Tim Burbank @robotfriend@squid.cafe

Best hardware to watch https://www.twitch.tv/ninamarie play Haunted PS1 demo disc

....ok, the TV is the best, but the first gen Raspberry Pi really doesn't like decoding web video

This is The Worst Computer I Have Ever Owned and it makes me immensely happy

(yes the VCR is an important part of it)

Tim are you ever gonna stop posting volcano screenshots?

NO

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/live-feed-from-iceland-volcano

I can't stop watching volcano

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/beint-vefstreymi-fra-eldstodvunum

Most of my data looks like this. In small patches, 100m resolution, false color. But otherwise the landscapes are very similar

Anyways, this is what I love about seeing actual data. Things always behave at least a little different than you expect.

But I'm still not over how cool it is they had such detailed maps to show in the preview animation

Here's a frame from a minute later in the actual video after it slows on parachute and points down. You can see the same landmarks visible in the animation

I was wondering about the different terrain. It looks like the animation shows the vehicle over the landing site looking down. In the actual video the vehicle is still moving forwards and looking at an angle

https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg

Animation of heat shield jettison vs. actual picture of heat shield jettison

Perseverance if finally releasing ALL THE DATA so here's another RGB combination

Processed in Krita, data from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

Attempt at processing one of Percy's hazcams! Combining RGB, minor color adjustments, and undistorting in Krita and Darktable

Data from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

Reminder that we can solve and fund any engineering problem we need to, whether it's landing gently on Mars or the logistics of medical supplies or resilient power grids. Not doing so is a choice

Also the animation in this is beautiful and I love how they could use the actual data of the landing area (I never get that in ocean stuff, slightly jealous)

In her Curiosity book, Emily Lakdawalla describes Curiosity as "the most challenging Mars atmospheric entry in history" because of the rover's size and the precision of the landing area, and now Percy's like "hold my beer"

Landing robots on Mars is wild. Something they mention in passing is that the flying saucer landing capsule uses itself as an airplane wing to steer to the landing site (at least Curiosity did this, doing little S curves to adjust distance)

Go Percy Go! 15 hours https://youtu.be/M4tdMR5HLtg

My last act of 2020 was finishing the music video I shot four years ago
https://youtu.be/ZpiYCk7d_do

I BUILT MY FIRST KEYBOARD!! It's been in progress for most of the year but it exists now and brightens my workspace

It's reached that part of the night where I'm checking wire colors against black and white pictures

I finally figured out the toolsets needed to get sonar bathymetry into Blender!! With proper georeferencing so it can be combined with things like ROV nav data!!!