Just to make thinks clear

Canterbury is a New Zealand region founded by the “Canterbury Association“. It’s largest city is Christchurch. The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who had attended Christ Church College, Oxford, UK. The University of Canterbury was then founded in 1873 as New Zealand’s second-oldest university. To make things complicate, there is also a “Canterbury Christ Church University” in Kent, UK (founded in 1962). Can you feel the holy spirit already?

Playing 60 FPS Movie on iOS iPad

I had a 720p movie with 60 FPS. Many web pages argued that it is not possible to play such a movie on your iPad. I converted the source movie with Handbreak‘s iPad profile and only changed the framerate to “same as source”. After the conversion I added the transcoded movie to iTunes and transferred it to the iPad (version 2). It played back at 60 FPS without any trouble with the iOS 6 native movie app. Sometimes things work.

Handbreak settings for 60 FPS iPad

Video of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 R2-D2 Robot

I finally got my act together to finish up my EV3 R2D2. I had to order two additional head pieces and install the latest beta build. The new programming software is pretty sweet. The new “Move Steering” and “Move Tank” make it super easy to put together a line follower.

ev3-software-development-tool-mindstorms

Here is a video of this software in action. It has obstacle avoidance, line following, random beeps, random head turns and some flashing lights:

Crocodile

Crocodile is a robust off road LEGO car that has four wheel drive and four wheel steering. It’s frame is very compact and rigid. It drives fast over obstacles and its independent suspension system makes sure that all wheels touch the ground at all times. I also spread some of my “wisdom” on how to build a well designed LEGO off road car.