Ever wonder what an evil (toy) genius wants for Christmas? The goons at GadgetMadness asked Mr. Mark Tilden, father of BEAM Robotics and the RoboSapien line of toys from Wow-Wee... (Ok, so I was too busy over the holidays to notice the link - sorry!) Read More...
Monday New Product: Grove, Raspberry Rel...
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December 7, 2015
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Grove - 4 pin Female Jumper to Grove 4 pin Conversion Cable (5 PCs per Pack) $4.95 4 Pin jumper wire for easy Grove-to-Arduino connections. |
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Infrared LED Emitter $0.50 Standard sized T1-3/4 infrared emitting LED. |
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Raspberry Pi Relay Board v1.0 $29.40 The Relay Shield contains four high quality relays and provides NO/NC connections to control high current loads. |
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Grove - Barometer Sensor(BMP180) $16.75 This Grove module is a Bosch BMP180 high-precision, low-power digital barometer. |
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Alligator Test Leads - Multicolored (10 Pack) $3.90 Alligator clips are likely to be the most useful thing on your workbench besides the workbench itself. |
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Junkbots book review
We're happy to say that our new book is being pretty well received! Check out this review at StreeTtech.com!
More interesting links on the inter-web....
Browsing around, I found another link regarding Mark Tilden & WowWee. From the website "AllNerdReview.com" (if that doesn't describe a roboticist...) comes article about a their visit to the New York Toy Fair (ok, so my web-browsing is a bit old). Enjoy... http://www.allnerdreview.com/TOYFAIR05/TF13.htm
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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