It’s Sunday evening, and that means Hackaday Links, and that means something crowdfunded. This week it’s UberBlox. It’s a modular construction system based on Al extrusion – basically a modern version of an Erector set. Random musings on the perceived value UberBlox offers in the comments, I’m sure.
[Trevor] sent in something from his Etsy shop. Normally we’d shy away from blatant self-promotion, but this is pretty cool. It’s reproductions of 1960s Lockheed flying saucer plans. We’re not sure if this is nazi moon base/lizard people from the inner earth flying saucer plans or something a little more realistic, but there you go.
3D computer mice exist, as do quadcopters. Here’s the combination. It looks like there’s a good amount of control, and could be used for some aerobatics if you’re cool enough.
Who doesn’t love LED cubes? They’re awesome, but usually limited to one color. Here’s an RGB LED cube. It’s only 4x4x4, but there’s a few animations and a microphone with a beat detection circuit all powered by an ATMega32u4.
A while ago we had a post about a solar powered time lapse rig. Time lapse movies take a while, and the results are finally in.
More like Uber 80/20. But yes, I love LED cubes.
I wish they had the plans for Project Orion ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29 ), I’ve got some plutonium burning a hole in my pocket (and I should find a better place to keep it than in my pocket!)
I pity your neighbors when you launch that one in your back yard.
UberBlox looks a lot like FisherTechnik with an orange color-scheme instead of Red and some alumninum thrown in.
Look how wobbly the delta bot is in the UberBlox video. “You can build a delta robot”. Yes you can. A wobbly slow delta bot.
The LED cube guy should consider blackening the leads with a marker.