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, […]
Wednesday Links: Solder Paste, Tiny Robo...
Solar botics
July 23, 2014
Saying "links" - implying "Wednesday", saying "Wednesday" - meaning "links". Inseparable like yolk and white, heart and attack, bugs and spray. Here they are, the links.
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NASA Releases Many Printable 3D Models Yesss, lot's of grey filament and here you have yourself an accurate 3D model of your favourite asteroid. (Via Fabbaloo) |
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Solder paste ...looks cool under microscope! (Via NYC Resistor) |
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Tiny Walking Robots Powered by Muscle Cells Biorobotics is the way to go, I say. Do away with bulky square leaden boxes. (Vie IEEESpectrum) |
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goTenna Portable Telephone Network Sad, I guess you can't watch movies on that... (Via Designboom) |
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Generative Typography with Processing
Coding to create hairy text - I'm all for it. (Via CreativeApplications.net) |
.... And Red and Green (and Blue)!
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Protel v2.8 Demo Disks
This is a very nice little demo package from Protel of a PCB layout program. It's an older package (they don't even have this on their website anymore), but works on any windows platform, unlike their current demo versions.
New Yellow Treads
Want a bumble-bee look to your robot tank? Intersperse our new GMT-Yellow treads into the link chain! You should even be able to use a yellow link as a opto-reflector in a wheel (err...tread?) encoder circuit. ALSO, we're the only place in North America you can get these new yellow tread links!
WIRED.COM and BIOBugs
Wired.com recently posted a very interesting comparison between the Wowwee/Hasbro BIO-Bugs, and the Sony Aibo. Interesting comparison! For those wanting more information, there's the BIO-Bug vivisection page at Solarbotics.net.
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