NAO Next Gen Robot

This family-friendly humanoid robot designed by Aldebaran Robotics is also a multi-functional robot with features including microphones, HD cameras, Wi-Fi connectivity, Hi-Fi speakers, pressure sensors, a voice synthesizer and much more. It has made appearances at events including the Shanghai Expo in China with a synchronized dance routine, at Robocup participating with its own football team, in the UK teaching autistic children, and even demonstrating a stand-up comedy routine in December 2011. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#TajsM2ZH5iDAbyEE.99

Paul the Drawing Robot

This robot created by artist and researcher, Patrick Tresset, is a sketcher shaped like an arm that is able to draw portraits of people. It was primarily designed for Tresset’s “New Work” gallery installation which occurred in London in 2011. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#TajsM2ZH5iDAbyEE.99.

Pepper, the emotional robot

Another robot by Aldebaran Robotics, this emotional humanoid bot is designed to be able to assess moods, and interact with humans. It is able to shake hands, dance and display messages on the display screen on it’s chest. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#HQIHMayVl2ASCduX.99.

The Hybrid Exploration Robot for Air and Land Deployment.

is composed of two snake-like machines that attach via magnets to a UAV. After being carried to the site by the quadcopter, snake bots can detach themselves, slip through the holes and cracks of a collapsed building, for instance, and slither to their destinations.

The US military is considering the use of exoskeletons like this Sarcos for its soldiers

It was inevitable that funding for these projects by the US Military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) would lead to spin-offs finding their way into private startups. There are now at least another three companies developing exoskeletons for commercial use and the focus is on creating them to help people with spinal injuries. A Swedish company, Ekso Bionics, makes a 20kg titanium and aluminium suit that costs $100,000 a pop, which has helped several crippled individuals walk again for the first time.

Saturday 31 January 2015

Light Up Skyline Greeting Card

Create a twinkling light-up skyline greeting card. Materials Needed 1/2 sheet white card stock1/4 sheet black card stockConductive copper tapeLED stickers (shown in this project are Chibitronics)Small binder clip3V battery Prepare Your Card Fold your 1/2 sheet of white card stock in half to cr...

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Bookmark / Book Light

Make a bookmark that lights up and can act as a book lamp! Materials Needed Card stockConductive copper tapeConductive paint (shown in this project is Bare Conductive)LED stickers (shown in this project is Chibitronics)3V battery Plan the Front of Your Bookmark Cut your piece of card stock to ...

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Chibitronics Birthday Card

This neat Chibitronics birthday card was created by member Zeve at the Instructables Chibitronics Build Night at CRASHspace during the monthly Circuits Social event. Chibitronics is a kit system for building electronic circuits on paper. Circuit elements are essentially stickers with conductive adhe...

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Light Up Paper Cube

Make a tiny paper lantern with just a simple circuit and some origami skills! Tools and Materials Needed 6in x 6in copy paperconductive copper tapetwo LED circuit stickers (shown in this project are Chibitronics)one 3V batterysmall binder cliprulerpencil Plan Out Copper Tape Path Fold the copy...

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Sound-Find Your Phone at Night

This project is similar to Sound activated Light for the Clock, but this time we use a mobile phone.Are you a person who likes to check the mobile phone during the night?Checking what time it is?Writing down a million dollar idea?Sometimes it's not easy to find the phone in the dark. You know it's o...

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Blinky Ugly Sweater

I'm a little late to the ugly sweater game, but I actually made this in December. It's very simple, just some LEDs connected to a chipKIT microcontroller. Planning My sweater was pretty much just LED's connected directly to the output pins of a Fubarino Mini. I chose the board because we had a fe...

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Holiday Greeting Card with Chibitronics LED

Making unique, hand made cards are always a great way to make someone feel special. This year we made several holiday cards using special LED Stickers from Chibitronics. The following Instructable takes you through the entire process of making your one-of-a-kind, LED enabled card.A big thank you to ...

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Electronic Rubber Band Shooter

This is a electronic rubber band shooter using a littleBits kit. Parts Needed You will need:A block of wood [about 2 1/2 by 8 inches long]Double sided foam tape and scissorsRubber bandslittleBits parts (http://littlebits.cc)Power moduleButton moduleServo moduleServo motorBattery Build the C...

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LED Constellations using Chibitronics

Stargazing is fun and awesome, but can't be done on cloudy or rainy nights. Using chibitronics you can make your own night sky including your favorite constellations.Materials: Chibitronics LED Starter Kit Black Poster Board or paper Ballpoint penTweezersRuler or strait edge Constellation Research...

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Let us build a handmade Hexapod robot

You will be able to build this robot with handcrafting.Watch the videos of the robot. You can build it in any size (don't exaggerate - there is always a limit)Let us prepare necessary materials. Prepare necessary materials ! Let me talk about hardware firstAs a hardware you need1) 18 servo motors...

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3D Printed (Functional) Portal 1500 Megawatt Super Button

This is a functional button from portal! Mine is set to just light up a bit, but it would be simple to have some wires trailing out attached to an Arduino to wreak all kinds of havoc (opening doors, etc.). Fairly easy to make, and no dual extruder needed. This is functional, so it presses and spring...

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Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control (repost)




Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control by Frank L. Lewis

English | Dec 26, 2012 | ISBN: 111810420X | 648 Pages | PDF | 44 MB



Reinforcement learning (RL) and adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) has been one of the most critical research fields in science and engineering for modern complex systems. This book describes the latest RL and ADP techniques for decision and control in human engineered systems, covering both single player decision and control and multi-player games. Edited by the pioneers of RL and ADP research, the book brings together ideas and methods from many fields and provides an important and timely guidance on controlling a wide variety of systems, such as robots, industrial processes, and economic decision-making.





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Capacitor Discharger

This circuit is tested by me for many years and I think it is a good idea to share it with you. The original author could be found at the link bellow:http://ift.tt/1CZeK6h you need to make the circuit: 8 pcs diodes : 1N4007 (depending on your requirement could this diode b...

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Retro Nixie Tube Tester KIT

Retro Nixie Tube Tester KITThis is my first instructable on this page.I want to publish assembly instruction for my new Retro Nixie Tube Tester KIT.More info on my website http://ift.tt/1yZgWcv is this, the nixie tube tester?Many times I needed some tested tubes for my projects. I have been checking...

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Theremin

Actually, I wasn't planing on making a theremin, I was exploring the arduino sound capability and kinda drift into it...This is an easy Saturday project.WhatchYou will need :Arduino - I used the pro miniBreadboard220 ohm resistorA speakeran Infrared proximity sensor Explanation The arduino sens ...

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Kid-proof Makey-Makey Box

This instructable was inspired by Cory Jeacocke's YouTube video.This past cyber-monday, I picked up a Makey Makey (MM) from Sparkfun for under 25 bucks. If you're unfamiliar with it, it's a wonderfully simple device that allows you to turn almost anything conductive into an input device like any old...

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Resin on artwork

Its what artists have been asking us for...Yes, its the definitive instruction video on how to coat artwork with clear resin.We had so much fun making this film, hope you enjoy watching it every bit as much as we did making it.

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FFHide Batch program

Hello,Here we have created one another batch file which can hide/unhide your file/folder.you can easily modify it as per your need if you know batch file programming.you can create it as per the following steps or you can directly download it from here. (Download FFHide)Source : http://errorcode401....

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canon eos remote.

small sized canon eos remote. For under 3€. parts rj11 cable 8 pieces of wire 2 press switches 1 toggles switch heat schrink1 ring box2.5mm STEREO plug. soldering the plug. I am guessing you allready know how to solder. Important to know what the layout is for your plug.The bottom is focus2nd...

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Super Foot - A smart companion for the Physically Challenged using Intel Galileo

Basic Objective of the Project:It is the idea of creating a wirelessly controllable smart motorized boots for the physically challenged (leg) that can be used with ease and can be worn throughout the day with comfort.These boots were designed keeping in mind the that it should fit into almost all s...

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4017 and 555 Sequencer Synth

I recently built an 80's-tastic synth using several different circuits. I used a 4017 decade counter, Atari punk console, and a 386 amplifier circuit. This allows me to make some pretty funky jams. I tried to add a tremelo circuit but it didn't go so well. For the case I used 5mm hobby plywood. I dr...

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3d Glasses for mobile when wearing already glasses

I purchased this cheap 3d glasses for mobile phone, but I can't use them because I am wearing allready glasses.My lens strength is +1,5 diopter.Without my own glasses the picture is completely unsharp :(The model is from Ritech 3d and the price is 18$ Closeup Lenses I used 2 Closeup lenses +8 wit...

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Mod a USB to TTL Serial Adapter (CP2102) to program ESP8266

This USB to TTL Serial board based on the CP2102 chip, it have no enough current (400mA+) to driven ESP8266. So I will fix the issue. CP2102 Datasheet: http://ift.tt/16aMwt3 Cutting off the original 3.3V output The 3.3V from CP2102 have only 200mA output. It's not enou...

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Inductive car holder-charger for Pre3 with Touchstone

In this Instructable we will create an inductive car charger for a HP Pre3 phone using a Hp-Palm Touchstone.Time: a few daysPrerequisites: HP-Palm Touchstone plastic tray from the original packaging of Pre3 (*1) one piece of plastic (around 70 mm x 70 mm x 25-40 mm????????) 3 screws (around ...

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Makey Makey device controls

One of the recent projects at Swansea Hackspace has been using an Arduino and GRBL to control a milling machine, which can be controlled using key presses to move the machine head to its starting position. It would be nice to have some physical controls that can be used for this purpose, which can b...

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i-Trash Car Prototype

i-Trash Car Prototype is an interfacing servo and DC motor in to ATMega8535, we use PING Sensor as ultrasonic sensor to detect a distance between trash and toy car.Toy car will getting closer if Ping sensor detected any trash surround it's drive area. Preparation Prepare some material that will b...

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solar power

Hi to every one who love electronics!This is my simple yet very useful solar project which can be used in our day to day life.It can be easily used in places where there is no supply of electricity.This project is to show case the simplicity of the circuit on a wooden board.The same circuit can be r...

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Battery powered USB Car charger!

Here's what I randomly figured out. Using just a 9V Battery to charge your device. The only problem is that you may need to turn off your device to get it charged as the battery consumption when your device is on is higher than how much it's charged. Not an native English speaker so I'm sorry for an...

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How to Crack Word Document Password

Microsoft Word's document encryption feature ensures a Word file’s security at some level. But what can be done if you yourself forgot the password put on the Word document? So, it’s necessary to know how to crack a Word document password.Firstly,you have to know that there are two kinds of protecti...

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Intel Edison Arduino Laser Break Beam Sensor

A cheap laser break beam sensor. Parts Parts: Laser module (recycled but new ones available @ http://ift.tt/SMFzH6)Light sensor (I used the one that came in the iot dev kit, but the cheap ones work fine @ http://ift.tt/QMjYO2)Intel Edison Arduino @ https://www....

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I quit my job to set up a post-apocalyptic commune

Dylan Evans was worried about the end of the world. So he sold his house and headed for the Scottish Highlands with his cat, Socrates, and a couple of yurts. What could possibly go wrong?


In early 2006 I was 39, living in Bristol and working at one of the best robotics labs in the world. I had become increasingly obsessed with what life would be like if civilisation collapsed, and thought that I could find out by setting up a community that acted as if it already had. I created a website called An Experiment In Utopia, and announced that I was creating a novel kind of community based on three main ideas. I wrote:


1. It will be a LEARNING COMMUNITY – each member must have a distinctive skill or area of knowledge that they can teach to the others.


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Tablet Stand from Plate Stand

Had this little plate stand in our junk drawer for years, don't even remember where it came from. Ran across it the other day and put it together and realized that it would make a great tablet stand. Assemble plate stand Add scratch protection to stand I had a piece of a broken Nerf dart in m...

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Friday 30 January 2015

Resolving Edison "Transfer Incomplete" Problem

After several days of working with an Intel Edison and Ardunio breakout board, the Ardunio programming development environment became unable to successfully transfer compiled sketches to the Edison. A message declaring "Transfer Incomplete" was the only clue that something had gone awry. This instru...

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LED strip Synced MUSIC

Its very interesting and awesome to see lights dancing on music beats....So lets first check this out...such that not only LED's dance on music but we too... ;) What you will need 1) 5m LED strip (one or two as you wish)2) Adapter (one piece)3) Breadboard(one piece) with some wires for connectio...

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Multimeter Reference Test Box Part 2

Published on Jan 31, 2015you may want to check part 1 first in below link:http://ift.tt/1yOszOF project is one my best. sorry for the quality of the pictures because i was using poor camera at that time.the presentation contains lot of pictures, so be patient and ...

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Mobile teledermoscopy for short-term monitoring of atypical moles

Allowing patients to use mobile devices to capture skin images appears to be a feasible and effective method for short-term monitoring of atypical nevi (moles), according to an article.



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Results of sun-safety mobile app released

A smartphone mobile app that can provide personalized, real-time sun protection advice improved some sun protection behavior, according to an article.



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The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)




The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

English | DVDRip | MKV | AVC, 1863 Kbps | 704x380 | 23.976 fps | 994 MB

Audio: AC-3, 256 Kbps | 2 channels | 48.0 KHz | Runtime: 01:05:29 minutes

Genre: Horror | Comedy | Sci-Fi









Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire.






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