by news | Sep 28, 2014 | Design
So far so good but I think I might need a motor…. using a piece of string to spin it up should get you to 2000rpm apparently but its at 10,000+ that you start to feel it, and getting it up to those speeds when it’s not really a powerball might be an issue...
by news | Sep 28, 2014 | Design
One good thing that came my from exploration of counter rotation gyroscopes is an idea for haptics for the Feel Three platform. Now I know the motion simulator is one big ball of haptics but this adds a little more subtlety and range to the platform. I’m not...
by news | Sep 27, 2014 | Design
I made a slight boo boo in not allowing the chance to have the stepper on either (or both) side(s) and next time I’d probably print the rings inside each other because I though I would break one of them putting the rings inside each other… Some slight...
by news | Sep 27, 2014 | Design
I updated a couple of plugins and then realised my ‘giveaway’ button just takes you to the home page…. arguably this is my most important page since someone who doesn’t give me their email won’t return and might miss the crowdfunding...
by news | Sep 27, 2014 | Design
Frustratingly I went to bed while the inner circle and ‘handle’ was printing and the filament jammed on the spool, so I woke to find my print had failed an hour into a 4 hour...
by news | Sep 26, 2014 | Design
What? If a controller you rotate on three axis has three degrees of freedom what do you call a controller that pushes back on those three axis? Three degrees of force? Resistance? Compulsion? Momentum? Mmmmm, force sounds good, although Disney may object...
