This is a cool project that aims to be a “universal remote” for those cheap IR controlled toy helicopters.The same group is also working on a visual tracking system as well. The main problem with IR is that you are basically limited to line of sight. Even with that limitation the systems could be used for small scale simulations etc. Kind of a poor man’s version of MIT’s SWARM environment.
Via HackADay
This is kind of a goofy video at first glance but when you think about it it is pretty cool. This guy rigged up his Easystar based UAV with a FPV camera and some model rockets and fireworks. It looks like great fun, flying around and shooting rockets but scale this up a little bit and you could really do some damage.
Via Hack A Day
Strobit is a neat open source project from strobotics creating a small cheap Arduino based wireless widget. They are creating “personalities” which look like different sets of functionality. It looks like they are working on mesh networking and solar power which would make this a great candidate for the Short Hop Messenger project.
Tags: Arduino
