New Years 2007

We've been trying to Make Something Useless Useful since 2012. In order to do that we've been donating a percentage of past sales of the Useless Box to Plan Canada. In year 2013 $5,000 went to Plan Canada' Gift of Hope School Construction in Honduras.

Well, that magical time of year where rabbits poop magical chocolate eggs is almost upon us. And, as usual, Solarbotics will be closed for Good Friday, on April the 2nd. This'd be where we talk about how you can still send emails and submit orders, and that we'll answer any correspondence/messages and resume processing/shipping orders […]

Today is Friday. Lets celebrate by using only green towels and omitting the letter R. Or just seeing what new stuff we got: Arduino Yun $71.95 Take a wireless router-on-a-chip, and stick an Arduino Leonardo to it - that's the new Arduino YUN! Evil Mad Science The Three Fives Kit $35.00 Take a venerable 555 […]

We're starting to get feedback on Sumovore modifications by our customers. Like, turning the Sumovore into a Room-rover. Or 18V motor operation modifications. Or 'Kaoken' double-voltage adrenaline charges when pushing an opponent. All sorts of stuff! We'll start featuring these modifications shortly, but until then, you may want to take a look at our own […]