Relayed from my good friend ScottyDogma, here's a link to an article In the July 4th Globe and Mail Newpaper regarding "10 Things Canada Does Best" (this is point #8 - Robotics). Whodathunk? Not me...
OpenBeam & Nightmares in China Sour...
Solar botics
February 16, 2016
We've been a big fan of Openbeam for a long time, and when Terence Tam started producing 3D printers using this material, we were hopeful that this would be a great fit for his operation. Nice material, great engineering - what could go wrong? LOTS. Follow his spiral down the Asian rabbit-hole when his selected representation in Asia seems to drag him into a quagmire (hint: that's a word meaning "an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation") that severely damages his company.
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Coming to the WCRG this year?
Thinking of coming to the Western Canadian Robot Games this year? Although the games don't have any BEAM events this year, we're still planning on being there to meet up with our customers (and enter a few 'bots in competition!). As usual, we're planning at also having our free annual post-event BBQ, so if you'll […]
Survey! Prizes!
We have developed a quick little survey to help us find out a few things from our visitors, and we hope you won't mind giving us your thoughts. In exchange for a little bit of your time, we will be entering your name into a draw for our newest product up on deck -- the […]
Moving ActiveTech
As some of you know, ActiveTech is changing locations and merging operations with Solarbotics. The retail store is going to take the space where the former RnD lab was, and we've been working hard to prepare that area for the move-in.
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