This guy stuck a video cam at the end of his amateur telescope and captured some very nice pictures of the International Space Station. Awesome Considering that the ISS orbits 350 km over the surface of the Earth.
Shuttle and station imaged from the ground! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.
I just ordered a new FoxBoard, what is a FoxBoard, its awesome! Let me explain.
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I am busy working on a project where I need to control a device via a computer, the interface is not at all complicated, I need to basically control 2 potentiometers, to tweak the function of the device. Potentiometers are used in many products, for such things as volume or frequency, controls or any other analogue input. A potentiometer or variable resistor, can change its resistance according to the position of the turning knob.
Saw this today and thought it was brilliant!! Modifying hardware to play tunes!
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The Wii Fit, was launched recently. It is the latest offering in the Wii range from Nintendo. The fit adds a new control device to the Wii platform in the form of a balance board, which looks like a large bathroom scale. You stand on it and control movement by moving your body. Really fun and quite a workout. Ever Wondered what would happen if you could combine this with a pc and control applications using it, well wonder no more. Fly around the earth using the Wii fit board and Google Earth!!
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