Our GM2 gearmotors are powerful, and just a bit slower than a standard servo, making them ideal for a walker. But for you folks who like wheeled robots, these are simply too slow. Solarbotics' own Grant McKee to the rescue! We barely had the motors opened 10 minutes before Grant figured out that these motors […]
Wednesday Cool Links: Bioluminescence, F...
Solar botics
November 12, 2014
Keep warm! What else can I say... This is the season of thermosocks, spice chai, frozen windshields and many layers. For those who are not hibernating just yet, here's a weekly dose of entertainment:
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Bioluminescent Bacteria Lamp I want one! Hopefully no bacteria were hurt in this lighting experiment, and they were all paid accordingly before being let go home into the Mediterranean. (By Teresa van Dongen, via TheFoxIsBlack) |
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Glowy Zoey Costume version 2.0 Simple as a stick person and brilliant as RGB LEDs idea, also reacts to sound. Video |
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Ferrofluid as Album art Ferrofluid can be strikingly psychedelically beautiful too. Especially if given some color. (Via Laughing Squid) |
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Wax Motors A comprehensive teardown of a wax motor. (Via Hackaday) |
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An Aerial Laser Display Seems a little seizure-inducing at the moment, but looks like it has big potential. (Via Colossal) |
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LED Wood Clock Wish it was shown with the lights off/at night.. (Via Imgur) |
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GM19 Gearmotors in action!
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...)
Turkey Time! (and new product too)
Woohoo! It's early October, and that means it's TURKEY TIME for us Canadians! We know, Americans have their Thanksgiving in November, but it's so cold here already that it might as well be November. So to celebrate we're releasing the following items: Make: The Fourth Year Collector's Box Set Breadboard Jumper Wire Bundle LilyPad Slide […]
Motors Are Back!
Just a quick note to announce that we have GM3 and GM9 motors back in stock, which means that Yellow Drum Machine Bundle and Let's Make Robots Start Here Kit are both available again.
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