This was a project a few months in the making. I originally started it while I was still at SpaceX but really got to focus on it right before burning man 2013. I really wanted an 8 ft long carbon fiber staff with a ton of full bright white capable RGB...
Here's a video of the project:Here is a diagram of the main components:The system is comprised by a computer, a webcam and a video projector. The camera is placed on the ceiling, above the pool table. It's very important that the camera is positioned...
Half of a two-part project, the other part being "OBA on a Toyota."A friend of mine is making a short film which requires some simulated explosions. Since he doesn't have an explosives lisence and we will be shooting some scenes on public property and...
HydraBus v1.0 Rev1.5 In Stock on DigiKey:https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/benjamin-vernoux/hydrabus-v1/15652912 Features of the HydraBus board: Very small board only 60mm x 37mm size (extensible with shield which can be connected on top or...
I bought an XMS amplifier from a friend years ago and although it was serving it's purpose I got quite frustrated with having to toggle the loudness feature every time the input was changed. This was the beginning of what has now become my network enabled...
I picked up the vacuum system from Portland State two weeks ago from a professor I know. It was too big for the little things they do and by the time it warms up and pumps down there is no time left. So they decided to get rid of this system and build...
Media artists often need to play multiple videos on multiple screens in loop for long time. Often they also want to play all videos synced (i.e. all of them starting at the same time). Having one device (for example a computer) playing all videos requires...
IntroductionVaporization is done by off-the-shelf ultrasonic atomizers, either really cheap ones (the black ones in the picture below, 2.50 $ each) or some more rigid ones (the silver one, a Fogstar 300, 290 € each), air is moved by an array of...
For my GPSDO project I’ve opted for a Piezo 2940210 VCOCXO at 10 Mhz. There is a dearth of information on this particular module available online.(A notation notation: I utilize “E” notation to indicate orders of magnitude; thus 1.5E-6...
To make the claw open and close, a 24V solenoid is used to pull the plunger into the cavity and close the claw via the linkage. There is a return spring that allows for the plunger to be pushed out and open up the claws. this was added as...
The battery in my Lenovo laptop were slowly losing part of it's capacity. The remaining capacity was 69% (good score after 2,5 years) but I need the really long battery time while travelling. The battery statistics according to Lenovo power utility:So,...
DPCM (2-bit samples)A version of the DPCM algorithm can be implemented using very little processing time. A 2-bit/sample compressor/decompressor was written in Matlab to encode and to make a packed C header file, and then to do a test-decode. Note that...
Full documentation at http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760...The receiver circuit is shown in the picture. The RC circuit acts a low-pass filter on the power to surpress spike noise and improve receiver performance. The RC circuit should...
I bought this Vette from a friend incredibly cheap, and to be "nice", it needs a few external parts and paint job which I'll be adding after modding. I have various ideas for what capabilities to add to this car. I comes to mind that since I'm not 20,...