MEETING CHAT
00:13:15 John Jennings: Sad news, CreaMakerSpace will be closing.
00:14:48 John Jennings: It has been open for a year but the owner said he wasn’t getting enough growth to keep it running.
00:18:55 camp: https://www.espressif.com/en/solutions/low-power-solutions/esp-now
00:19:19 James Newton: Keeping a Maker Space going is very difficult. The local one which has had great success for many many years, and is now moving into a much larger space is funded by burners taking art to Burning Man. LOL. That’s a system that actually works.
00:20:51 camp: Very awesome! :-]
00:24:49 James Newton: I want to really recommend people read this paper… from 1996, and think about the accomplishment it represents. It’s the start of Google self-driving cars, and Waymo, the only successful self driving system. And it drove from CMU to San Diego with less than 3% human help, at speeds up to 55 MPH. In 1995. With 32×30 pixels. And nothing else. (!!!) Seriously, read the paper.
https://ojs.aaai.org/aimagazine/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/1221
00:26:35 Jon Hylands: https://github.com/JonHylands/micropython-stuff/tree/main/mpy/urc
00:27:25 James Newton: Also this related article:
00:27:59 Kaz Foster: These almost look like small quad batteries.
00:31:43 James Newton: https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/hackaday-supercon-2024-call-for-participation-we-want-you/
00:33:22 Jon Hylands: The touch display I’m using: https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-lcd-1.28.htm
00:38:35 camp: https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/expanded-partnership-amazon
00:42:03 James Newton: yeah it’s 100% not O for anything else…
00:44:07 James Newton: Google the “Slaughterbot” video on youtube.
00:44:23 camp: What could possibly go wrong? :-/
00:44:52 James Newton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-2tpwW0kmU
00:46:26 camp: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend
00:50:01 James Newton: Bend example:
00:50:33 Lloyd Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_camera
00:53:08 James Newton: The link I posted above has exactly an example of this change based image processing. VERY recommended.
00:55:53 Pat D: Another exciting event that is much closer in time and space is Teardown 2024 in Portland Or at the end of June https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024
00:56:23 Pat D: I can highly recommend. They had an electron microscope set up last year
00:58:12 James Newton: Gotta run, always a joy, sorry I can’t stay Camp, but I’ll catch the presentation on youtube.
01:01:54 Keenan: For any fans of the Expanse series, I’ve been using my 3D printer again, and I had a lot of fun making the Roci ship. https://photos.app.goo.gl/cHr3iG2aascE7kSEA
01:08:10 camp: HomeBrewed Robots! https://www.amazon.com/HomeBrewed-Robots-Camp-Peavy/dp/B0BW283Q27
01:08:21 camp: HomeBrewed Robots! PDF https://camppeavy.com/articles/homebrewed_robots.pdf
01:17:07 camp: www.hbrobotics.org
01:31:34 Keenan: camp, I think you’re still muted
01:49:06 camp: https://youtu.be/aNuvQK1yBSY
01:49:21 Kaz Foster: It looks so happy!
01:50:39 Keenan: Love the robot waving as the other one goes by 🙂
01:58:53 rhettg: I’m interested in this book. Would read.
02:08:35 Keenan: Got to head out, but thank you very much!