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Do it your self projects
DIY Liquid Nitrogen
May 28th
Whole system diagram
Ben Krasnow explains how to build DIY liquid nitrogen, short interview video from Maker Faire California 2010. he said one his blog as you can spend less than $500 for build your own one.
Ridding the Mondo Spider on Maker Fair
May 28th
Really big hexapod named Mobdo Spider has been show off on the Maker Fair 1,700 lb monster with 8 legs walking and you can ride it.
DIY Sterling engine from beverage can
May 27th
The video demonstrate the do it your self Stirling engine from beverage can, which it could running from the single candle and a bit of water for cooling, with shaft of the engine connect to the generator which can generate the power enough to supply the radio. for the picture and instructions please visit : Junkie – Home Brewed Energy
DIY Thermoelectric Solar Panel
May 27th
DIY Solar Panel from Thermoelectric device (as know as Peltier or TEC) which can convert energy from the sun light by using Fresnel lens to focus the sunlight beam and concentrate the heat up on thermoelectric and using fan to cooling down on other side. more info at : instructables
Aggressive QuadCopter Maneuvers
May 27th
The developer team from university of pennsylvania by Daniel Mellinger, Dr. Nathan Michael and Dr. Vijay Kumar slowing aggressive QuadCopter flight it can flip, and fly through windows.
Autonomous Take off and Landing QuadCopter
May 26th
Autonomous take off and landing quadcopter with carrier tracking the developer from University of Tübingen using Wii IR camera which can tracking IR light patten then calculate it back to position and orientation to control the flight, self-stabilization with IMU unit, onboard process with additional ground station which reported live view camera image, current calculated pose, next way point and PID controller setting.
DIY Remote Controlled Arduino Self Balancing Robot
May 24th
DIY remote controlled 2 wheels self balancing robot by using arduino as microcontroller with 300 degree/sec gyro and 1.7 g accelerometer combine with complimentary filter, PID algorithm. more about this project including souce code at : letsmakerobots
DIY Hybrid Solar Panel
May 24th
The photovoltaics solar panel can convert around 12% from the sun light energy and the rest turn into heat, Carlos Wexler at instructables has been presented his invent hybrid solar panel which combination PV solar panel with solar thermo water heater, the test result has been written on end of his work log.
DIY Keyless Door Entry
May 23rd
if you always to forget the key let build your own door entry or applied to save box, with keypad password require to unlock it, simple mechanical unlock using servo not much for modify. all instruction found at : instructables
iPad Controlled BlimpDuino
May 22nd
Wireless Controlled Blimp via iPad with realtime video transfer, they slowing how it fly smoothly on the night party. via diydrone
