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  1. LCD screen is working again, I bent a wire and unattached it. I had an idea to develop a talking dog collar after the movie "Up"6:25 AM Nov 7th from web
  2. The LCD screen was attached to teh controller and worked. But I'll be darned, I bolted the box close and it doesn't work now!9:56 AM Nov 6th from web
  3. A success. the CheapBot hadn controller is reading its push buttons. Now to mount the LCD and later to program for the radios11:57 AM Nov 5th from web
  4. Drilling holes for the CheapBot hand controller. Need to mount the antenna and LCD screen.11:45 AM Nov 4th from web
  5. One origin for cosmic rays has been located. See http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/...9:40 AM Nov 3rd from web
  6. I've started my next N&V column. It will be about the Thermopile Telescope.12:38 PM Nov 2nd from web
  7. I've started a limb sounding experiments based on images. I'll have pictures at my blog, nearsys.blogspot.com8:26 AM Oct 31st from web
  8. More progress on the CheapBot Radio Hand Controller. I hope to be programming it this weekend.10:46 AM Oct 30th from web
  9. I'm beginning an article on the thermopile telescope for Nuts and Volts. I'll have some neat charts to go with it.8:38 AM Oct 29th from web
  10. Putting together a test board of the CheapBot robot controller. I plan to make the antennas in class for my telecomm students.8:54 AM Oct 28th from web
  11. The Smart Proximity Detector for robotics is just about ready for purchase. It uses a PICAXE-08 to monitor obstacles for robots.9:54 AM Oct 26th from web
  12. After some thought, I've decided to switch the plastic tubes int he robotic arm to a sheet of Correplast. Let's see how that will work.9:39 AM Oct 23rd from web
  13. I'm testing a new robotic arm design. It uses a metal wire snare to grasp objects. Takes two servos and appears to be strong enough.5:39 AM Oct 22nd from web
  14. Nice Auto Tune video http://bit.ly/MnNJ87:49 AM Oct 21st from web
  15. My blog has two of the photos from the last flight. nearys.blogspot.com. I'm also experimenting with a CheapBot robotic arm.6:37 PM Oct 20th from web
  16. It was a hoax. See http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/...9:38 AM Oct 19th from web
  17. Newest video was jus posted on YouTube. http://bit.ly/cflQ810:21 PM Oct 18th from web
  18. Flew two near spacecraft for universities in Kansas. I'll have photos in my blog before long and at the NearSys website. Nice video.1:00 PM Oct 18th from web
  19. My students are helping me make a platform for my mobile tracking gear.9:51 AM Oct 16th from web
  20. We have five BalloonSats from KU going up. Try tracking the mission at map.findu.com/kd4sth-95:54 AM Oct 15th from web
  • Name L. Paul Verhage
  • Location Kansas
  • Web http://nearsys.com
  • Bio A near space explorer and roboticist
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