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Airtext has released a simple laser altimeter for small aircraft to make approaches and landings safer. The app-controlled Land-DAR (Land Distance and Ranging) is configured through an iOS or Android app and calls out altitudes as the aircraft descends… Continue reading Land-DAR uses lasers to improve safety of small plane landings
Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of projects that use ultrasonic or time-of-flight sensors as object detection methods for the visually impaired. Ultrasonic sensors detect objects like sonar — they …read more Continue reading Seeing-Eye Shoes Pair Computer Vision with Haptic Feedback
ESA plans to use its upcoming Lunar Pathfinder mission to experiment with expanding sat-nav coverage to the Moon. By tuning in to the radio signals leaking from the Galileo and GPS satellite constellations, the goal is to provide more precise and accur… Continue reading ESA’s Pathfinder mission to test sat-nav coverage in lunar orbit
[SamsonMarch] designs electronic products by day and — apparently — does it in his spare time, too. His latest is a pair of really cool shades that give him turn-by-turn directions as he walks around town. Unlike some smart glasses, these get around the difficult problem of building a heads-up …read more
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If the smart specs already on the market aren’t enough to get you excited, why not make your own? That’s exactly what electrical engineer and product designer Sam March has done, with the help of a CNC router and some app coding. The device is a follow… Continue reading DIY smart glasses light the way for walking directions
[James Bruton] is an impressive roboticist, building all kinds of robots from tracked, exploring robots to Boston Dynamics-esque legged robots. However, many of the robots are proof-of-concept builds that explore machine learning, computer vision, or unique movements and characteristics. This latest build make use of everything he’s learned from building …read more
MIT scientists have developed an acoustic system that acts like an underwater GPS, yet doesn’t need batteries to operate. The Underwater Backscatter Localization (UBL) system is powered by reflecting modulated audio signals to generate binary impulses…. Continue reading Underwater GPS system powered by sound could open up ocean exploration
The company already patched an API flaw that allowed a security researcher to use the app to find the real identity of drivers using it. Continue reading Google’s Waze Can Allow Hackers to Identify and Track Users
You’ve built a brand new project, and it’s a wonderful little thing that’s out and about in the world. The only problem is, you need to know its location to a decent degree of accuracy. Thankfully, GPS is a thing! With an off-the-shelf module, it’s possible to get all the …read more
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NASA’s New Horizons deep-space probe has, for the first time, returned images to Earth that show stellar parallax, or how the positions of stars shift when seen from two different places. This phenomenon could one day be used for interstellar navigatio… Continue reading New Horizons becomes first spacecraft to demonstrate stellar parallax