Thermal Imager: Progress Update 4
I have done some more research on the issue described in my previous post, regarding the Field of view of the thermopile. I have learned that, since thermal sensors operate on a different wavelength to visible light ( I believe the MLX90620 thermopile that I have been using operates between 5 and 16 micrometers) conventional […]
P-139 Nickel-Iron Battery (Edison Battery)
While working on one of my new projects, the DataVault, I realised that many current day battery technologies are sorely lacking. The objective of this project was to design a repository for data that would last for 100 years. Most rechabatteries have a lifespan of 5 years, maybe a little more. I discovered one type […]
P-140 Electronic LogBook
The goal of this project is to replace word processors and text documents for general purpose note taking. I use these documents myself, and they are suboptimal for regular and extensive note-taking. They usually do not have adequet searching or organisation functions for individual “notes”, and treat the entire document as a single block […]
Star Commander Update: 30/3/2014 MS1 Alpha Release
Over the last two weeks, I have brought this game to the point where I can do some live testing over the internet. I can’t do any internet testing myself, since all of my test machines are on the same LAN. Testing the game servers, database servers, etc over the local network can only go […]
Thermal Imager: Progress Update 3
Unfortunately, I have run into a fairly serious issue with this project. The problem is that the thermopile that I am using (MLX 90620) has a wide field of view, 60 degrees. This means that when I pan and tilt the thermopile and take successive scans, each scan area overlaps the previous one, resulting in […]
Weekly Update: 23/3/2014: Thermal Imager, Online Store, DataVault, Icarus II, Nickel Iron Battery, Electronic Logbook
I was involved with a lot of different projects this week. I have two more new projects that are currently in the research phase, I will announce these shortly. In addition to those, I have had to rethink my Thermal Imager project. I intend make a more detailed post on this soon, but in short, […]
T3D Multiplayer game debugging
I am at the point where I am reading to begin preliminary testing of my latest game, Star Commander. I have already done most of the testing that I can do over the LAN, but I have not been able to test the game over the internet. This seems to be because of how networking […]
Data storage to last 100 years: part 1
I have previously created a “DataCache” (Posts are Here) , which is basically a solar-powered Data storage device with a wireless (bluetooth) radio for data transmission. Data is accessed by any Android phone with a bluetooth chip installed, and of course, apps could be written for other devices as well. The prototype device which I […]