Boats on the Charles
Boats on the Charles
Time lapse recording of sail boats on the Charles River by Doc Edgerton.
DIY Segway @ Wayland HS
DIY Segway @ Wayland HS
The DIY Segway makes a trip out to Wayland HS, and gets truly put to the test by some of the designers/builders. They know how to push it to (and sometimes past) its limits...More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plus high school ...
Close Encounters of the Self-Balancing Kind
Close Encounters of the Self-Balancing Kind
While stocking up for another project at Swapfest, a monthly MIT swap meet, we ran into a commercial Segway. Since it was just across the way, we decided to bring ours out too.More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and ...
Segways aren't all that complicated.
Segways aren't all that complicated.
A spoof of Rockwell Automation's Retro Encabulator video.More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plus high school students from FIRST Robotics teams 97, 2043, and soon-to-be-numbered Wayland HS rookies, and The Education Cooperative, have ...
Something you CAN ride.
Something you CAN ride.
Some more homemade Segway video. It still needs tweaking, but there's no denying its functionality. Featuring the real cupholder trick as performed by Max H.More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plus high school students from FIRST ...
More Homemade Segway Fun (3)
More Homemade Segway Fun (3)
The first time it balanced on its own. (It's actually more stable with the added mass of a rider.)More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plusÃ, high school students from FIRST Robotics teams 97, 2043, and soon-to-be-numbered Wayland HS ...
More Homemade Segway Fun (2)
More Homemade Segway Fun (2)
Bit of a problem in the control code...More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plus high school students from FIRST Robotics teams 97, 2043, and soon-to-be-numbered Wayland HS rookies, and The Education Cooperative, have taken on the ...
More Homemade Segway Fun (1)
More Homemade Segway Fun (1)
Very important cupholder design verification. More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/segwayA group of about 12 students (MIT undergrad and grad plus high school students from FIRST Robotics teams 97, 2043, and soon-to-be-numbered Wayland HS rookies, and The Education Cooperative, have taken on ...
LEGO with brains- building masterpieces with Crickets
LEGO with brains- building masterpieces with Crickets
A great group of kids visited the Edgerton Center and were able to build and program a nice variety of moving "machines". Using the MIT Media Lab's blue dot crickets and LogoBlocks software, these kids created a mosquito that can sense a table's edge in time to ...