“the concrete world is starting to get ya.”
Found on the Wired blog. Brighton so needs one of these!
Here’s part of what I’ve been working on over the last few days.
The Wii Nunchuck is connected to my Arduino using I2C.
For now, the webcam is just a standard webcam with the housing removed, and connected via USB.
It uses hacked up code from here and here.
(If you want to make something like this, Making Things Talk is an outstanding book.)
Here’s a sample video:
[update]: Hello Hack a Day people! 
[update]: As Dokument says, here’s an almost identical setup created long before I did this.
[update]: If you don’t want to cut the end off your Wii Nunchuck, you can buy one of these.
Gizmodo has an interesting post showing some of the robotics built by Shigeo Hirose.
Check out the video on the post, there’s some pretty amazing stuff there, even if several of the robots are several years old.
I’m also currently obsessing over Hexapods. Six-legged insectile robots, take a look:
I quite like the idea of this RC Helicopter / Hexapod hybrid:
You can buy kits from Lynxmotion but they’re not cheap. I already have some of the parts needed, so perhaps I’ll buy bits over time..
Just as I start getting back into electronic hackery, they go and release the Arduino Mega!
I’ve not come close to exceeding the capacity of my Arduino Diecimila, so perhaps I’ll wait a while until getting this, but.. I want!
Cool Components are selling them for £49 + VAT
Recently I’ve been getting into all things electronic again. Strangely, I was doing this a year ago.
Creating the Shopper 13 game sparked my enthusiasm, and I’ve been gathering new parts to experiment with:
In addition to that, I’ve also got a Wii Nunchuck hooked up to my Arduino which I’m currently controlling Flash and Servos via the accelerometer and analog joystick. Oh, and a Laser.. and some Papervision too. When I’ve got something interesting, I’ll post it. Hopefully that’ll be in the next few days
Well I have to start building my robot army somewhere..
I’ve been working on a game for the Wallace and Gromit installation at the Science Museum.
Here’s a photo I took a while back:
It was a brilliant project to work on, and one of the most fun things I’ve done for a while. Everyone involved was fantastic, and the exhibition itself looks superb. The game is now installed on a row of consoles and is open to the public. The controls are made from arcade-quality components, and uses a Mini-Pac to talk to the PC via USB.
Here’s a very brief clip of it on BBC News 24 (00:30):
If you’re in the area, do go and check out the exhibition, it’s great!
My parents took this photo today. Does anyone know what it is?
It looks like a Circumzenithal arc, but it’s got another rainbow.
Could it be a Kern arc? Those have only been seen 6 times.
Update
Les from Atmospheric Optics tell me that the top half is a circumzenithal arc, and the bottom half is a "rare supralateral arc made by hexagonal column crystals"
Apparently seeing this is quite rare: "the combination of the two would be once a year or less"
Thanks again to Les for clearing this up
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