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Fabio Varesano, creator of FreeIMU, dead at 28 :-(

Posted by Chris Anderson on January 14, 2013 at 9:00am

3689497556?profile=originalSad news from Hackaday:

Fabio Varesano, the man behind FreeIMU and Femtoduino, died of a sudden heart attack at the much too young age of 28. The RC helicopter/plane/drone and HCI/physical computing communities lose a great mind with Fabio‘s passing.

There is talk on the Dangerous Prototypes forum of continuing the development of FreeIMU, a project it seems Fabio worked on alone. We’d love to see someone pick up the reigns of the FreeIMU project, hopefully after doing a run of the current hardware and donating the proceeds to Fabio‘s family.

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  • Developer
    Kabir January 14, 2013 at 5:20pm
    RIP Fabio, you were a great friend. Its very sad that we had to lose you so soon.
  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison January 14, 2013 at 4:24pm

    RIP Fabio, your work was and remains an inspiration.

  • Scott Berfield January 14, 2013 at 4:12pm

    Sad news. Never good to lose somene but at such a young age it is especially sad.

  • Distributor
    UnmannedTechShop.co.uk January 14, 2013 at 2:11pm

    Very sad to hear this... :-(

    Long live freeIMU!

  • baris alp January 14, 2013 at 2:08pm

    Allah rahmet eylesin .

  • Moderator
    Roberto Navoni January 14, 2013 at 2:00pm

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    We doing this picture in Tourin this summer. Fabio , Jussi ( Autoquad) , Ciskje (BaronPilot) Me and Jhoexp , was a great day , we enjoy to fly with our quad ... It's incredible what happen to Fabio :( He was a great guy :)

    We try to understand how we can continue to support his project ... CIAO FABIO ... Un grande Amico ... e compagno di avventure !!! . We choose the barometer for APM 2.0 and VBRAIN with Fabio .... He liked enjoy with new sensor.

     

     

  • Developer
    Mark Colwell January 14, 2013 at 1:33pm

    I read this with great sadness, RIP Fabio, FreeIMU will live !

  • Developer
    Sandro Benigno January 14, 2013 at 12:20pm

    Man... I got sad with this.
    He was a guy with so great passion and so enthusiastic.
    Fabio didn't pass in blank. Definitely he left his footprint on this land.

  • Distributor
    Dany Thivierge January 14, 2013 at 12:16pm

    oh no.... he was only 28!  How can that happen?

    Sad news indeed.

    My condolences to his family and friends.

    :( 

  • Cosha January 14, 2013 at 11:13am

    Sad news! Heaven just bagged themselfs a great chap!

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