A comprehensive introduciton to hypothesis testing

If you are working on a Ph.D, no matter what knowledge area, you will sooner or later encounter hypothesis testing to prove (or disprove) whether your suspicions hold true (is a system more stable, does a medicine work better, are there diferences in the carbon-dating results, etc.). A such, you will find this introduction to p-values using catan and dices extremely insightful. Its extraordinarily well (and fun) written, contains many hints, and warns you about common mistake you might be committing in your own research. I hope you enjoy it.

Enhanced commercial multicopter for research in autonomous navigation

I just wanted to share with you a fully autonomous drone I built some time back for my degree in electornic engineering. It was a time when there were no fully autonomous drones, as the needed hardware was still too heavy to be flown piggyback all around your backyard. Still, I managed to pack everything I needed on top of a commercial RTF-Y6 hexacopter, including an RGD-D camera and an ARM computer.

If you feel like, take a look at the corresponding paper published during the 23th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2015. Also, don't miss the video after the break.