SonicFly lets a drone follow another using only the sound of the leader’s rotors—no GPS, cameras, or radio. Built by Yanbaihui Liu, it uses a four-microphone array, neural network, and Kalman filter to estimate position acoustically.
Maker Faire Rome is the largest European innovation event publicly showcasing inventions, ideas, solutions, the latest discoveries in technological research, robotics and artificial intelligence. At Maker Faire Rome we are always looking for people who can show us the future that lies just around the corner, something we need today more than ever. This year’s…
Sony recently renamed its “old” Sony Spritzer, an Arduino compatible with a Sony hexa-core Arm Cortex-M4F micro-controller, a built-in GNSS receiver, and an audio codec. They made some design modifications and called the “new” board Spresense. Sony is ready to launch the main board for ~$50, and the extension board for an extra $32 on…
Droiko is a high technology gaming micro drone that allows you playing GAMES with your drone. It’s a fully open source product, both hardware and software. As soon as the project is succesfully funded, everything design related will be publicly available: the full code, the electronics schematic and board layout, and the 3D models. These…
Open-source quad-core camera effortlessly adds powerful machine vision to all your PC/Arduino/Raspberry Pi projects: rush to Kickstarter today to help them collecting funds! JeVois = video sensor + quad-core CPU + USB video + serial port, all in a tiny, self-contained package (28 cc or 1.7 cubic inches). Insert a microSD card loaded with the…
Over the past few years, interest in both civilian and commercial use of drones has continued to grow rapidly, and drone hardware sits at the top of many people’s holiday wish lists. Here are the top 4 open source drone project selected by Opensource.com: Paparazzi UAV Paparazzi UAV is a project that combines both the software…
Here are some of the best projects we have received in the Open Electronics Wireless Power Contest challenge! Bionic Organs/Devices/Limbs Wireless Charging Bionic devices/organs has a limited lifetime where its battery needs to be replaced in order for it to function continually. The limited battery life causes the patient to be subjected to an operation…
On a clear March day last year, Chris Anderson led FORBES onto the outdoor deck at 3D Robotics’ Berkeley, Calif. headquarters to discuss the future of flying robots. As the CEO of North America’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, Anderson, former editor-in-chief at Wired and author of New York Times bestseller The Long Tail, explained why…
“Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition” – Fourth edition 14 -16 October – Fiera di Roma Over 100,000 square metres for the largest European event on innovation Rome, 20 September 2016 – The appointment with “Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition”once again returns, from 14 to 16 October 2016 at the Fiera…
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Maker Faire never gets old. While we only scratched the surface after a 90 minute walk through the fairgrounds, the drone racing was the coolest thing that we saw on Friday afternoon. Every 10 minutes, a few drone pilots would sit with headsets and zoom their aircraft through a netted raceway, replete with…
Erle Robotics today announced the worldwide release of its B2B robotics services aimed at industries, governments and institutions. After two years providing brains for robots and tools for developers, the announcement comes with a display of some selected public projects that they have completed. Among the success cases presented are contracts with defense agencies…
BoxBotix is a perfect example of what thrills a contemporary hobbyist. An open source 3D printable robotics system developed by Coby Leuschke from Rocketship Systems, BoxBotix can be a copter, plane, or rover. Perfect for the desktop enthusiast, this aerial fun can fabricated easily at home, with some materials required using basic tools such…
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