Category: Technology

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sometimes the needs of the many…

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series DronePlay

Just as they are designed to do, the feet sacrificed themselves for the preservation of the collective when the noob pilot chopped the throttle in a panic – why haven’t I gotten the LIDAR...

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…that’s why we do these tests…

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series DronePlay

Version 3 is airborne!     …version 2 will always be in our hearts, and never spoken of again… (queue somber oboe music)       A stable morning loiter test:  

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Flying Pi, Anyone???

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series DronePlay

This Pi can fly! I’m planning a detailed article on the construction of this fabulous flugzoig, but in the meantime, here’s a quick summary: It’s a Pi2 running ArduPilot under the Navio real-time kernel, with...

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Ubuntu 14 – vncviewer Connection Failure

Apparently, the vino-server binary included in Ubuntu release 14 requires TLS encryption, by default. This is visible in the logs files, or if you start vino-server from the command line: [time stamp] Advertising security...

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Killawhat? A tiny trip down memory lane…

This is the first of several posts I’m going to start with, “I’ve been cleaning up the basement…” So, I’ve been cleaning up the basement… And look what a nice encapsulation I found of...