As Panasonic is no longer manufacturing their line of Sunceram solar cells, we've been on the hunt for suitable replacements. Here's our first find - the SCC3733! It's a polycrystaline cell in an epoxy casing, so it's a bit heavier, but much, much less prone to breaking or burning off of the solder-pads. It's also […]
Microsoft ... BEAM Robots?!?
Dave Hrynkiw
May 3, 2006
Solarbotics held a few workshops and lectures at the MAKEr faire April 22/23rd.
After giving a workshop, a nice man from Microsoft invited me over to see their BEAM robots. Obviously intregued, I found their display at the Microsoft pavilion where Microsoft encouraged all their engineers with "MAKE"-style hobbies to exhibit, including this squad of hobby roboticists!
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GM10's not here yet!
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Ice Cream, ArdJet and (New) Stuff
Well, it certainly has been a busy week! Particularly for our pals over at SparkFun, who just wrapped up their third annual Free Day. This is quickly becoming a favourite spectator sport around the office, as every year we tune in to watch the available money evaporate and/or their website/servers die a horrible, horrible death. […]
Cool Project - GM10 Walker!
I've got some pics to share from some of our customers! Let's start with James McCracken's GM10 Walker...
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