It’s day one at Robogames 2006. While at the games tonight, I ran into Mark Sherman who makes innovative robots. In this video he shows his snake bot and a lego robot that draws octagons and circles. Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically with iTunes. This video will play on PC/Mac/Linux/PSPs and […]
We visited iRobot last week and took a ton of photos of the evolution of their bots, from the Roomba robot vacuum (with its open interface) to the PackBot – Photo set and MP4 video.
Nate and Jesse give some advice on how to make a Rube Goldberg contraption and Jesse walks us through the entire machine at Earth Sanctuary. Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically with iTunes. This video will play on PC/Mac/Linux/PSPs and iPod video devices – Link.
When I found out that Jesse and Nate make Rube Goldberg style contraptions, I challenged them to come up to my family’s nature preserveand make a contraption out of sticks, stones, and twine. We gathered up on Whidbey and for a weekend messed around in the woods during the day and roasted marshmallows on the […]
David Schilling and Gus Jansson started up SMART which stands for Seattle Mindstorms And Robotic Techies and they’ve got a great community of lego robotic enthusiasts. I met up with them at the Seattle Dorkbot where I had a chance to interview them. They work with other lego robotic folks in the Seattle area to […]
Here are a couple fun kits to check out… Gakken Cup Phonograph Kit in Edison Style – Link. Vacuum Tube Radio kit – Link.
This site takes a web pages and turns it into a MIDI you can listen to – [via] Link. Here’s what MAKE sounds like – Link (MID). I then imported the MIDI file to GarageBand – not a bad way to make music for soundtracks, games or whatever else. Here’s the MP3 – Link (MP3).
