NEW YORK - February 12, 2001 - The WowWee Toy division of Hasbro, Inc. today introduced the first toy line to incorporate advanced "nervous network" technology. New B.I.O. Bugs (Bio-mechanical Integrated Organisms), the hit of last month's Hong Kong Toy Fair, are robotic bugs that can autonomously act by themselves, come and go as they please, identify friend or foe and have the ability to avoid or climb over obstacles in their path.
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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