Before the advent of the mp3 the best way to have all your music on demand was to own a CD carousel like this. One of my friends had one at the time which lead me to the idea of replacing the CD player for one that read DVDs. However DivX/MPG4 and large harddrives rendered that idea a bit redundant before I had a chance to put it into practice. Since Blu-ray has stepped up the required storage size, added to the annoyance of copy protection in those and the PS3 game, the idea seems like a good one again.

Welcome to my all new blog, documenting my exploits in the field of Robotics.

I use the term Robotics quite loosely, my projects include CarPCs, UAVs, RC vehicles, GIS and Mapping, Video Processing, Home Entertainment and Animatronics.

As well as a journal of what I’ve been upto I’ll be pointing out interesting articles and useful information that I find around the web.

Merseyside Police recently had their surveillance drone grounded by the CAA when they failed to apply for a licence after recent law changes regarding UAVs. Good to see they are aware of the law that they are enforcing!

Anyway these rules have been extended. Previously UAVs of less than 7Kg were not covered but now they require permission to fly within 50m of people and 150m of buildings. This may well apply to the UAV that I am planning to build.