Collaborate Disseminate
Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn’t fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not the case, however, with the new Tornado Updraft 12.Co… Continue reading Tornado Updraft gives balsa-wood model planes an electric RC makeover
There’s no more famous road endurance race than the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where teams compete to see how far they can drive in a single 24-hour window. The …read more Continue reading 24 Hours of Le Airplanes
While you’d be hard pressed to find a Hackaday writer that feels any nostalgia for the DRM nonsense the iPod helped to introduce, we’ve got to admit that we miss …read more Continue reading Scroll Through ESPHome With iPod-style Click Wheel
Norway’s Argeo has launched the first uncrewed survey and inspection vessel based on the Mariner X platform from Maritime Robotics. The Argus is expected to undertake mapping and inspection operations for offshore wind projects.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Argus unmanned surface vessel designed for accurate ocean mapping
It’s a sad fact that mass shootings have become an all-too-common occurrence in the US. Defense tech company Axon has announced what it states will be a new means of resolving such incidents quickly and relatively safely, utilizing a drone equipped wit… Continue reading US mass shootings prompt development of Taser-wielding drone
Consumer drone technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, yet we mostly just hear about aerial drones. Underwater drones “are a thing” too, and I recently had a chance to try out one of the best – Chasing Innovation’s Gladius Mini S.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Review: Gladius Mini S sets the standard for consumer underwater drones
Montana, rightfully nicknamed the big sky country, is a beautiful state with abundant wide open landscapes, mountains, and wildlife. It’s a fantastic place to visit or live, but if you …read more Continue reading Saving Birds With 3D Printed Boats
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have demonstrated the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot, at just half a millimeter wide. Such tiny machines can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and jump without hydraulics or electricity…. Continue reading Smallest-ever remote-control walking robot uses shape-memory alloy
While the GoPro Hero is still pretty much the name in actioncams, it can sometimes be fiddly to operate, plus its battery life may be too short for some uses. The new Volta is designed to address those shortcomings, combining one-handed controls with a… Continue reading GoPro Volta brings more power, remote control and a minipod to the Hero
Once the steering wheel is taken out of cars altogether, there will still need to be a way to deal with weird “edge case” situations that an autonomous AI can’t figure out. That may require human drivers to stay on standby, ready to take the wheel by r… Continue reading World-first trial puts remote-controlled passenger cars on UK roads