nickmcc

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by nickmcc 13d ago
Very cool! I made something similar recently with my Xteink X4 ereader - difference being it served as a UI for sensors connected to my phone. Getting the ESP32 to communicate directly to ANT sensors is pretty wild!
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Heart Aerospace – X1 First Flight – Largest Electric Aircraft(youtube.com)
2 points by nickmcc 1mo ago|1 comments
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by nickmcc 2mo ago
This antenna array is used for EME. For those not familiar with that acronym, it means using the moon as a radio reflector to send signals back to earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%E2%80%93Moon%E2%80%93Ear...
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by nickmcc 5mo ago
Fun fact: He builds these with / for the actor Tyler Perry, whom has a hanger and RC airstrip at his home.
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by nickmcc 10mo ago
As an alternative to Lora, check out https://github.com/projecthorus/wenet
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by nickmcc 1y ago
I think you could also infer storm tracks based on pilot deviations they often make following their on-board radar.
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by nickmcc 1y ago
For the latest in multi-stage high pressure, high altitude water powered rockets, this group is paving the way: https://youtu.be/xm-tGJxepUw?si=uGA--H1kPgBCVREd
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Blue Ghost Mission 1 – Moon Landing [video](flickr.com)
3 points by nickmcc 2y ago|0 comments
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by nickmcc 2y ago
I wonder if you develop an ML model that uses brightness and color reduction cues in the video in order to estimate depth in lieu of a dive computer. I suspect cameras auto-exposure or underwater modes may nullify this.
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by nickmcc 2y ago
> At more than $100 million each (equivalent to $750 million today), they departed Earth, then fell in pieces into the ocean. Could you imagine the unit cost today, if we kept building Saturn V in an iteratively improving process? Even a
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by nickmcc 2y ago
An individual F1 engine outperforms an individual Raptor 2/3.
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by nickmcc 2y ago
Check out: https://ecalc.ch/wingdesigner.htm
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by nickmcc 2y ago
The team at CPSdrone (3D printed submersibles) made a very similar project to hunt for and identify a sunken plane: https://youtu.be/QnBfJzApJMg?si=vFGqMrqZOgFXMAoV They also used an ArduRover powered catamaran and the same
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by nickmcc 2y ago
Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut) has an overview and interview with Stoke from about a year ago: https://youtu.be/EY8nbSwjtEY?si=-kNtNUFpgiisgsUh
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by nickmcc 3y ago
Yearly at FliteFest, an RC airplane festival put on by FliteTest, we hold a dogfight/combat with hundreds of airplanes. The only difference is no munitions (excluding pesky LiPo fires) https://youtu.be/_NFBpoD6jcw?si=Yw
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by nickmcc 3y ago
Has anyone confirmed if LEV1 and LEV2 can continue to operate and communicate to earth independently from SLIM, if the SLIM batteries fail?
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by nickmcc 3y ago
I was looking at video on training a custom voice with Piper, following a tutorial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_we_jma220 , and noticed how the datasets required metadata of the text for the source audio files. This
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WhisperSpeech – An open source text-to-speech system built by inverting Whisper(github.com)
464 points by nickmcc 3y ago|114 comments
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Toy Theater – Educational Games for Kids(toytheater.com)
3 points by nickmcc 3y ago|1 comments
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by nickmcc 3y ago
I stumbled across this surprisingly delightful source of games and educational tools while trying to explain analog clocks to my son. I'm impressed by the simplicity of the design and lack of login or advertising. On the tech side, loo
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by nickmcc 3y ago
I use https://github.com/jketterl/openwebrx with RTL-SDR sticks
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by nickmcc 3y ago
Daniel, from RCTESTFLIGHT on YouTube, has a series of videos where he experiments with solar airplanes, which wad really interesting to watch from the standpoint of a RC and electronics hobbyist: https://youtube.com/playlis
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by nickmcc 3y ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/inside-apple-s-spectacu...
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by nickmcc 3y ago
“I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel,” said Captain Edward Smith, commander of the Titanic.
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by nickmcc 4y ago
https://archive.ph/klRPC
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by nickmcc 4y ago
Very similar experience here. I found I’d also prefer scrolling with my ring finger than thumb. I still need to make the DPI adjustment in firmware
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by nickmcc 4y ago
Here’s a relevant article about a recent report from the FAA regarding Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations, one of the key regulatory hurdles to drone delivery: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/faa-publishes-
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by nickmcc 4y ago
One very in-depth book I have is: The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
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by nickmcc 5y ago
I’ve switched from my Gmail domain to CloudFlare + iCloud. Initially, I set MX records and the txt record to iCloud for verification, and then added the CloudFlare MX records at a higher priority. So far, the setup seems to be working well.