Wednesday Links: Transparent Aluminum, G...

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April 6, 2016
alon-dome Transparent Aluminum
Well, technically not exactly aluminum, but aluminum-based ceramic called aluminum oxynitride. Still with quite magical properties. (Via Makezine)
concealed_layers_of_product_life_renee_verhoeven Concealed Layers of Product Life
Renee Verhoeven's grad project explores the relationship between anatomy and mobility in the series of gloves, using laser cutting. (Via Mocoloco)
giant-robot-food-pins-04052016 Asian Snack Enamel Pins
These lovely pins by giantrobot.com make me hungry(Via Nerdist)
laser-cut-fox-animation-1024x569 Animated Laser Cut Fox
There's something beautiful about the materiality of this animation which went from a drawing to a laser cut. (Via Ponoko)

 

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November 8, 2006
New TINY Pogo Pin Probes

We had some requests for some really, really small Pogo Push Pin Probes (Hmmm...shoulda named them PPPPs...). Anyway, here's the PP8s and the PPH2, which are the "short" version of the PP8 and the necessary holder to mount them. If you have really tight spaces you need to test, these are the probes you'll need!

November 2, 2001
WIRED.COM and BIOBugs

Wired.com recently posted a very interesting comparison between the Wowwee/Hasbro BIO-Bugs, and the Sony Aibo. Interesting comparison! For those wanting more information, there's the BIO-Bug vivisection page at Solarbotics.net.

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Last summer during a Solarbotics Robotics for Educators session, one of the teachers noted something about many of the mainstream robotics and electronics learning platforms commonly used in classrooms. He said that those platforms suffered from the Black Box Effect. This effect was where the “black boxes,” the controllers, were plugged into the computer and […]

March 24, 2014
Motors Are Back!

Just a quick note to announce that we have GM3 and GM9 motors back in stock, which means that Yellow Drum Machine Bundle and Let's Make Robots Start Here Kit are both available again.

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