DoraBot made finalist in Jack Daniel’s Independence Challenge!

Here’s the link to all finalists:http://www.instructables.com/contest/independence/?show=FINALISTS

And here’s the link to our entry:http://www.instructables.com/id/Brain-Controlled-Wheelchair-Robot/

kdenlive unsupported codecs Xvid4 & H.264 in Ubuntu [solved]

System Version: Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
Kdenlive Version:0.9.2

1.Install libavcodec-extra package
2.Run “Settings > Run config wizard”

done.

开始在Coursera上学习Andrew Ng的《机器学习》

课程开始于8月20日,时长10周,每周7小时工作量。必须拿下这门课的完结证明。为防半途放弃,发此博客以存证。

 

一起来建一座他妈的特斯拉博物馆吧!

著名漫画站the oat meal前天开始帮助一个非盈利组织“Wardenclyffe特斯拉科学中心”拍下最近正在出售的原特斯拉实验室,并把它改造成一个特斯拉博物馆,以及特斯拉科学中心。他们在INDEGOGO上进行捐款,20小时之内融到了$400,000。现在的融资额是$619,660,并且还有42天融资期限。 看好你哟~
原始出处
捐赠渠道

(抱歉我本来应该翻译整个漫画的,不过由于下周二discovery science要到noisebridge来拍摄我的DoraBot开源服务机器人项目,现在在忙着准备,所以没时间翻译了。。。大家请随手翻译!)






注意到oat meal的作者Matthew Inman呼吁包括摩根大通银行(摩根本人112年前给了特斯拉$150,000去造著名的Wardenclyffe塔)、通用电器(爱迪生的公司,特斯拉晚期的竞争对手)、谷歌、特斯拉汽车以及蝙蝠侠的扮演者Christian Bale来给这个项目捐款。
其中特斯拉汽车跟特斯拉本人没关系,不过因为生产电动汽车以及相应的交流电机,而用特斯拉来命名这个公司。
有趣的是,汽车资讯网站jalopnik(汽车界的techcrunch)的编辑联系上了Matthew Inman和特斯拉汽车的创始人Elon Musk,后者答应以个人身份给钱了…
原始报道
他们之间的邮件原文在此…



Dorabot/McHawking Partying at Toorcamp!

McHawking is in toorcamp now! After travelling with People’s Republic of Nosebridge, on OccupyOaklandOccuBus, he finnally made his way to toorcamp!
McHawking is actually running facefollowing script during the video.

开源机器人DORA项目网站上线!

 

项目主页:www.dorabot.com 

DORA 是一个开源硬件机器人项目,全称为 DORA Opensource Robot Assistant, 即“哆啦开源机器人助手”。是的,这是一个递归的名字;是的,哆啦A梦是这个机器人名字的来源。

项目的目标是在2027年为大家献上普通家庭能够负担得起的家用服务机器人。

目前我在旧金山的Noisebridge创客空间启动了这个开源项目,欢迎你的加入!

讨论组:dorabot@googlegroups.com

身体控制机器人 项目文档草稿

This method supports all platforms, but when I do it I use Windows 7 x64 version.

A complete guide to do this will come later.

 

Win7x64
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Softwares to prepare:

VISUAL C# EXPRESS 2010
Kinect for Windows (SDK)
Arduino 0022
FTDI driver (if win7x64)
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Code:

C# code (Azureviolin)
Arduino Code (Azureviolin)
———-

Hardwares to prepare:

Kinect
Isobot
ArduinoMEGA

Linkingboard, for powering and Voltage-transforming

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射频门卡钥匙圈 RFID Key Ring

项目描述

通过简单的外部电路连接到任何录/放音手持设备上,比如手机/MP3,实现存储125KHz明码RFID门卡内容,从而在同时拥有多张射频门卡时抛弃体积过大或者外形不美观的门卡,用手机开门。

项目时间

预计从原型设计到试验成功:3天。

 

项目预算

2张USB声卡30元,其余为现成材料。

 

项目状态

项目启动。

2011/10/27 项目暂停,让位于Kinect控制机器人项目。

Hack Inn: A place for travelling Hackers to stay

We’ve got Hackerspaces all over the globe for people who wants to hack some interesting device, who wants to build their own product, or who wants to simply do things they like. But how about when you are travelling? Hackers on A Plane project gives hackers a chance to go around the world to hack and see other people hacking in a fairly low price. However, when hackers arrive their destination, they still need a place to stay at night, if they don’t feel like hacking in a hackerspace all night long.

Hack Inn is this idea in my mind, after knowing about Airbnb, that if Hackers who have a spare room to rent, no matter through Airbnb or any other room renting services, turn their room into a place both for hacking and sleeping/resting. Most hackers will have a small workshop in their house, let it be a room or a garage or a basement. Just simply combine the access to the workshop with the access to the room for renting, here’s a new Hack Inn.

To room owners, the meaning for a Hack Inn is you don’t need to pay extra money to raise people’s interest in renting your space rather than others.

To travelling hackers, Hack Inn provides a low-cost space to live, and a convenient place to do small projects (you definitely want to be in a hackerspace when doing a  large scale project).

I personally start turning my apartment in Beijing into a Hack Inn from today. And I named it “Doraemon’s Hack Closet” .