From Adafruit.com/blog
And http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/11/30/arduino-1-0-now-available/
Yahoo, now we can all re-write all of our code for the last time. Well I can wish can't I
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Arduino 1.0 release preview… if you want to check it out!
From Adafruit.com
It is almost here I hope. The I2C looks to be working after you edit your code, or at least in my short test.
This is a cool video and writeup I found on Adafruit.com:
"A micro camera is installed onboard an r/c plane F-16. The camera transmit live the video to ground and I wear video goggle to fly the plane in real time like if I was in the cockpit. The camera replace the head of the pilot and the movement of the cam is control by the movement of my head on ground via a head mount gyroscope (head tracker)
The whole system cost me around $1500 including the plane. But it is many hours of hand made modifcation. You can start with simpler video system that cost around $500 and install it on your own r/c plane. Search for FPV on the web for more info about my hobby…"
UNITE a group of leading HALE vendors in the UAV pantheon including AeroVironment, Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.
These guys had a booth at EAA and were trying to get the word out to allow civil UAV use. They are coming from the background of trying to get FAA permission to have UAV use in the civilian market. They are not so much after the "small ones" that we tend to work with but they do have an AR Drone and took it over to the FAA and said the FAA would not fly it, and the FAA said that is not approved.
I think this is a group to keep an eye on. They have some dollars behind them to push their use of UAVs but they also don't have a problem with the idea of the FAA requiring a medical and license to operate a UAV.
I came across this on sparkfun.com and think this is a great way to get your kids started in micro controllers.
I realize this might not be the best suited for the needs of a UAV but LEGO Logo was where I got my start in something that I could call programming and as long as the price is right I think this would be a great tool to get the local kids into micro controllers.
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