Category Archives: Other

Documentation – ROS Wiki

ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. ROS is licensed under an open source, BSD license. Documentation – ROS Wiki.

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Multi-Rotors – Documentation – OpenPilot Wiki

What looks like a great resource for how to build all kinds of quads. Multi-Rotors – Documentation – OpenPilot Wiki.

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Real or Fake? Dutch engineer is the first man in history to fly like a bird with self- built wings – DIY Drones

Dutch engineer is the first man in history to fly like a bird with self- built wings via Dutch engineer is the first man in history to fly like a bird with self- built wings – DIY Drones.  

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Robot Sailboat – OpenSailor

I’ve been thinking about and reading about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) recently, and thought it would be cool if there existed a robot controlled sailboat – and when I say sailboat I mean lots of sails: I looked around a bit and found this project in France: À propos . . . | OpenSailor. Nicely done!

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Putting Recent Events in Egypt in Perspective

Excellent summary:

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Lil’ Drac: Orphaned Short-Tailed Fruit Bat Rescued By Bat World Sanctuary (VIDEO)

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David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

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The reality of the situation

Chinese Playing Cards Factory

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Shinya Kimura

More on the theme of making things: shinya kimura @ chabott engineering from Henrik Hansen on Vimeo.

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500 Types of Soda – and no Coke or Pepsi.

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