More New Gear Motors

Not exactly relevant to BEAM, but an interesting distraction: Here's some interesting media from the San Francisco Exploratorium. Notable media to watch is their "Iron Science Teacher" competition (familiar with "The Iron Chef? Same idea...), and their hosting of Robot Sumo Wrestling.

Hah! I told you! I told you! But did you believe me? NooOooOoooooOooo. What am I blathering on about, you ask? Well, we finally now have all the PICAXE Starter Packs available with USB cables instead of serial. There are four new bundles in total: PICAXE-08 Starter Pack (USB) PICAXE-18 Tutorial Kit (USB) PICAXE-18 Starter […]

Spring this year seems to be short on sunshine. To compensate for that, today's post is full of shiny things. And butterflies. Butterflies are always a good addition. Tilt Beam Flashlight Cute build, a diffuser of some sort would be a nice addition though, unless used for interrogation purposes. (by [Zach DeBord], via Hackaday) Soft […]

Solarbotics has been listed in the excellent Make: Magazine (The first magazine devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. inspiration) as a supplier for the Mousey Junkbot project. We have what you're looking for! Simply click on this link to get all of the Mousey parts added to your cart. (Mouse shell, battery and […]