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February 10, 2017
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A Batman Jacket Made With 10,000 Lego Bricks

Lego and Batman rolled in one? Geek factor level 80. (Via Fashionablygeek.com)

Japanese Scientists Artificially Pollinate Flowers with a Bee drone
Lookit this electric thing smacking the poor lily up the face! Bees are much more gentle. Save the bees. Technology is cool, but bees are better. (Via Designboom)
App note: Choose the right voltage regulator to extend battery life in wearables
This one is a handy link for DIY folks who actually hack their wearables - hope that it's useful. (Via Dangerousprototypes)

DC robot overlords? No, they’re just making deliveries
An alternative to flying delivery drones. (Via Arstechnica)

Grafiky labs' AIR-INK recycles pollution into dense black ink
Making a beautiful drawing (hopefully) and an environmental statement. Ink by MIT lab media graduate.(Via Designboom)

 

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November 15, 2006
Holiday Specials!

Yes, we're approaching the time of the year when it's the darkest and all you want to do is sip tea and huddle around the ... soldering iron! The first of our specials is the "KHSB1 - Learn Robotics Book Special". It includes a copy of our popular "Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels", plus […]

March 15, 2004
New Sanyo Gear motors

Wow! They're finally here! These are the original gear motors we used sooo many years ago to convert and power the Miniball kits (yes, they're under review for bringing back - don't rush us!). We're the only place to find the whole assortment of four gear ratios - 75.7, 134.5, 196.6, and 297.1:1 reduction, and […]

February 9, 2011
Interesting Mini-sumo build

This mini-sumo design by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin features our wheels, and one of our favourite building materials, Sintra. We can't laser-cut sintra (PVC=bad stuff when burned), but milling it works well, as this builder shows. The asymmetric motor layout works, as proven by this contest-winning design (scroll to the bottom of the page).

November 17, 2009
What's on the burner...

We're working on some new Arduino projects. It's fun working on open-source hardware. Both these projects are out for manufacture now, so hopefully it will only be a few weeks until they are ready. Project One: The GVS Shield We love Phidgets. They have all kinds of useful sensors, to which most subscribe to a […]

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