Maker Faire Live Blogging - ALAVs by Jed Berk!
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Check out these Cool ALAVs (Autonomous Light Vessels) by Jed Berk! Tight! It uses Sun Microsystems SunSpot microcontroller, which can be programmed in Java. I like this idea since there’s a lot of Java embedded processors out there but this ones from the creators. Jed tells me that all the pieces were 3D designed on the computer and laser-cut, kinda cool~ 
Jed says, Make Store will have these cool DIY ALAV kits soon!
Internet is kinda slow here at the Maker Faire. (That’s why our posts are slow too.) We even switched to a Sprint Broadband but with live video streaming, it’s still too slow but we will keep postin’~
You can come and join us to chat here to while watching our live video.
You can also check out our Flickr photos from Maker Faire Day 1 and Jed’s Flickr for more ALAVs.
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[...] Our circuits included the following: auxiliary 3V lithium battery, 5 integrated circuits and motors, and 2N7000 transistors with 1M ohm resistors. Due to maneuverability efficiency (for example hovering) we used five independent motors to cover all directions. Eventually the SunSpot was incorporated with the motors and circuits to serve as a hub to control external components. The construction and circuits were refined to streamline weight, power, and efficiency.” Via: Zedomax [...]
[...] a hilarious “Thanks for watching Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage from Garrett. Jed’s ALAVs and Hubberbots were right next to our booth so he suggested we help him deflate his cool balloons while trying to [...]
awesome… so is this like the linefollowing cars but for air???
Hi did not let it go because it was going to sink.!
he let it go at the very end… and it started to sink becuase it wasnt supposed to do anything but hover and the wind was pusing it down… i think… or at least hope…
That looks sweet :O
yeah… but why doent this get approached by more people…(collages)
[...] And this looks pretty cool once installed inside the water. Hmmm…then again, we need autonomous fish that can swim around too kinda like these Autonomous Light Vessels: [...]