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Networked Model Boat

I posted a link my new blog on my RoboBoat project in a comment in another post. That made the link buried fairly deep, sorry. The link is also posted in the right hand column. It’s going to be a “very nerdy techno-speak about networks and micro computers”  type blog for awhile.  The mission is boat control but I won’t be posting much about the vessel for some time. RoboBoatBlog.net

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The ROBOAT Project

I am toying with an idea. Toy may be appropriate but there is a lot of engineering nerdy-ness involved. That’s right down my alley. Brace yourself for the following toy hobby nerd-speak. My vision is to turn a remote control type model boat into a robotically controlled model boat. They are both remotely controlled but the robot boat can and will have a lot more interesting things it can perform when underway, or even in...

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Something Fishey

Here are the slides taken while attending my TAC (my real job) fishing trip to Calcasieu Lake a.k.a Big Lake , Louisiana. The picture you see of me just sitting in the boat is the last evidence of the windbreaker jacket and clear blended-focus glasses. I took them off while fishing. The clear glasses I put in a inside pocket of the jacket and wore my sunglasses while fishing. The jacket was placed with another...

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