Well, I said I'd be able to fix the vehicle quickly and go back to testing right away. The weather did not cooperate. There was about 4 inches of standing water underneath Goliath on Saturday and it's still drying out. Unfortunately I'm out of time to...
Two auxiliary Reactron projects have been posted. Here and here. And links added on the side on this project.They describe:- A generalized material mover (though not much material, and not far.. but sometimes that is all you need), and...
I have been fiddling with the hardware side of things for the last 5 months....What started as an Arduino Uno with a few LED pucks and microswitches communicating with EventGhost has now grown into a stand-alone controller for the home automation functions,...
I've been looking at options for which camera to go with so I can get the images from the grating... I am leaning toward modifying an existing webcam so I can take long exposures...(this will allow for getting a better image since the return light...
So, in the process of designing the spectrometer portion of this system.. I want some real world examples before going out on a limb and trying full scale right off the bat... In this spirit, I have designed some small throwaway test stands for...
I have been playing around with different ideas for the past week on physical designs for the spectrometer... Aside from the geometry, and other design aspects.. I needed to develop a physical 3D printable case to fit the optics in, etc.. So...
Awesome.. XYZ again with the DRM cartridges.. I made the mistake of upgrading my software for the DaVinci recently.. Tried printing a new cuvette tray today.. Nope. It claims my cartridges are fake.. I bought a bunch ( A BUNCH ) of their overpriced cartridges...
So, a quick update... Some of you may have noticed that I posted a couple other projects related to PCB production.. I've been on overtime trying to get a reliable and repeatable, yet simple and easy method down for making a number of boards.. I'm doing...
I'm thinking about moving the repo from gitHub...and over to gitLab.. GitLab seems to be a lot better suited to what I'm trying to accomplish.. I'll probably keep gitHub there, and maybe update it with major updates or at certain intervals...but it won't...
Lots of tutorials/videos on the internet show you how to roll your own springs. Though the produced spring are useful, in the DNA Lamp the two helix will be intertwined we need them really regular. If one turn is 0.2mm longer than expected, when the...
As promised i uploaded the pictures that were used in the video. These pictures show the current prototype platform and a mockup screen layout for control of the robot.The protype platform is build from Lego. It's a small six wheeled platform with four...
Truth be told, the video requirement has been torturing and distracting me from the project for a the past couple of weeks. (along with a few friends rallying for a local makerspace and other personal things :-) Honestly, I think a video is...
Figured a update was in order.This specific project is currently dormant, but that doesn't mean the overall goal of the project is dead. I'm still working hard on creating interface technologies that facilitate more efficient communications. The solution...
A big update with lots of pictures -- I've been building and testing many of the first revision sensor boards.Watching the PWM of your soldering station's power supply!One of the things I remember most from building the Open Source Science Tricorder...
Just a quick update, and my apologies for taking a while to update -- I think I speak for all the Hackaday prize finalists when I say that the push to finish was absolutely exhausting! In the mean time I've been very busy catching up on writing two papers...