Here's a link to a Smalltimes article where they interview Mark (and a few others) about using MEMS (or Micro Electromechanical Systems) in the toy industry. Read More...
Wednesday Cool Links: Aquatop, Autopilot...
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August 28, 2013
We are going places! And coming back! And going again! Does that sound familiar? I think I said that before. Yeah, that’s what we do, we are unstoppable indeed. In this case, we are very excited to be going to the Open Hardware Summit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a
really soon – on September 6, 2013. But before we set out on another trip, there's stuff to see here too:
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AquaTop: a gaming touch display that looks like demon possessed water Precisely - demon possessed water that you can touch. The Japanese are crazy. In a good way. Combine the passion for using info media in hot baths with Kinect and you got... right, demon possessed water. |
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MAV lab creates world’s smallest autopilot for micro aircraft Perfectly tiny (only 1.9g and 2x2cm) autopilots for tiny zooming spying drones. |
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Retrotechtacular: The 10-year anniversary of plastic Love this Retrotechtacular rubric at Hackaday! Check out a blast from the past video on 10-year anniversary of plastic - no one speaks like that any more... |
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[Update] Vladimir’s Robot Guitar Who needs musicians now? I think we are done with that finger-muscle-joint human-powered stuff! Check this out, true mastery. Now someone has to compose music for more than 10 fingers. |
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Making keys after the apocalypse Need some keys duplicated in the post-apocalyptic setting? This tutorial will show you how to make them. I bet they will be a hot fashion accessory, along with bottle caps and light bulbs. |
Now that we've traveled all over the internet, I might wanna journey into the kitchenland to the microwave to get some foods… That was exhausting…
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It's always nice to get feedback (especially when it's complementary!): I have to let you know about my experience with your company this Christmas season. I wanted to purchase a robotic kit for my husband who had never build a kit before. I called to get some information as I am very much a novice, […]
Solarbotics goes to San Francisco!
Solarbotics recently sent a representative to the Robot Society of America's Robot Expo in San Francisco. Wanna see some pics? Check them out here at http://www.solarbotics.net/gallery/SanFranciscoRSA.
Minor Additions and New Links
Boy, there's work to do on new websites. Link checking, spell checking, image links - all sorts of crap that doesn't have anything to do directly with robots! Even so, we've been able to put up a few new images of Mark Tilden's "Projectorbots" on the Photovores page. Yuck. Must do something about how hard […]
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