Author Archives: North
I want to build a Quadracopter robot
I have been trying to decide where to set my sights for my first DIY UAV. My thought was to reward myself for finishing the model plane project (a 5′ wingspan, Balsa/fiberglass, gas powered, 30 year old, bought from an … Continue reading
one hundred and eight
This will definitely make it into this coming semesters Interface class slide show. So often, a student, and I am guilty as well, conceives a project which quickly mushrooms beyond feasibility due to a failure to grapple with some massive … Continue reading
truncated icosahedron
The amazing artist, Terry Berlier, commissioned me to build a truncated icosahedron this last winter as part as a series of instruments she conceived to be playable sculptures. The debut of these objects being used in concert happened this month … Continue reading
Simple robot in a mint tin
Simple Robot How-To | uC Hobby. first project for the kit class?
Nano Solar starts producing panels in Europe
It has been a few years now that I have been watching these people’s progress, and I am excited to see them moving forward, but mostly I am posting a link to their cool robotic factory video: