Web Links Thursday

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February 23, 2017
Glorious MIDI unicorn
It looks good and it sounds good - a challenging project by musician Andrew Huang. (Via LaughingSquid)
Color changing hair dye
Thermochromic hair color, apparently safe and non-permanent, soon as a commercial product. (Via ZMEScience)
Dazzling canopy of interactive moving lights
Teamlab's stunning light and sound show creates an illusion of ethereal space. (Via DesignBoom)
The Technology Under the Skin of the Animatronic Creatures From ‘Spy in the Wild’
An amazing result of merging knowledge of biology and robotics. (Via LaughingSquid)
Camera made from 32000 drinking straws takes pointillistic photographs
A counterpoint to the modern obsession with high resolution - an analog camera producing multipoint perspective grainy images. (Via DesignBoom)

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October 25, 2005
Pogo Pins are back!

After a long hiatus, our PP3 chisel-tip pogo pins are back! And it looks like they're here to stay, so no more drop-outs in supply. I know that we use them for robotics applications, but there's a lot of people using them for other electronics purposes. Now you can get them reliably, and in quantity, […]

October 18, 2004
Transistor turns 50!

Well, 50 years ago today, the Regency TR-1 transistor radio was unleashed on the masses. As the first transistor-based radio on the market, it made a splash. And here we are, 50 years later, making robots out of the same technology. Regenchy TR-1, Solarbotics salutes you!

June 5, 2013
Wednesday Cool Links: Stryfe Gun Mod, In...

Hey, we survived MakerFaire, now we got new challenges. Good weather is one of them. But the internet can help. Stay put, there's nothing to see out there. The outdoor reality doesn't blink, pan or murmur, or at least not as often as those links below: Stryfe Motor Replacement! A wicked nerf gun mod - […]

August 19, 2005
Turbot Kit!

It's been a while in the making, with a good many prototypes, but finally here it is: The Solarbotics Turbot Kit This alien-like robot is unlike any other robot you've seen!

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