We don't know about you, but we're ushering in the New Year with a BANG. That's the sound our metaphorical sledgehammer of rage made while we beat the snot out of our internal server this week, after it refused to come into 2012 in an operational status. Fortunately, our crack IT squad has patched up […]
Early Monday New Product Post: Now with ...
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January 28, 2013
We apologize for the late Friday Product Post - Friday night our brains were temporarily eaten out by rabid flying honey badger monkeys. The brains are now successfully returned into place, and here's the freshly renamed Early Monday Product Post.
Oh, look, text! It has letters! And words. And sentences. And clauses. And everything a text needs, like commas and periods... It doesn't look like someone randomly rolled their head or other body parts on the keyboard. It is generally readable... At least for the English speaking audience. Shocking indeed. And now, in order to facilitate a smooth transition to our new product entries, we announce: new product.
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Hakko FX-888D $107.47 The Hakko FX-888D is an updated digital version of the popular FX-888 and includes several new features. User selectable preset temperatures and digital calibration simplify user setup and operation, and the new password protection and low temperature alarm provides process control and helps protect against cold solder joints. |
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20A 12 Position Terminal Block $2.25 Need to do some heavy duty splicing? Check out this 20A rated 12 position terminal block! |
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OpenBeam Machinist Precut Kit $199.95 Not only does this kit contain the same parts as the OpenBeam Precut Kit 1, it also includes motor mounts and other parts needed for building desktop CNC & 3D machines. |
See you next time, when you will be presented with some Sanskrit quotes from Confucius with Swahili footnotes and an intro in Icelandic. Because why not.
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Small batteries!
We've come across a variety of small batteries that are splendid for the small types of robots we're used to building! A variety of 3.6V and 4.8V packs ranging from 50mA to 300mA capacity means we have something ideal for almost any battery-powered BEAM bot. Check them out in the "New Items" link under "Products", […]
Holiday Hours and Shipping
This is a quick note to announce our holiday schedule, which is going to be as follows: December 24 (Christmas Eve)- 9am to 12pm (half day) December 25 (Christmas Day) - offices are closed December 26 (Boxing Day) - offices are closed December 31 (The Day Before New Year's Day) - 9am to 12pm (half […]
BEAM as part of thesis work
Rory Nugent (of Solar Xylophone fame) has posted his thesis presentation to the Interactive Telecommunications Program, which heavily features BEAM devices. By "building things with a sense of life", he's documenting what we've known for a good while - autonomous devices ("pets") offer unusual interesting relationships. Keep up the good work!
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