I missed the full segment of this story last weeks on "Discovery Channel's @discovery.ca" program, but fortunately, the've put the segment online at their website. I seems that JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratories - NASA essentially) is working on a solar-powered, single-footed robot frog. This seems like a GREAT idea for extra-terrestrial planet-surface locomotion. Check out […]
Wednesday Links: Flashlights, Lanternbot...
Solar botics
March 19, 2014
Spring this year seems to be short on sunshine. To compensate for that, today's post is full of shiny things. And butterflies. Butterflies are always a good addition.
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Tilt Beam Flashlight Cute build, a diffuser of some sort would be a nice addition though, unless used for interrogation purposes. (by [Zach DeBord], via Hackaday) |
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Soft Squeezable Flashlight ... for all the nightwalkers. Never step on a cat and blind the sleeping. (Molli, by Jung Soo Park) |
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Robot Garden Lights There's something creepy about the idea of a garden secretly rearranging itself while you are not looking. (Via IEEESpectrum) |
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Macro Butterfly Wings ...look like miniature versions of wings. Fractals everywhere! (By Linden Gledhill, via Designboom) |
Rainbows, unicorns and pixie dust coming next.
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