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DIYer constructs Ultrasonic Batgoggles, doles out instructions
Engadget ^
| May 29th 2008 at 5:17AM
| Engadget
Posted on 05/29/2008 2:52:21 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
To be exceptionally honest with you, Ultrasonic Batgoggles don't exactly need any pimping from us. What you see above is a homegrown device that enables humans to discover how bats must feel when using echolocation in order to judge how far away certain objects are. The main components are an Arduino microcontroller clone, Devantech ultrasonic sensor and a set of welding goggles -- oh, and a sick poker face to really round things out. Check out the links below to get a gist of the background as well as a step-by-step guide to concocting your own.
EXCERPTED.
Read - Ultrasonic Batgoggles project page
Read - Ultrasonic Batgoggles How-to guide
TOPICS: Technical
KEYWORDS: bat; batdoggles; batgoggles; echolocation; tech
To: CarrotAndStick
Kewl, now to mount one on the back bumper...
Got some sharp young folks out there.
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posted on
05/29/2008 2:59:30 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Always wanted to know “how bats must feel”.
It’s the first step toward Bat Rights.
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posted on
05/29/2008 2:59:38 AM PDT
by
supremedoctrine
("Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn" --Delmore Schwartz)
To: CarrotAndStick
To: supremedoctrine
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posted on
05/29/2008 3:01:45 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
If you put one of these on Obama, would anyone notice the difference?
To: BuffaloJack
Has anyone noticed that BatBoy, the creature discovered by Weekly World Review looks suspiciously like Obama.
Batboy was found in a cave in Kentucky, not far from Illinois....hmmm....Obama is the right age to be his dad.
Do you suppose....?
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posted on
05/29/2008 5:53:02 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: All
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posted on
05/29/2008 5:59:36 AM PDT
by
Liberty2007
(Obama,Osama or Chelsea's mama.(they are all bad)
To: CarrotAndStick
When using one, do you have to put on a fur suit and run around making funny squeaking sounds?
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:00:18 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Average White Conservative)
To: BuffaloJack
“If you put one of these on Obama, would anyone notice the difference?”
Obama is “batty”, not bat-like.
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:22:44 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: CarrotAndStick
I’ll bet that young man is as smart as he looks!
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posted on
05/29/2008 1:45:20 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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