FPV drones with an Oculus Rift

It was only a matter of time, and now someone’s finally done it. The Oculus Rift is now being used for first person view aerial photography. It’s the closest you’ll get to being in a pilot’s seat while still standing on the ground.

via Pocket http://hackaday.com/2013/07/16/fpv-drones-with-an-oculus-rift/

Robot That Tears Down And Recycles Buildings

A new concept in robotics may improve the efficiency of building demolition and recycling. Swedish student designer Omer Haciomeroglu says that the robot called ERO is a smart recycling robot like Wall-E.

via Pocket http://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/14/Robot-That-Tears-Down-And-Recycles-Buildings/

Send your own Pocket Spacecraft on a Mission to the Moon!

Members of our team co-created the first space mission funded on KickStarter (KickSat – due to be launched by NASA later this year), and have created or co-led influential workshops such as the Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop at MIT, and the Keck Institute for Space Studies Small Satellites: A Rev

via Pocket http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1677943140/send-your-own-pocket-spacecraft-on-a-mission-to-th

$15 million yacht can be controlled by an iPad

Space ship Super sleek Shining light Daring design Boat building Glitzy gadgets Light and bright Ship-shape

(CNN) — With her curved ‘wings,’ long pointed nose, and gleaming underbelly propped high above the waves, this space-age yacht might be better suited to the sky than the sea.

via pocket http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/tech/is-this-space-age-ipad-superyacht/?hpt=hp_c4

New Quad-Copter Frame

It’s been a little while since I posted any updates on my aerial adventures.

This means I have been working hard and/or having lots of fun 🙂

Here the middle size copter in my current fleet. (mini quad, quad, octo)

This quad-copter version 2.0 has an upgraded frame and computer (newer arduino mega).

I will try to edit and upload some of the video footage from it when I get some time.

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