"RoboRat" Customer Application - AKA War on Terror

Ken Gracey

Dear friends,

Here is another interesting customer application, featured May 12th on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer.· A clip is available on the web at the link below.

The rat's backpack is comprised of·a video camera and 2.4 GHz transmitter by Aliveal, a·BASIC Stamp 1 by Parallax, a Panasonic Li-ion battery (Progressive Technologies), and an 433 MHz RX2 receiver by Radiometrix (American rep Lemos).· Data communication from the base station is with the Radiometrix TX2 transmitter driven by a LabView program, and the video link is to an AV receiver by Aliveal.

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=rlnpsfbab.0.0.6gffz8aab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fit-app-02.downstate.edu%2Ficons%2Fpic%2FMN_MAY_12_05%2FRoboRatsChapin_GoodMorningAmerica_5_4_05.wmv

Sincerely,

Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.

LoopyByteloose

The is quite remarkable, the whole unit just sits on the rat's back and actually interfaces with the rat's brain.
And, it uses only a BasicStamp1 as its microprocessor! Why do we always think more is needed?


Of course, the drawback is escapee rats. If you have a few hundred of these at an airport, sooner or later one or two will get out. Just make sure that they are all sterile or you will be getting a population explosion.

Years and years ago, someone said that if you want to catch a mouse, make a noise like cheese. There is your next generation project - a BasicStamp based Pied Piper.

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patio87

That was done with the basic stamp???? IF thats true that is so cool