So here's the deal. I was starting to run out of time and didn't take enough pictures of the final steps. But here's the gist of it all:I have a backpack with a laptop area. I made a square out of 3/4" PVC pieces which fit snugly in this pocket. On the...
A key part of this system is the simulated hose nozzle with a built in wireless transmitter. This simulated nozzle should have a look and feel similar to an actual firefighting nozzle, but block the flow of water in the hose. Remember that...
After completing the frame, the next step was building the drive system. Quadcopters traditionally use 4 individual motors with two spinning clockwise and two spinning counter clockwise to balance out the torque. Since Goliath uses a single...
A not-fully developed Reactron, the "Quadralope", is basically just a table. But with movable legs, and a Reactron wireless controller, the idea is that it will bring you your stuff, or take stuff away. It isn't concerned with what the payload...
A lot of the Integron unit is working in component parts. It remains for me to coordinate the various internal subsystems. Here is an image of the first cut of the desktop morphology. In this image the screen is present but not active,...
I just wanted to break out and show the parts that I have and the status on their completion.. I have printed all of these objects and will soon post a side by side comparison of the rendered object and the actual object.. They all came out great...
I always think ahead a bit... Starting with a rough idea, and gradually refining that until reality starts dictating the direction.. It's a balance I think most hackers battle with.. So, I had some grand ideas at the beginning of this project,...
So.. When I first started this project.. I had some ideas on how I was going to accomplish this. I was thinking of using the raspberryPi Camera Module, and a diffraction grating I bought on eBay..along with the two edge filters, etc.. I...
I've been working on getting things tied up with the CCD... I wrote some more sophisticated code to control the CCD, code that allows me to control the exposure and integration times.. It's amazing how sensitive the Toshiba chip is.. I covered...
Note: This log entry is a living document. I'll be updating this post to reflect the current configuration as time goes on.. There will also be a log at the end of the post noting modifications to the log, etc.. UPDATED-----> 09.23.2014Ok.. It's been...
Note: This log entry is a living document. I'll be updating this post to reflect the current configuration as time goes on.. There will also be a log at the end of the post noting modifications to the log, etc.. UPDATED-----> 09.23.2014Once you've assembled...
The ergonomics of Keychange have been getting a lot of my attention. It is very important to me that this device is comfortable to use, because if it does its job successfully then it will be in my hands all day. If I get the shape and mechanics of it...
The current idea for the powet bed is two identical square chambers with moving floor. One chamber starts full and one empty, as one is lowered the other is rised and the powder is shifted across. This should create fine layers to work on. This is not...
The original project was going to be all acrylic. There would be multiple layers. The backing would have small 5mm square holes for the neopixel to shine through an illuminate the dome. I had planned for the bottom layer to be one large...
Let's have a look and see if we can figure out the project concept and begin the industrial design. Previous Prototype ConceptBefore we put together our new concept, let's have a look at some previous prototypes and see what worked really well,...