The Western Canadian Robot Games are close at hand (umm... this weekend!), and in response to popular request, we're cranking up the SolarSpeeder contest again! Ever built a Solarbotics SolarSpeeder? Bring it down to the games, enter at our booth (free!), and we'll run a SolarSpeeder target race. Aim your racer at a 10cm (4") […]
Wednesday Links: Helical Springs, Electr...
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April 16, 2014
Did you see the lunar eclipse on Monday night? I wish they had it rescheduled for Sunday afternoon, so all of us night-owls-who-have-to-get-up-early could watch that. But noooOOoOO. But at least the internet will save us. At least from information deficit.
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Laser Cut Helical Springs I wonder if zigzag helical springs can still travel down the stairs... Or they use the elevator? |
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Egg-Bot Wax Painting Upgrade ..called Electro-Kistka, where Kistka means brush. The device looks nothing like a brush, but produces wicked egg resist drawings nevertheless. (Via Hackaday) |
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Self-Stacking Building Blocks These are awesome and need some sound proofing. But I guess this is not a concern... (Via Gizmodo) |
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Tattoo Machine Out of 3D Printer This looks much better than the same done with a laser engraver! Less painful at least... (Via Dangerous Prototypes, video 1 and 2) |
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New Saturn Moon Continuing with a lunar subject matter, this might be one of the last Saturn's newborn moons.(Via LiveScience) |
It will not save from raptors, amnesia, junk mail and cat fur though.
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More interesting links on the inter-web....
Browsing around, I found another link regarding Mark Tilden & WowWee. From the website "AllNerdReview.com" (if that doesn't describe a roboticist...) comes article about a their visit to the New York Toy Fair (ok, so my web-browsing is a bit old). Enjoy... http://www.allnerdreview.com/TOYFAIR05/TF13.htm
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