We're drawing to a close of the Mark Tilden/Solarbotics B.I.O.Bug contest. Due to close March 4 (the Monday after the weekend), this event is to see who can perform the best hack/reverse engineer on a Hasbro/Wowwee B.I.O.Bug. Two lucky winners get a full Quad of BIOBugs (one of each type) from Mr. Tilden, and if […]
Friday New Product: Trinkets, Addressabl...
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October 24, 2014
Today is the auspicious day of October 24. It is so important I can't stop thinking about it even when I am preparing my taxes. Wikipedia mentions is as a the Day of All New Products. It is celebrated as a state holiday in Namibia, where it is also known as the day of jackalope. But here now it is the day of Trinkets, Pogo Pin Probes and addressable LED - and here's the proof:
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Adafruit Pro Trinket - 5V 16MHz $9.95 Keep the UNO's fancy USB connection with none of the size! The Pro Trinket is the Arduino Compatible solution for all of your small project needs. |
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Pogo Pin Probe Clip $2.95 This spring-loaded pogo pin clip gives you the flexibility to measure your signals without tying up one of your precious finger support systems. |
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Addressable WS2812 5mm Through Hole LED - Pack of 5 $2.95 Everyone's favourite addressable LED just went through hole! Get creative with the WS2812 5mm diffused through hole LED. |
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Adafruit Pro Trinket - 3V 12MHz $9.95 Keep the UNO's fancy USB connection with none of the size! The Pro Trinket is the Arduino Compatible solution for all of your small project needs. |
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WIRED.COM and BIOBugs
Wired.com recently posted a very interesting comparison between the Wowwee/Hasbro BIO-Bugs, and the Sony Aibo. Interesting comparison! For those wanting more information, there's the BIO-Bug vivisection page at Solarbotics.net.
More about website development
A decent website is a core of a web-centric store like ours. Back in the early days, I hand-coded HTML (yeah, go back to waybackmachine to admire that work), and what you got is what you got. Since then, we rebuilt Solarbotics.com through 3 more iterations of totally refactored hand-coded platforms, and then 2 aborted […]
Guaranteed Results Workshop at WCRG
Solarbotics is again hosting a Guaranteed Results workshop at the Western Canadian Robot Games, on Friday May 10th, noon to 4pm. It works like this: Pick up any kits from Solarbotics before (or of the day) the workshop, bring it in, and we'll have tools and expertise there to make sure your kit goes together […]
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