Home  Technology  Nano Technology  Space  Automotive  Videos  Login     Technology       Starmac Quadcopters  STARMAC is a multi vehicle test bed used to demonstrate new concepts in multi-agent control on a real-world platform. The fleet, consisting of six quadrotor vehicles that can fly indoors and outdoors as well as being able to carry computing and sensing resources sufficient for autonomous operations. Among the computing resources on board are a low level microcontroller board called the Robostix, the Gumstix Verdex for positive estimation and control, a PXA270 based single board computer and a PC-104 computer running Linux(Fedora) for onboard processing of vision information, optimal path planning and other high level automation tasks. These vehicles will be able to be used in real-world application with enough computing resources and excess lift capacity to get the job done… autonomously.   Other News Refurb Kindles now available for $329; please, try to contain yourselves 25 Memorex SingStand iPod karaoke mic critiqued and in the wild 21 A Vase of Bass for your Face 18 Breathing Plants Demand Attention 22 RAZR Sequel to Disappear 19 Harion Glass Speakers at $168,000 20 Dell To Have Two MP3 Players 95 Kapsys Kapten GPS Navigation System 96 HP buys Via nano processors, but for which laptop? 97 ECTACO jetBook, Kindle killer? Still Needs Wireless… 88 British Army bomb-dropping UFOs to deploy 94 Capture Your Doodles On The Zpen 112 Plug and Play 105 My One Handed Thumb Controlled Camera. Ambidexterity Be Damned! 98 Xara iPlay iPod Warm-Up Jacket 94 Big Time LED Watch Table 114 Wearable Cell Phone Concept 111 Decent Descent 105 BlueTooth Umbrella, Hey Why Not? 127 LG Projector Phone Is Like a Media-Throwing Web Shooter 119 Segway CTO Joins Apple 83 Panasonic Lithium Vivi RX-10S Electric Bicycle 226 USB Speaker Looking To Shine 81 Starmac Quadcopters 82 Blockenspiel…you know, for kids! 81 Zigo Transportation 73 Robotic Fish Feeder, Because I’m Too Lazy 74 USB necktie's much-anticipated followup finally arrives 73 Dream Machine by Microsoft? 74 World’s First OLED Lamp from Ingo Maurer 70 Nintendo Wii 2010 Style 72 Laptop/Desktop Hybrid 87 Samsung unveils P400 Pocket Projector 91 I HEART this DESIGN 90 Aimo - Portable Sonogram by Duck Young Kong 122 egg speaker wobbles but won’t fall down 80 Mixed Music Medium 81 Gatlight V3 made of titanium 112 Roller Clock 90 Lights, Camera, Glass…Action! 88 Washing machine using a cup of water 89 Alarm Clock Features Voice Recognition 82 Compasses for Blackboards 143 Silicon Valley meets Napa Valley 77 Is It Stank By Your Computer? 81 Japan pushes 3G iPhone closer 92 Stereo Listening Rings - Two Rings to Rule Them All 83 A Simple Design For Carrying Coffee 86 Tech that lets you connect with 80 The Sound Of Music 74 Plants Tell You What They Want 77 The Longest Mobile Phone Ever Or Just Looks It 75 Rise And Shine It’s Wake Up Time 75 Cup of Java Script 83 Flexible Surveillance Webcam made in just 8 steps 87     gadgets-reviews