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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Where in the World

Albert Putnam, Tokyo, Odaiba, 2003
Where in the world am I in this photo?
Small hint... It is not New York.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

DCC and networking for Model Railroads

DCC and networking for Model Railroads... XpressNet seems an interesting RS485 way of network controllers and automation together.
http://www.dccwiki.com/XpressNet
http://jmri.sourceforge.net/help/en/html/hardware/XPressNet/index.shtml

And here is some overall information about DCC aka Digital Command Control
http://www.sodigi.com/What_Is_DCC.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Command_Control

And one can get books like "DCC Projects" at library or various online booksellers.

Another Mobile Camera from Spy Gear ala Clark Call Car Cam

And there is a new followup to the Clark Hall Car Cam, an even better version, the Spy TRACKR

http://hackaday.com/2010/05/24/bamf2010-spy-trakr-no-lasers-14861-cheaper/

http://gizmodo.com/5470621/trakr-rc-car-lets-you-spy-with-the-power-of-apps

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/spy-video-trakr-runs-custom-kid-built-applications-for-stoppin/

http://www.spytrakr.com/

This is apparently a follow-on to the ATV-360 also from Spy Gear (aka Spy Trakr)

http://www.spygear.net/spy-gear/spy-toys/spy_video_atv_360

Have not seen them in stores yet though.