Pittsburgh hackerspace HackPGH used leftover helium from their LEAD Balloon project to facilitate another project: the Aerial Ping Pong Drop. They filled biodegradable party balloons and launched origami butterflies and...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday September 21st, 2011 7:00 AM
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While quadrotors are a popular topic here at MAKE, Lockheed Martin is taking things in the other direction with Samarai, their proof-of-concept monocoptor. The design is inspired by a maple...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Monday August 22nd, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 8 Comments
The item in question - wires, battery, mint tin - yah, it looks like almost every single electronic project featured here on MAKE. The TSA knows people make and travel...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Wednesday August 10th, 2011 10:41 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 144 Comments
Serious rocket enthusiast Steve Jurvetson built these units for his rockets. They feature G-Wiz HCX flight computers and the one on the right has a Flip camera for some aerial...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday August 1st, 2011 7:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
Multicopters is an exciting new area of hobby robotics. They are also sometimes known as UAV’s, and essentially they are “flying hobby robots.” They are made with a center that...
Posted by fritslyneborg | Friday July 29th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Robotics | 11 Comments
LVL1 Hackerspace’s White Star Balloon team is going to be showing off the SpeedBall balloon system at MakerFaire Detroit, July 30 & 31 at The Henry Ford museum.
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday July 27th, 2011 12:35 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Hackerspaces | 4 Comments
In the last couple of years quadrotors have become a leading platform for aerial robotics. Precision control, maneuverability, and the ability to pack on a payload make quadrotors the choice...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday July 13th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 5 Comments
Portland, Oregon resident Greg Tanous designed this superhumanoid R/C airplane that is almost certain to delight any child, inner or outer, who beholds it. Given the unbridled awesomeness of its...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday July 5th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Tools | 8 Comments
We’ve been highlighting a lot of the amazing stunts that are performed with quadrotors lately; it practically seems like these little buzzing aircraft are infallible superstars. Well, if you’re sick...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday July 2nd, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 2 Comments
And not necessarily in that order. Australian Chris Malloy is the responsible party. Obviously it's dangerous. I would also add that, although there is a short video of a grounded...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday June 15th, 2011 6:09 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games | 6 Comments
This drone, reportedly a prototype for the Japan Self Defense Force, has a single rotor and is said to be capable of 40 mph flight. And as the video shows,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday June 13th, 2011 1:06 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Robotics | 20 Comments
Copenhagen Suborbitals is a suborbital space endeavor, based entirely on private donors, sponsors and part time specialists. Our mission is to launch human beings into space on privately built rockets...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday June 3rd, 2011 7:26 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Science | 24 Comments
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