The University of of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been running a BEAM-style mechatronics program (GE100) for the last few years. The purpose of the class is to build a self-powered device that can propel itself over both smooth and rough terrain, using a pair of servos and a BEAM-style servo-controller circuit (similar in function to […]
Wednesday Links: Acrylic Clock, Spritz a...
Solar botics
April 30, 2014
Oh this time of year back again. I mean the time when I wear 4 layers instead of 8, which in Canadaland is called "summer". The icicles become somewhat warmer and Canadians wear shorter shorts than usual.
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Acrylic Skeleton Clock "Acrylic" and "skeleton" in one sentence? That should be interesting... (Via Dangerous Prototypes) |
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Speed Reading with Spritz Now that we've done away with paper books, time to get rid of paragraphs, lines, margins, leading, kerning, orphans, widows! Er, I mean in typographical sense. And my eyes hurt from spritzing. (Via Designboom) |
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Not a Camera Camera I have a suspicion this is a very expensive and vague play on semantics, but my mind refuses to go any further. (Maker's website, via Hackaday) |
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3D Printing Soft Objects Finally, soft stuff! Hope it doesn't smell like burnt sugar though... (Via IEEE Spectrum) |
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Seawater Magnified Yisss! Always have dreamt of swimming in the fish soup! (Via Laughing Squid) |
Now that the snow happens just every other day, the AC and fans are coming on. Yay for the summer!
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