wheelchair How: To drive a wheelchair with your eyes (Generation 2) In my previous post, I covered how Microsoft found the motivation to help create technology for people living with ALS and how we started our first project: creating a wheelchair you can drive
robots Much work on RocketBot and Reflecta I've been busy updating the source code and design documentation for Rocket Bot. You can now find: Design files for the base plates, pneumatic system, and electronics on Github. Source code for the
robots RocketBot at Maker Faire 2012 RocketBot made appearances at Maker Faire San Mateo and Seattle. The audience was great fun, especially the occasional 10 year old whiz kid who seemed to just have learned robotics and electronics from
robots Adding the launcher electronics Time to wire everything up. My first challenge was working out how to turn on the 12 volt 10 amp air compressor from an Arduino. I have some Power MOSFETs, STP55NF06L, sitting in
robots Putting the pneumatics together While our project's genesis started from the Make Compressed Air Rocket design, I have a couple of design changes in mind. The launcher needs to be miniaturized -- both because I want to
robots In the Beginning: Paper Air Rockets Two years ago, we gave my son Joshua a compressed air rocket launcher kit from Make Magazine. You wouldn't think that a bicycle pump, some PVC pipe, and a water sprinkler valve would