About a million years ago (and by that, we mean 3-4) we had a crazy French intern called Jerome. He had a squiggly beard and liked to exclaim "SUPER COOL!" whenever he saw anything that caught his attention. But because he came up with neat stuff like the BeetleBot, we let him stick around. Even […]
Christmas/New Years Holiday Hours
Solar botics
December 1, 2017
This is a quick note to announce our holiday schedule, which is going to be as follows.
At Solarbotics:
- Friday, December 22 - Offices open til 4pm
- Monday, December 25 - Tuesday, December 26 -- Closed
- Wednesday, December 27 & Thursday, December 28 - Offices open 9am to 5pm
- Friday, December 29 - Offices open til 4pm
- Monday, January 1 - Closed
- Tuesday, January 2 - Open, back to regular hours
At ActiveTech Calgary:
- Friday, December 22 & Saturday, December 23 - Regular hours
- Monday, December 25 - Tuesday, December 26 -- Closed
- Wednesday, December 27 to Saturday, December 30 - Regular hours
- Monday, January 1 - Closed
- Tuesday, January 2 - Open, back to regular hours
Special holiday extended hours: open til 8pm every Thursday starting December 14th.
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New BIOBug Footage
We've just recently been given the go-ahead to unveil more Wowwee BIOBugs - the toy that Mark Tilden had direct involvement in! This is footage we shot while down in New Mexico this Spring at the 2001 LANL workshop. The first video shows the BIOBug Beetle's ability to maneuver and respond to obstacles. The second […]
Christmas? What do you mean it's Christm...
Yeeks! Jeez, it's snuck up on me too... If you want to get your favourite solder-geek a new project for Christmas, keep in mind that our deadline for shipping is approaching. For US orders, your option is Purolator/DHL Courier (2 business days, so Wednesday the 21st by 2:00pm MST at the latest!). Domestic (Canadian) orders […]
Circuit: Herbie by Randy Sargent
Although not a true BEAM robot, this simple schematic by Randy Sargent is small, simple, slick, and effective. My own version uses a pair of pager motors and three cells from a 9V rechargeable battery. Hard to get any simpler than this device!
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