The self driving car is just around the corner if you ask Elon Musk. He promises a "Summon" feature that will let your Tesla drive autonomously and pick you up anywhere, and most people envision a car that can make every driving decision by itself. The reality is that humans …
I recorded a quick tutorial on how to install the Trak Sport tire chains on a Tesla. They really are much easier to install than traditional chains. …
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It's a great time to be developing your own circuit boards and electronics projects! There are so many excellent free tools out there, such as Upverter and CircuitMaker that let you design circuit boards and send them out to be manufactured. While this EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software is improving …
One of the easiest ways to build up a mechanical frame is to use Aluminum Extrusions, which look something like this: This type of aluminum tubing is also known as T-Slotted Extrusion, for the name of the channels on the sides where you are able to attach the nuts and …
In this series of posts, I will present my adventure of building a self balancing scooter, similar to a Segway. This has become significantly easier in recent times because of the easy availability of the crucial components: Electric motors powerful and fast enough to carry a human Batteries with low …
If you are reading this, you may be interested in self driving cars. Indeed, in a few years, you may be a passenger in one yourself. If you can't wait and want to start experimenting with the sensors and algorithms involved, a great way to begin is by modifying a …
Introduction Before the days of MEMS gyroscopes and advanced electronics, engineers still had a need for stabilization in the systems they were controlling. One example of this was stabilizing torpedoes as they were fired towards enemy ships. I was able to find this excellent specimen on eBay: Gearbox From all …
Try downloading Paint.NET, an excellent free image editor, or Audacity, an open source audio editor, without an adblocker these days, and you’re in for quite a surprise. A disturbing trend in the type of ads served via Google Ad Sense and its affiliates will likely bring you to …
Introduction If you are developing an XNA game for Windows Phone 7, you probably want an effective way to load your game’s content in the background while still presenting a screen to the user. This screen itself should use minimal resources, as you don’t want to slow down …