We've had a great email come in from "Team Wazio", who are using our GM19 gear motors in their ant/fairyweight battlebots. Neat construction details - worth a look-see! (Yes, we know they're using the RW2 wheels and we're sold out, but we're taking care of that...)
Web Links Thursday
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February 23, 2017
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Glorious MIDI unicorn It looks good and it sounds good - a challenging project by musician Andrew Huang. (Via LaughingSquid) |
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Color changing hair dye Thermochromic hair color, apparently safe and non-permanent, soon as a commercial product. (Via ZMEScience) |
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Dazzling canopy of interactive moving lights Teamlab's stunning light and sound show creates an illusion of ethereal space. (Via DesignBoom) |
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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) |
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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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Robothon Success!
Congrats out to Grant, for bringing his "Ender's Wraith" to first place in the advanced mini-sumo category at last weekend's Seattle Robothon. We also picked up an award for "Most Unusual Robot" with our Turbot prototypes! Additional to that, a Solarbotics Sumovore ("Oops" by Kristina Miles) won the amateur mini-sumo category!
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