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Hennessy Hammock Videos. DJI Phantom Quad Copter. Americas largest Phantom dealer. AR.Drone - ARDrone-Flyers.com. AR.Drone Store – Official store for the Parrot AR.Drone & AR.Drone spare parts. Select Your Country Europe Americas Asia & Australasia Middle East.

AR.Drone Store – Official store for the Parrot AR.Drone & AR.Drone spare parts

Glide Around With The Hovertrax. Glide around your neighborhood with the unique Hovertrax, which is currently a Kickstarter campaign, trying to raise funds to get this personal transportation device on the market.

Glide Around With The Hovertrax

It’s an auto-balancing electric transporter with gryo technology that allows you to shift your body weight to control speed and direction so that you can glide around. At the slightest lean of your feet, the Hovertrax travels forward, backwards, turns left and right, and rotates clockwise and counterclockwise. It was created to transcend transportation toys and focus on practical movement we’ve built a totally new product that celebrates personal and intuitive transport. The Hovertrax can be used both indoors and out on a daily basis. Always Innovating MeCam is a $49 Voice-Controlled Nanocopter Camera.

Earlier today, I’ve posted a list of some interesting sessions for the upcoming ELC 2013, and one of the talk entitled “Lessons Learned in Designing a Self-video Self-hovering Nano Copter” by Gregoire Gentil, Always Innovating CEO, caught my attention.

Always Innovating MeCam is a $49 Voice-Controlled Nanocopter Camera

In this presentation, he will talk about the technical challenges the company encountered when they designed MeCam, a self video nano copter to point-and-shoot yourself, that should sell for just $49 retail. Always Innovating MeCam The MeCam launches from the palm of a hand and hovers instantly. It streams video to an Android or iOS phone or tablet that can be easily shared on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. G-Box Midnight Android 4 TV Box - IPTV Mini Web Streaming HTPC Player: Electronics. VIA Initiates APC: The $49 Android PC. Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:00 Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:43 Written by Richard Brown We’re extremely excited to announce APC, a $49 Android PC system.

VIA Initiates APC: The $49 Android PC

APC is powered by a WonderMedia ARM processor, and integrates memory, storage, and a full set of consumer I/O features in a small footprint Neo-ITX motherboard that can be connected to a TV or monitor. The system also features a custom build of Android that has been optimized for keyboard and mouse input, and comes with a browser and a selection of preinstalled apps. RFID emulator card includes a learning mode. The PowerPot. Pinoccio is an open source, wireless hardware platform for makers. Welcome to BioLite - energy everywhere. GravityLight: lighting for developing countries. GravityLight vs Solar powered lighting.

GravityLight: lighting for developing countries.

A commonly held view is that solar powered lighting is the answer to these problems in the developing world. However a number of conflicting factors combine to complicate matters. Solar panels produce electricity only when the sun shines, so the energy needs to be stored in a battery to produce the light when it becomes dark. The amount of energy stored is dependant on the size of the panel, the size of the battery, and how much (if any) sun has shone.

However batteries, panels and lights are expensive, and beyond the reach of people with no savings. Canon EOS 60Da: the DSLR for that astrophotographer in your life. LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 3, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today introduced the EOS 60Da Digital SLR Camera, a long-awaited successor to the EOS 20Da that is optimized for astrophotography.

Canon EOS 60Da: the DSLR for that astrophotographer in your life

This DSLR caters to astronomers and hobbyists who enjoy capturing the beauty of the night sky by offering a modified infrared filter and a low-noise sensor with heightened hydrogen-alpha sensitivity. These modifications allow the camera to capture magnificent photographs of "red hydrogen emission" nebulae and other cosmic phenomena. "The EOS 60Da is a testament to the constant desire to meet the needs of every customer, including those in specialized fields," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies & Communications Group, Canon U.S.A., "This new camera enables an accurate depiction of a part of our solar system which is hard to achieve with conventional cameras but should be enjoyed and celebrated.

" Enhanced Features. Personal Portable 3D Printer. 13 Lytro Photos That Will Make You Look Twice. Now the Lytro camera is here, you no longer have to worry about taking out-of-focus pictures — you can shoot first, and then pick what to focus on later.

13 Lytro Photos That Will Make You Look Twice

That signature feature is much more than just a convenience. It allows you to tell stories in a completely different way with your photos. Changing the subject in focus, by its nature, almost always alters the meaning of the image. Field Testing. Updated May 7 '012: The prototype is great for backyard use but not wind-proof enough for open desert.

Field Testing

To make it more weatherproof, I have just taped all the tab hinges to cover the flutes and keep water out. The tape covers much of the face of each tab to give it extra friction along with spray tack adhesive on all tabs, but in testing this setup still blows apart in strong gusts/dust devils. TV - Simple.TV for Windows Media Center. Special Offer - $50 Dollar Gift Card Whether you like The Mentalist & Merlot, CSI & Chardonnay or Glee & Gernache... television should be made more enjoyable.

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And to "enhance" the experience we've partnered with NakedWines.com to offer you a $50 gift card redeemable at their site for any of their tasty selections. Nakedwines.com Wine Vouchers are only redeemable by customers over 21 years of age and for shipments to AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MD, ME, MN, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, SC, TN, WA, WI, and WY. How-To: PC Fan Stir Plate. Team BlackSheep Online Store - Premium FPV components and solutions. New Clamping Block Lets You Clamp Any Angle. Gadgets.

Data Acquisition Motor Control System. DataBridge Serial Data Recorder - SDR2-CF Document Center. DataBridge™ SDR2-CF is the ideal tool to log data from any serial device— a low-power, ready-to-run alternative to embedded PCs and single-board computers.

DataBridge Serial Data Recorder - SDR2-CF Document Center

Low Power Less than 100mW idle; 250mW in low power record mode. Easy to Deploy Configuration via HyperTerminal for fast, simple setup. No development time or special software to add hidden costs. Products. LabJack offers several low cost, high quality data acquisition and control devices suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from simple data logging to high-performance testing, industrial control, and remote monitoring. Data Acquisition And Control Hardware T7 High peformance, USB, Ethernet, WiFi 14 analog inputs at 16–18+ bit resolution T7-Pro: up to 22 bit resolution, and WiFi 2 analog outputs 23 digital I/O T7: $399 T7-Pro: $499 U3 Most affordable Up to 16 analog inputs at 12 bit resolution 2 analog outputs Up to 20 digital I/O U6 Exceptional price and performance 14 analog inputs at 16–18+ bit resolution U6-Pro: up to 22 bit resolution 2 analog outputs 20 digital I/O.

Data Acquisition (DAQ) from Measurement Computing. Data Loggers - Measure & Record Temperature, Humidity, Voltage, Current, Power, Pressure, Etc. Electric Bikes - Electric-Bikes.com. Bidwell Bike Pusher - electric pusher for bikes From the assembly manual's Introduction: Overview After you see your first Bidwell Bike Pusher and wonder what is it and how it works, you'll be sold when you actually attach the Bidwell Bike Pusher to your bicycle, mount the bike, push the hand throttle, and accelerate briskly away with no pedaling or effort! It's as if your bike has now magically become a motorcycle but requires no special licensing or insurance. Cruise a few blocks and negotiate some high-speed corners; it'll feel so smooth you won't even notice that the Bidwell Bike Pusher is powering you.

AD8495/97 Full K-Type Range Thermocouple Amplifiers - Analog Devices, Inc. Thermocouple Amplifier AD595-AQ. Miniature Electronic Ice Point. Thermocouple Amplifier. Materials. MAKE. The official Arduino wifi shield is out, and it’s kinda sexy! The Arduino Wifi Shield is finally here! We’ve been working for a while on this new wifi shield for Arduino that is quite different from what you can find already on the market. Instead of just getting the usual pre-made module we decided to build a product that would encourage hacking and modifications so we decided to use an AVR32 processor running an open source version of TCP/IP and the WIFI software stack. Controlling fan or motor speed with PWM. On the first part, I talk about switching any 12V DC or higher electronic components ON or OFF. This can be easily done using an optoisolator and a 12V reed relay. In this article, I will be using a different component to control the speed of the 12V fan or motors using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM).

The TIP-122 are Darlington transistors that can support voltage up to 100V. It consist of two transistors with resistors and diode all inside a TO-220 package. You can use TIP-120 that support up to 60V. I've wired u my circuit like the schematic diagram below :- The input of the circuit is using analogRead(0) to read the light level from the light dependent resistors (LDR). The 12V DC supply is separate from the Arduino 5V supply but shared a common ground. The LCD is to display the LDR value for debugging purpose. Use Arduino with TIP120 transistor to control motors and high power devices. Hello again. So you have a DC motor or lamp but no matter how you connect them to your Arduino they just won't work?

Guess what, the Arduino is a brain that comes with small muscles. It can control LEDs and other low power nicknacks but not those power motors or lights you need for your next project. The Arduino is good at thinking but not for heavy lifting. Lazy lad. Processing. Processing is an open source language/ development tool for writing programs in other computers. Relay Shield for Arduino. Relay shield for Arduino. This shield makes it easy to switch high current loads, both AC and DC. Spy Hawk gives you an eagle eye in the sky. Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video) Arduino temperature controlled PC Fan. Oscar Gonzalez gives us a simple tutorial for speed controlling a PC FAN and reading a LM35 temperature sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. Editing "Unnamed Circuit" About - PX4 Autopilot Platform. Software Stack. iPhone Case Doubles as a Stun Gun. DSO Nano V2.0 - Pocket Sized Digital Storage Oscilloscope.

DSO Nano V2.0 - Pocket Sized Digital Storage Oscilloscope is convenient and portable, it is designed for basic electronic engineering tasks. This updated version features an ARM Cortex™-M3 32 bit platform, which provides basic waveform monitoring. Putting a software defined radio on a mac. Smelting in a Microwave Popular Science column by Theodore Gray. Swivl-it motorized iPhone tripod swaps built-in mic for $129 price. Weekend Warrior Tools That Turn Your Garage Into a TechShop. Yachting enters the space-age: $15m superyacht five years in the making launches in china signalling ¿a new dawn for long-range cruising¿