One of the most popular BEAM Walkers ever built was Mark Tilden's VBug 1.1 - Spyder. We've recently had the opportunity to shoot a series of high-resolution detail pictures of this robot, which we're now making available to you!
Another Wednesday brings another dose of links. What's new about that? Links themselves, I guess.
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Time-lapse Panoramas We've all seen panoramas like that - but the video at the end of the post is really worth watching (Via Geek.com) |
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3D Weaving Regular weaving is complex, imagine weaving in three dimensions! And the machine that does just that. (Via Notcot) |
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Laser Cut Inspiration Always nice to see what projects you can do with a laser, especially I like the first one, what an awesome and functional way to utilize the rotary attachment!(Via Ponoko) |
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Wireless Charging Pants ...just make sure to not wash the phone while it's charging! (Via Designboom) |
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Math Equations Visualized ... and cast in plaster make fascinating sculptures. Somehow the translation of this totally abstract concept into something tangible is really exciting. Dunno why. (Via Wired) |
Although I missed one week. Sorry.
One of the most popular BEAM Walkers ever built was Mark Tilden's VBug 1.1 - Spyder. We've recently had the opportunity to shoot a series of high-resolution detail pictures of this robot, which we're now making available to you!
Wow! They're finally here! These are the original gear motors we used sooo many years ago to convert and power the Miniball kits (yes, they're under review for bringing back - don't rush us!). We're the only place to find the whole assortment of four gear ratios - 75.7, 134.5, 196.6, and 297.1:1 reduction, and […]
Looking forward to a bit of recharge time after the holiday rush! While being in that mindset, here's our holiday schedule for both Solarbotics and the Active-Tech Calgary Storefront: December 24th - 9:30-1:30pm December 25th - Closed (HO HO HO!) December 26th - Closed (Whooboy... leftovers and toys!) December 27th - Closed (Moar leftovers... and […]
This week we did get our hands onto that shelf full of new product that was waiting patiently for its grand appearance here on the front page. Well, the product there wasn't that abandoned and lonely, technically - there's a bunch of stuff there to entertain itself. Like cables can hang out with other cables, […]
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