We've been having fun playing with the L293D driver chip. It's one of those things to see how much you can make it do by itself (like with any BEAM application!). Grant McKee has been experimenting with some simple additions to the chip to make it (unto itself) a suitable brain for a simple mini-sumo […]
Wednesday Cool Links: Bagels, Algorhithm...
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August 7, 2013
Well, we survived the skeleton Tuesday, now it's time for Cool Links Wednesday:
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Mathematically Correct Breakfast: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves Never thought math and bagels went together so well! While I am no mathematician at any rate, the intellectual stimualtion of creating a two-twist moebius strip, you can get slightly more cream cheese on, because the surface area is bigger. |
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15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes Can 15 sorting algorithms be interesting? Over 5 minutes? I didn't think so either, but this is pretty cool. |
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T8 the Bio Inspired 3D Printed Spider Octopod Robot Don't like spiders? Me neither! But this one has some pretty amazing moves that any disco dancer would be jealous of. And it is made of smooth 3D printed plastic. |
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A cold cathode audio visualizer Super amazing cold cathode audio visualizer by [James], it's even more awesome in action. |
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Retrotechtacular: Singing bird automata There's something extremely fascinating about old technology. This one is a singing bird box automaton from the 1890′s. |
Now we are a bit less skeleton. That doesn’t mean we put on weight, that means that some of us decided to return from vacations to fancy places. I kinda liked the skeletons though. They helped at the warehouse a lot, donated their portion of ice cream in favour of the starving and let me use their femur bone for a coat hanger...
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Oomlout - Solarbotics Edition!
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