Laser scarecrows
Jan. 31st, 2019 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicornduke It's a thing!
I'm working on a little one (commercial ones cost tens of thousands of dollars!) that fits in a five gallon bucket. I'm working off plans made by a university researcher for public use but I'm making it better. So to have the laser part of the laser scarecrow, you need something that will shine some light. The ones we used on the actual prototype for work was three inches long and about a quarter size in diameter.
I just ordered a bunch of the robotics parts for the scarecrow and I said, oh! they've got lasers on here. Great!
I did not check sizing.
y'all, look at this tiny adorable laser!!!!
It is SO tiny and SO cute that I'm not even mad I ordered the wrong thing.
I'm working on a little one (commercial ones cost tens of thousands of dollars!) that fits in a five gallon bucket. I'm working off plans made by a university researcher for public use but I'm making it better. So to have the laser part of the laser scarecrow, you need something that will shine some light. The ones we used on the actual prototype for work was three inches long and about a quarter size in diameter.
I just ordered a bunch of the robotics parts for the scarecrow and I said, oh! they've got lasers on here. Great!
I did not check sizing.
y'all, look at this tiny adorable laser!!!!
It is SO tiny and SO cute that I'm not even mad I ordered the wrong thing.
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Date: 2019-02-01 12:03 pm (UTC)tiny laser!!!
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Date: 2019-02-01 12:31 pm (UTC)Seriously though he builds these crazy lego things. it was the first thing that made him talk to me like a human instead of being a brat, because he noticed that if you're nice to people they pay attention to your robots. it was hilarious and kind of touching. he's also super into making alexander calder-style cut metal mobiles.