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Over at Mad Lab Industries, they had the idea of building a quadcopter that could walk and fly. By combining a hexapod with a hexacopter, they ended up with this creation. The hexapod part started off with PhantomX Hexapod Kit, but it was far too heavy to fly. To reduce weight, they manufactured carbon fibre parts for the frame and legs. Even with the weight reductions, they still needed to … [Read more...]
The etsy of electronics project, Tindie, has a brand new feature: It's a Kickstarter-esque endeavor called a Fundraiser that allows you to sell your projects to other electron enthusiasts. Of course the new Tindie Fundraisers may soon be just another Kickstarter clone for "exciting," "new," and "innovative" Arduino dev boards, something we've lamented before. We're really interested in … [Read more...]
Here's another hack that we would definitely discourage you from trying at home, 244 9 volt batteries wired in series. There's really not much more to it than that, but [jersagfast] takes this setup through its paces arcing through air first, a LED light second, and then a CD. The air arc is probably the most impressive, but a CD doesn't look happy after this kind of abuse either. Around 4:38, a … [Read more...]
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