This mini-sumo design by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin features our wheels, and one of our favourite building materials, Sintra. We can't laser-cut sintra (PVC=bad stuff when burned), but milling it works well, as this builder shows. The asymmetric motor layout works, as proven by this contest-winning design (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Wednesday Links: Ballet, Draw-bots and K...
Solar botics
November 19, 2014
Yet another selection of hand-picked links from all over the interwebs:
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Visualizing Ballet .. using Lilypad Arduino. Looks beautiful, produces drawing-like results and helps dancers to trace their movements for necessary feedback. (Via Arduino blog) |
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Tiny CNC-bot Beautiful little Piccolo, in it's second incarnation (first one was all clear acrylic). |
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3D printed Katana Case Is it katanas that make 3d printing better, or 3d printing makes katanas better? Either way it works. (Via Designboom) |
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MIDI Tine Organ This not a random set of words, it will make sense if you read the article. (Via Hackaday) |
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Spine and Cellphones These cell phones! They are the ultimate evil! (Via Geek.com) |
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