The "Mad Science Space Program" Inaugural Rocket Launch!!!

Greeting future slaves!

My mad science crew and I took another gargantuan step forward in sealing the world's fate to a future of being ruled by my titanium fist of SCIENCE!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!

Our plans of total domination are no longer limited to this single planet, but now extend to beyond its gravitational reach to the stars and dark regions of interstellar space beyond!!!

We shall rule the galaxy!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!

What is that? A bird? A plane? No, it's...

What?

 Hey Renfield!

















 

Yeah!

Do you want to witness my latest device that I shall utilize in my tireless campaign to subjugate the world's population and then rule them with my "Titanium Fist of Science"?

Then cast your gaze towards the other end of the lab patio and behold our new

"Blade QX 180 HD Quadcopter!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!
Its name is "Osto". Which is short for...

ostinato, ( Italian: “obstinate”: ) plural Ostinatos, or Ostinati,  in music, short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition, sometimes slightly varied or transposed to a different pitch.

An "ostinato" could possibly also be referred to as...
"A DRONE"!!!
   

Initializing the drone's 720p camera!

Take off! MUHUHAHAHA!!!

The view of our domain from above the tree's canopy!

Then after putting Renfield and Igor into their states of daily nocturnal hibernation, I walked down to our lab's "Aeronautical Testing Area", or as you, my future subjects, often refer to it... "the soccer field"...  in order to take "Osto" for a true test flight.

Fly Osto!!! FLY!!!

Surveying our domain!!!

"Tremble in fear future subjects!!! Witness our terrifying power over the skies!!!"

Soon this will all be ours!!! Muhuhahaha!!!

Soon future subjects.
Very soon.
The sun sets on your puny civilization. The dawning of a new age approaches.

The new age shall be mine!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!!

 

A dish best served cold...

It is a cliche for a Mad Scientist's genius to be unrecognized by his peers in the scientific community.

It is yet another cliche for the spurned Mad Scientist to desire revenge against those that have rejected his ideas, and to use that desire to fuel his ambition to reach for even greater scientific achievements, further technological advancements and... deeper depths of madness.

These cliches exist for a very simple reason.

Because they are true.

Rise of the ROBOTS!!!

Hello again my Future Subjects!!!

I pray that sufficient time has passed as to allow for you to stop trembling in fear from my last communication.

And that being the case, I shall now stamp out any spark of hope that you may possibly have as to the avoidance of my inevitable enslavement of  the world's entire population on my campaign of complete and total GLOBAL DOMINATION.

Igor inspects the blueprints for our prototype Mark I Automaton!

For you see...

Earlier this morning Igor and I were talking during the drive back to the Laboratory from her "Underwater Demolitions Class" (or as Lab Manager "Mommy" refers to them "Swimming Lessons").

We discussed how the time had totally come for our crew to take our plans for GLOBAL DOMINATION to the next level, and that the logical next step was to begin the formation of our ARMY OF AUTOMATONS!!!

So we paid a quick visit to the "Mad Scientist Supply Store" and acquired a very special project for the day.

The Evil Dr. Albertus Magnus!

As raising an ARMY OF AUTOMATONS is a rather serious undertaking, we decided to utilize the services of an outside consultant that specializes in the field of "Robot Armies".

Renfield spent a few minutes Googling on the Ipad and came across the name of a Dr. Albertus Magnus whose Wikipedia page reads as follows... 

"Dr. Albertus Magnus was a highly respected robotics expert in the Soviet Union during the Cold-war era. Heralded worldwide as a genius in the field of artificial intelligence, she fell out of favor with the scientific establishment in the mid-1970's when it was discovered Dr. Magnus had been been engaged in the unethical practice of transplanting the brains from domestic cats into her robotic creations." 

This lady sounded like our kind of evil robotics genius.

So we petitioned the infamously Evil Russian Mad Roboticist Dr. Magnus to come to our aid...

and she agreed to meet with us!
 

(L to R) Bear, Igor, Dr. Magnus, & RENFIELD!

We discussed Global Domination over refreshments.

Dr. Magnus carefully inspecting our plans and materials.

Dr. Magnus (in her thick Russian accent): "Comrades, vee need two thingz. One, a tin can. And two... THE BRAIN OF A LIVING CAT!!!"

I eagerly volunteer my services in acquiring a tin can.

Now that we have a can, we need to find a fresh brain from a living cat...

Igor, Dr. Magnus and I are stumped. We don't know where we can get a fresh cat brain on this short of notice.

Dr. Magnus: "Has anyone seen Renfield?"

RENFIELD!!!

Now that we have all of the materials we need, Igor starts assembling our Prototype Mark I Automoton!!!

Installing the motor with worm-gear into the chasis!

Igor is carefully wiring the power supply to the motor!

Attaching the Automatons powerful arms!

...adding the CRUSHING CLAWS OF CHAOS!!!

Igor is pleased!!!

It is time for me to complete the final steps and add the can, and the CAT BRAIN!!!

NOW!

BRACE YOURSELF!!

BARE WITNESS TO THE MONSTER WE HATH BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE DARKEST RECESSES OF OUR MINDS WITH THE FORBIDDEN ARTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL-NECROMANCY!!!

  

MUHUHAHAHA!!!!

WITNESS THE SHOCK!!!

WITNESS THE TERROR!!!

Igor is very proud of our creation!

To celebrate our project's success, the entire Lab Crew heads to the park to enjoy the electromagnetic radiation emanating from our planet's nearest star and to study the inertial properties of pendulums.

Well that my dear Future Subjects, will bring this communication to a close.

As you can see, my Lab Crew's first step in compiling an ARMY OF AUTOMATONS has been completed, and with each new Automaton added to its ranks in the future, your subjugation at our merciless robotic claws draws that much closer!

So, you might as well attempt to gain my favor now and comment below, and share these communications with your friends and loved ones!

Do them a favor and warn them that their doom is imminent.

Also, check back often as we have some really amazing projects lined up for the coming weeks including some with Arduino micro-controllers and the much anticipated build of our 3d printer!!!

I suggest that you enjoy the remainder of the weekend, and remember, we are coming, and we will have hordes of ROBOTIC MONSTROSITIES at our command!!!

So take the knee and pledge your allegiance...while you still can!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!

P.S. No cats were actually harmed during the creation of this Automaton.

Renfield ended up cloning a brain from DNA she extracted from a yak'd up hairball.

Oh, and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! ;-)

 

LED Driver Circuits of DOOM!!!

Igor opening an envelope of switches.

Greetings Future Subjects!

I hope the preparations for your impending subjugation are progressing adequately.

As my sinister "Master Plan" for complete and total Global Domination is now moving forward with the momentum of a freshly greased laser guillotine linear-motion bearing, I wanted to give you an update on the present stage of your approaching enslavement.

This morning while Lab Manager "Mommy" was at the retail establishment from which she procures supplies and life supporting sustenance, Igor and I began conducting Mad Science experiments involving the creation of various LED driver circuits of DOOM that were controlled by different types of switches. Meanwhile, Renfield was busily engaged in cultivating her virtual minions on the Ipad.

 

BEHOLD OUR EXPERIMENTS!!!

A Simple LED diagram!

Witness the unleashing of THE SWITCH!

 

BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE SWITCH!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!

Now, Igor will carefully wire THE SWITCH to 3 LEDs of DOOM in series, each with appropriate resistors, being mindful of LED orientation...

Careful...

SUCCESS!!!

Now prepare yourself to tremble in fear from the 

"Dip-Switch of Devastation" 

 controlling 

4 individual LEDs of DOOM!!!

 

IT WORKS!!! MUHUHAHAHA!!!

Igor is pleased.

SO SHE DANCES!!!

Upon seeing Igor's celebratory dancing, Renfield feels she must get in on the action!!!

You have now witnessed the power of THE SWITCH, the LEDs of DOOM, and the DIP SWITCH OF DEVASTATION.

Even plebeian Luddites such as yourselves can clearly see that the days remaining for what you call "society" are clearly numbered.

So my Future Subjects, that brings this terrifying diary entry to a close.

Be sure to check back often to be shocked and awed by me and my Lab Crew's vast technological and scientific powers!!!

Feel free to comment below and share this blog with your fellow doomed souls. :-)

Lastly, enjoy the remainder of this beautiful weekend... while you still can.

MUHUHAHAHA!!!