This could be a joint project between electronics and Computers. take a cheap radio controlled car, strap a wireless camera to it (X10.com has one cheap), and a video capture card.
you would then need to take apart the remote control transmitter and interface it to the parallel port (pretty easy), with only 4 outputs: forward, reverse, left, right
then, for software, you could write a CGI or a Java applet to view the image from the rover and provide simple controls to move it around..
Boy, if I had a kid they'd be winning the science fair project!!!
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This could be a joint project between electronics and Computers. take a cheap radio controlled car, strap a wireless camera to it (X10.com has one cheap), and a video capture card.
you would then need to take apart the remote control transmitter and interface it to the parallel port (pretty easy), with only 4 outputs: forward, reverse, left, right
then, for software, you could write a CGI or a Java applet to view the image from the rover and provide simple controls to move it around..
Boy, if I had a kid they'd be winning the science fair project!!!
Many execs and IT leaders are still afraid of Linux, while at the same time relying on services like Google to perform their work.
This article is the perfect eye-opener for these "going 100MPH with blinders on" types!