Brian Peek has written a wonderful tutorial over at Microsoft’s Coding4fun website showing how to control your Xmas lights from your computer. Many people might recall the viral xmas lights video from last year where the whole house flashed to intense Christmas music. This article tells you how to build such a system yourself! Have fun driving your neighbors crazy.The article makes use of the Phidget 0/0/4 Interface Kit.
Archive for December 12th, 2006
Animated Musical Holiday Light Show
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Waterproof Action Camera
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Robotics is finding a lot of use in exploratory research. This small rugged camera might be good for projects of this sort where a camera signal can’t be sent back to a station. Only $129.99!
From Oregon Scientific: “Play hard, record everything – even underwater with ATC2K, the ultimate waterproof self-contained action cam! Weighing in at half a pound (with batteries), this hands-free action cam delivers full color digital video in 640 X 480 VGA at 30 frames per second.
ATC2K works seamlessly with most video editing software. Expandable up to 2GB, ATC2K mounts easily and all mounting hardware is included. Wipeouts in a white out or an unexpected barrel roll? No worries, ATC2K is waterproof up to 10 feet!”
Do you know of other good cameras to recommend for robotic use? Please feel free to post links in the comments section.