Introduction The Internet of Things ( Smart IoT Devices) is a globally linked network of uniquely addressable items. Many household items, such as televisions, fans, air conditioners, and toys, contain infrared receivers and are operated by an infrared remote. We may wish to link these outdated IR devices to the Internet and control them remotely …
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Thermal imaging products company FLIR Systems has announced what it claims is the industry’s first thermal and visible sensor module for drone, robotic, and imaging manufacturers. The FLIR Hadron dual sensor module for drone, robotic, and imaging original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is designed to help reduce development costs and improve time to market. Offered in a li …
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Makers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in building their very own high-tech garden might be interested to know that the latest MagPi magazine issue #117 is now available offering you ideas and inspiration on how you can build your own smart garden. The Raspberry Pi MagPi magazine is now available as a free digital download can be purchased as a print …
INTRODUCTION An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft withouta human pilot aboard. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS); which alsoincludes a ground-based controller and a system of communications between the two (Watts et al.,2012). The commercial successes of DJI, GoPro, 3D Robotics and other drone …
Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in building their very own Raspberry Pi mini PC powered drone may be interested in a tutorial published to the Drone Girl website this month. Drone Dojo, an online community that offers a number of practical, how-to online drone classes, posted a video to YouTube showing how to make your own …
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Sometimes bad software is all that is holding good hardware back. [Michael Melchior] wanted to scavenge some motors and propellers for another project, so he bought an inexpensive quadcopter intending to use it for parts. [Michael] was so surprised at the quality of the hardware contained in his $100 drone that he decided to reverse …
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If you enjoy building your very own drones or messing around with the Raspberry Pi ecosystem you may be interested in a new automated camera-based, Raspberry Pi powered drone landing system developed by Dr Chinthaka Premachandra from the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan. Image processing is required for the automated drone landing system and …
An autonomous drone that uses deep learning to identify if people are maintaining social distancing or not. High Degree of Red = High Risk. Inspiration For a couple of years, we have been building and flying drones. This was something that we enjoyed and considered it as some sort of sport. Last year, our state …
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams wrangle the epic hacks that crossed our screens this week. Elliot ran deep on overclocking all three flavors of the Raspberry Pi 4 this week and discovered that heat sinks rule the day. Mike exposes his deep love of candy-coated chocolates while drooling over a machine that can …
This article describes the design process, development and assembling operation of the underwater drone prototype powered by Raspberry Pi. I’ve watched a lot of programs about inventors on Discovery channel and once I decided to do something interesting by myself, so that it could be really impressive and difficult at a time: some electric motors, …
