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Happy October everyone! The leaves are falling and there's that crisp scent of winter lurking in the air. Ah, it sure is beautiful! And you know what else is beautiful? Diodes and trimpots, of course. Check out these gorgeous new components: 3.4V Zener Diode 5.1V Zener Diode 1k Single-Turn Trimpot w/ Knob 10k Single-Turn Trimpot […]

View our newest kit we have online, the Hex Pummer, a very amusing night display that is charged by the sun. When the lights go out, it triggers the high intensity LEDs to start flashing on and off. They start out very STRONG and then fade away until the next LED "PUMMS" on. These amusing […]

From the BEAM mailing list, we're happy to report that Tom Gray managed to win 1st at the NAIT robotics challenge in Edmonton!: "Thanks again to all who endured my wails and made helpful suggestions earlier this year when I couldn't get my BS2 brained Sumovore to run. " "Grant M. of Solarbotics finally traced […]

The biggest complaint we've ever had is that the Sumovore is boring. I mean, yeah, it can beat the tar out of most other sumos in the ring without batting an eye. But it's just so boring to watch. It'd be funner to watch the paint dry on a pot of boiling water. So, after […]