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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. We're now building the. We'll soon commence building a full-scale BPM100 engine, which will ultimately incorporate a new guidance system for the rocket. Carsten Olsen.

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Build a Passive Radar With Software-Defined Radio

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The biggest leap forward happened in 2012 when it was discovered that USB stick TV tuners using the RTL2832U demodulator chip could be tapped to make very cheap but effective SDR receivers. Building off the demand stimulated by this activity, a number of manufacturers have started making premium, but still relatively cheap, SDRs.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 3/3/2012

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Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. But in the theme of remaining true to my build philosophy, it is fully capable of handling my actual driving conditions, but doesn't exceed it by far. I am not building a dragster. I am building a commuter car for a city with 45MPH speed limits.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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The lab was founded in 2012. Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be! Paper ] Building tiny giant robots requires lots of little fixtures, and I’m here for it. Robotnik ] This video celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, led by Prof. Davide Scaramuzza.

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Tesla Autopilot’s emergency vehicle response feature is addressing a deadly problem no one wants to talk about

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Every state in the US has had an SDMO Law since 2012, and yet this year, we have already reached a record 56 responder deaths (This number has since risen to 57 as of this writing). If you ask the biggest danger to a firefighter, most envision being trapped in a burning or collapsing building. A DIY Solution.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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I started indulging in my hobby of building robots, and subsequently met up with other like-minded people at the Silicon Valley Home Brew Robotics Club. You’re going to destroy your house if you build it with that stuff!” Bob and I wondered if we could build something similar. His first comment was, “are you crazy?

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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In each of these approaches, modeling work went far to create the conceptual background for building an artificial pancreas. The next step was to actually build it. Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway. But such testing is time consuming and costly. Beta Bionics. Bigfood Biomedical. Diabeloop. DreaMed Diabetes.

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