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DCC: Digital Command Control For Model Railways
09 February 2012
While it has been around for some years now, Digital Command Control or DCC is now becoming increasingly popular as more and more manufacturers incorporate it into their new models, along with various accessories such as complete locomotive sound systems.
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Converting The F&P SmartDrive for Use As A... Motor
03 February 2012
Recycled smart drive washing machine motors have been used in countless projects. They can be found in wind turbines, water turbines, and every other type of generator imaginable. This article takes a radical new direction and uses a Fisher & Paykel SmartDrive as... a motor.
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Playing USB-Stick & SD/MMC Card Music Without A PC
09 January 2012
Do you ever wish you could simply play music tracks that you've saved on a USB stick or memory card? We had a particular reason for developing this project but it could easily be incorporated into your home hifi system for real convenience!
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Steadicam: Taking The Bumps Out Of Movies, Pt. 2
30 December 2011
Seemingly unable to stop inventing more technology, Garrett Brown developed Steadicam® into more and more models. He then came up with radical ways of moving a camera above and across a sports field, down into a pool as a diver descends and tracking with swimmers as they move from one end of the pool to the other.
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The AlternatIVe Maximite World
15 December 2011
The Maximite world is growing. As we mentioned last month in our miniMaximite story, the Maximite has been cloned a number of times, so now
there is a range of alternatives for you
to choose from. To help you in this choice we gathered a number of these to test along with some expansion boards that might help you connect the Maximite to the rest of the world.
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Steadicam: Taking The Bumps Out Of Movies, Pt. 1
05 November 2011
For more than 30 years Steadicam®, a system to stabilise the camera in film and video production has been a mainstay of the industry. But Garrett Brown, inventor of the
device has not stood still. So, today there is Steadicam, son of Steadicam, son of son of Steadicam...
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Power Your Pedal Pushie (or Building an eBike)
03 November 2011
Riding a pushbike is great exercise - until you come to hills!
Unless your name is Evans or Armstrong et al, unless you're one of the lycra brigade who keep super fit by pedaling everywhere and anywhere, even if your pushie has 150 gears and weighs about a hundred grams, you often wish that you could have just that little bit of assistance when the going gets tough!
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