Initially inspired by the Moravian Star on Instructables and the fact that we now carry all kinds of 3D printing filament, we decided to make one of our own glowy holiday star. We have used this thing as source files to create a similar treetop decoration of our own. After some trial and error (due […]
Friday New Product: Grove and More
Solar botics
April 24, 2015
Time for a big product update! Again, we're thrilled with the Grove line of microcontroller-interconnected thingies, so heres a few more Grove-compatibles, SD cards, and a lonesome piezo speaker:
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Grove - Encoder $6.36 This grove unit is a simple way to add a rotation input device to your project. |
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Grove - PIR Motion Sensor $11.52 The Grove PIR sensor is specifically tuned to detect the moving heat signatures of human bodies. |
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Grove - Tilt Switch $2.46 Super simple - it's a ball in a tube that plugs into the Grove system to detect tilt. |
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Grove - LED Bar $5.04 Another nice visual indicator for the Grove system, with a 10 segment display. |
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4GB MicroSD Card with Adapter $9.60 Name-brand memory cards are a safe bet for getting a quality memory card. |
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8GB MicroSD Card with Adapter $13.20 Name-brand memory cards are a safe bet for getting a quality memory card. |
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SparkFun Venus GPS with SMA Connector $59.94 GPS units continue to improve, and the SparkFun Venus is one of the smallest & versatile available. |
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44mm Piezo Speaker $3.00 For making a LOUD beep, this piezo suits your need. Comes mounted in a plastic case with mounting tabs. |
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Making Something Useless Useful - 2013
The Useless Box is continuing to populate the world with useless... usefullness, and that means it's time for another update on the Make Something Useless Useful project. You might remember we started in 2012 by donating a percentage of past sales of Useless Boxes to Plan Canada. This year we are donating $6000 to assist […]
CES - Mark's new bots
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748603,00.asp Need I say more? (Except "Thx for the lead, Wolfgang") (For those who don't know, Mark Tilden is the founder of BEAM technology, and now designs toys for Wow-Wee toys. These are his followups to the very popular "RoboSapien")
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