For my final engineering project in college, I stripped the RF electronics out of an E-Maxx electric monster truck and replaced them with an OOPIC-R board using bluetooth as the wireless communication medium. I added two pan/tilt camera mounts to the front and back and then wrote a GUI in Visual Basic for the vehicle that used an Xbox 360 controller to drive the car and control the cameras. I never got the back camera to work, but the car worked like a charm. Only problem I had was I didn't program in a system to tell the car to stop if it went out of range - that was a fun discovery. I was running it full blast (this thing would do about 40mph, was ankle-high, and weighed 15lbs), when I ran out of range and it veered to the right and slammed full-on into the underside of a police vehicle. It scared the shit out of the cop and wedged the car so far underneath that I had to use a jack on the police car to raise it high enough to get the car out. The original title for the project was Unmanned Land Assistance Vehicle, but it was changed to Assault Vehicle after that. The project is over now, but I'm looking for input on the code if anyone is willing to help. I'm going to be posting it on the OOPIC support group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oopic within the week, I'm just trying to properly document everything right now.
The "SSSSs" totally mark you out for special treatment - I waited by the security screeners in a small regional airport one afternoon headed to Vegas and while waiting on my wife to get out of the bathroom, I had nothing better to do than question them. The TSA guys were friendly and told me straight out that the SSSS is the marker for searches and to expect it as my wife and I connected through various airports. The guy was absolutely right, I was searched (my ticket had the marker while my wifes didn't) at every stop but one.
My university displays more of a EULA than a MOTD - this pops up at logon.
This is a Northwestern State University information system. This system, including all related equipment, networks and network devices (specifically including Internet access), are provided only for authorized University use.
I acknowledge that I will adhere to the terms and conditions of the Northwestern Electronic Data Processing Standards and Policies.
I understand that my account will be terminated on my last day of employment after which I will not have access to e-mail or any files on the University PC assigned to me or on University shared storage devices.
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For my final engineering project in college, I stripped the RF electronics out of an E-Maxx electric monster truck and replaced them with an OOPIC-R board using bluetooth as the wireless communication medium. I added two pan/tilt camera mounts to the front and back and then wrote a GUI in Visual Basic for the vehicle that used an Xbox 360 controller to drive the car and control the cameras. I never got the back camera to work, but the car worked like a charm. Only problem I had was I didn't program in a system to tell the car to stop if it went out of range - that was a fun discovery. I was running it full blast (this thing would do about 40mph, was ankle-high, and weighed 15lbs), when I ran out of range and it veered to the right and slammed full-on into the underside of a police vehicle. It scared the shit out of the cop and wedged the car so far underneath that I had to use a jack on the police car to raise it high enough to get the car out. The original title for the project was Unmanned Land Assistance Vehicle, but it was changed to Assault Vehicle after that. The project is over now, but I'm looking for input on the code if anyone is willing to help. I'm going to be posting it on the OOPIC support group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oopic within the week, I'm just trying to properly document everything right now.
Zooom!!!! It's a little ankle-breaker I tell ya!
The "SSSSs" totally mark you out for special treatment - I waited by the security screeners in a small regional airport one afternoon headed to Vegas and while waiting on my wife to get out of the bathroom, I had nothing better to do than question them. The TSA guys were friendly and told me straight out that the SSSS is the marker for searches and to expect it as my wife and I connected through various airports. The guy was absolutely right, I was searched (my ticket had the marker while my wifes didn't) at every stop but one.