Developed at NASA Ames Research Center, the Astrobee bots are named Honey, Queen and Bumble. They are free-flying and driven by Ubuntu and offer autonomous or remote-controlled navigation. NASA has deployed them on the ISS for assisting the astronauts rather than chatting them up. The Astrobee uses electric fans to navigate through the zero-gravity ISS…
Onion company has recently returned to Crowd Supply with a open source, OpenWrt Linux driven Omega2 LTE SBC with 4G LTE and GNSS location connectivity. “The Omega2 LTE is the latest addition to the Omega2 family of Linux IoT computers, adding built-in high-speed 4G LTE cellular data connectivity and GNSS global positioning. Smaller than a…
HomeKit app developer Matt Hochgatterer has unveiled an open-source HomeKit camera project. The HKCam allows users to create their own security camera compatible with Apple’s HomeKit for less than $30. HKCam is easy to assemble even for fairly novice users. It will require a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a power supply, the official Raspberry…
PocketPi by Ramin Assadollahi is powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero W and offers a fantastic truly portable DIY pocket PC. Measuring just 14 x 11 cm the portable Raspberry Pi pocket computer is powered by a 3000mAh battery and equipped keyboard and a 4-port USB hub. A Pi Zero W was chosen for its…
N-O-D-E has this month published a great tutorial providing full instructions on how to create your very own Raspberry Pi home server in the form of a NODE Mini Server V2. The idea behind the home server is to replace remote servers that store your browsing data with those that can be managed and operated…
The Programmable-Air is a hardware toolkit that allows you to inflate and deflate objects, combinig everything you need for simple air power experimentation into one package. It is available to purchase via the Crowd Supply website with kits available from $150. Since the project is open source hardware, you’ll find the EAGLE schematics and PCB…
If you are looking for a project to do with your children, maybe this new tutorial published to the Wired website may be just the thing. With simply $60 price of hardware and 10 strains of code, you and your child can construct an easy wheeled robot that may drive around your own home. The…
hgTerm is a pocket-sized computer with a 4 inch touchscreen display, a 270 degree hinge that lets you flip it around backward, a thumb keyboard, and a 3D printed case. The whole thing runs on battery power for hours at a time, and the brains of the operation is a Raspberry Pi 3. Even though…
If you’re dealing with brushless motors, you can be interested in this brushless speed controller by Electronoobs. Version 1.0 of his open-source ESC design has been just released. This is a sensorless brushless motor speed controller since it uses no sensor to detect the rotor position. Electronic speed controllers are used to control brushless motors;…
University of Auckland’s Augmented Human Lab have prototyped a wearable system called GymSoles to help you to improve your workout by monitoring and correcting your form. “GymSoles enables a correct execution of exercises, such as squats and dead-lifts by solely providing feedback on the Centre of Pressure (CoP). We developed a prototype consisting of a…
If you want to turn your humble Raspberry Pi board into a full-fledged handheld console/PC that you can game on or use for general consumption of media, then you might want to consider a custom kit like the Hyper Keyboard Pi. The finished build measures 14 cm x 10 cm and features a full QWERTY…
Arduino announced a new family of affordable, low-power Nano sized microcontroller boards based on powerful Arm Cortex processors that may give you pause before buying another Chinese knockoff. Co-founder of Arduino Massimo Banzi said the new boards will meet demand for low-cost but capable microcontrollers for DIY hardware. All the new boards boast low energy…
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