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Day: November 10, 2007

Laser Camera Tracking

November 10, 2007 by Will O'Brien 15 Comments


[ashish] is still having fun with his lasers. His latest hack is a dual laser based tracking camera. He mounted his camera to a simple parallel port controlled stepper motor. Essentially, if the camera loses track of either laser, it tracks to locate the lost edge of the object. I’d probably go with IR to reduce the chance of retina damage…

Posted in computer hacks, digital cameras hacks

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