IDEA: sound modules for Hybrid and All Electrics

Alternative to the geeky sounding module on the Prius:

Use sound samples from existing cars with cool engines
Allow indoor selection through FM and outdoor use through software samples and speaker
Interconnect accelerator or RPM

Hack sounds from Car Driver games

Copywrite issues? > car manufacturers

http://www.trafalgardesign.com/news/news-feeds/1001-prius-gets-sound-option-to-protect-pedestrians-ap

IDEA: assistive technology for the blind

Ultrasonic rangefinder + tone generator = assistive tech

Some existing systems and issues:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.159.7908&rep=rep1&type=pdf

http://wiseadvice.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/high-cost-of-assistive-devices-for-blind-people-is-onerous/

http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=4&TopicID=31

Progress report

Autolander - http://planylandy.blogspot.com/

All set for another test flight this evening.  The ground station will now monitor Waypoint number, Altitude Error and Heading Error along with the usual parameters.  I've fixed the landing cone indicator so it will now provide guidance for XY from the last waypoint to the home coordinates.  The Z indicator worked really well last time and showed near perfect alignment of the predicted glideslope vs the real path.


Project Platforms - http://projectplatforms.blogspot.com/

Had a good conversation with Adri yesterday via online chat.  For now, I want to get 3 platforms roughly completed to show our homeschool teacher - she has access to a wide audience.  Also, want to incorporate the GPS plane stuff into a report for the kids and tie in some learning objectives from the curriculum. 

At last

Finally, I have a place where I can:
record projects
rant about things
blow off some steam
practice my typing

Feel free to look around and leave a scrawl, even,