We're starting to get feedback on Sumovore modifications by our customers. Like, turning the Sumovore into a Room-rover. Or 18V motor operation modifications. Or 'Kaoken' double-voltage adrenaline charges when pushing an opponent. All sorts of stuff! We'll start featuring these modifications shortly, but until then, you may want to take a look at our own […]
Wednesday Links: TV Tube Hack, Monofilam...
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February 26, 2014
Today we let our staff robo-weasels pick the links. They really wanted to participate and said they will behave and promised not to drink all the antifreeze liquid from the cars again. So we let them, and here's the result.
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TV Screen Flag TV screen warps and waves like a flag when blown on with a fan - how does one get ideas like that? Somehow [Gijs] did, see the result here (translated). (Via Hackaday) |
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Fishing Line Muscle This is an interesting hack on some common materials. Using monofilament fishing line to build muscle wire! (Via Popular Mechanics) |
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Photovoltaic Panel Makes Bioelectricity Voronoi tessellations not only make pretty lamps, but also can be used for an enclosure for electricity-producing bacteria. (Via Designboom) |
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Laser Engraved Cutting Boards Geeks everywhere - including the kitchen! (Elysium Woodworks via Laughing Squid) |
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Kerf Measuring Tool Interesting idea, have yet to try that.. (Via Ponoko blog) |
Robo-weasels also drew me a picture of themselves to go with this blog post, but I lost it. Now they drank all the cleaning solution and hid in the bathroom with the photo equipment. Never again...
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GM15 tiny gear motors
We've had these for sale for a week now, and I haven't posted any news about them yet? What am I thinking? Ah, we were getting ready for the WCRG... never mind! Anyways, we've got these cool 6mm diameter 25:1 planetary gear motors now. They're smaller than our standard RPM2 pager motors! We've built a […]
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