Here's something to take a boo at a workshop by Tom Mair and a Grade-5 class. From his message to the BEAM mailing list: Last year I helped Mrs. Corbett's Grade 5 class build robots and we had a blast (see a review here http://www.aasland.com/hcrd.html). Well, this year we are doing it again. We're building […]
Wednesday Links: Robots, Chocolate and G...
Solar botics
August 13, 2014
Everything is better with chocolate, even the new links:
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Self-Folding Paper Robot Inspired by origami paper sculptures and equipped with motor. (Via Beautiful Decay) |
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Edible Chocolate LEGOs Mmmm, best Lego ever. (Via Colossal) |
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Drawing Robot Seen lots of drawing robots before, but this one uses fans to create vacuum and attach itself to the metal wall. (Via Creative Applications Network) |
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Cutting Records Out of CDs Arduino, some motors, some 3D printed stuff - and here it is. (Via Hackaday) |
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X-Ray GIFs This is creepy and awesome all at the same time. (Via IFLScience) |
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Looking for additions to our own IT Crow...
(Thanks for the interest - welcome Chris to the team!) Our IT task at Solarbotics have grown beyond "Did you try turning it off and then on again?", so we're in the hiring market for an IT Guru & website manager. Please, we're only interested in applicants that can work here, in Calgary, Alberta. Sorry, […]
Tom Gray's "SpringTail"
Just tripped over this link on the Yahoogroups BEAM mailing list. Nice looking walker - built using our BEP boards too!
BEAM as part of thesis work
Rory Nugent (of Solar Xylophone fame) has posted his thesis presentation to the Interactive Telecommunications Program, which heavily features BEAM devices. By "building things with a sense of life", he's documenting what we've known for a good while - autonomous devices ("pets") offer unusual interesting relationships. Keep up the good work!
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