Wednesday Links: Galaxies, BeatBlox and ...

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September 3, 2014

Here's a new portion of links to brighten the otherwise unremarkable day.

Beat Blox
A simple and elegant way to visualize sound and tangibly control it. (Via Creative Applications)
Heart Bot
Drawn with sound, vibration, sunlight, now draw with heartbeat! Now that's how it's supposed to be. (Via Designboom)
New map shows where the Milky Way galaxy is inside its supercluster
This definitely puts things in a different perspective. Fascinating even to look at. (Via Gizmodo)
Homemade Activity Monitor
Chunky 70's bracelet-like thing wider than my wrist. Take that, Fitbit! (Via Hackaday)

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March 25, 2004
Solarbotics Antweight

Adam Conus sent us a nice little message about his antweight combat robot The Fly.: Western Allied Robotics is kicking off another year of antweight combat events and I need new motors. (Because I'm very, very hard on them!) Still, they're cheap and light. Check out- http://home.comcast.net/~conusa/adam.htm to see the robot complete with solarbotics sticker!

November 23, 2003
GM10 Modifications

Grant has taken some time to document how to turn a standard 81:1 GM10 pager gear motor and turn it into a 9:1 version. Why would you want to do that? You tell me - I'd love to know what project you build with a speed demon like that! Read More...

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Wednesday Links: Sorting Algorithms, Wal...

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New Product: Grove, More Grove & Ko...

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