVs Demonstrated for South African National Parks Officials
We’re in the operations command center for a briefing from SANParks officials. The scene is hectic. Mission area senior staff officer, Otch Otto, is directing resources and taking calls from the field. The news is sobering. Two poachers had been intercepted and shot by rangers. The rest is bad news. We’re in a full moon period—the most active time for poaching—and a fresh rhino carcass had been discovered.
High School Students Launch Satellite With NASA
Brace yourselves, history’s first high school-built satellite is set for launch! At 7:30PM ET today, TJ3Sat (pronounced TJ-cube-sat) will launch from the Wallops Flight Facility alongside 27 other satellites. Our small, 10cm x 10cm x 11cm satellite will orbit the Earth at 500km and will function as an educational tool for schools and the general public worldwide.
The Kano Kit—Building a Raspberry Pi Computer
The Kano Kit takes the Raspberry Pi back to its roots and earlier today I talked to Alex Klein, co-founder of Kano Computing, about the kit, why they put it together, and their Kickstarter campaign.
One Small Step for a Humanoid…
Walt Disney famously said, “the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” That’s the journey some 65 teams in the Make-GE Robot Hack have undertaken. In just a few short weeks their small steps became a running stampede. The final Robot Hack is tomorrow.
Building a Spot Welder From a Transformer
Manekinen’s spot welder
Flashback: Rock Star Headphones
Keep the chill away by making flashy wearable electronic gear that will keep your ears warm and protected from the harsh winter wind!