Volvo uses robots for towing tests…
Volvo has robots that reproduce the same steering/driving movements to better test the towing performance and stability of their cars – robot truck drivers aren’t to far away it seems! [via] Link.
Announcements
MAKE Magazine in Reader’s Digest!
Josh sent us word that MAKE made it to Reader’s Digest! – “The Readers Digest March 2006 edition has a section titled, “5 Things We Don’t Want You to Miss” – In it they recommend Make magazine which has all kinds of technology projects and other stuff you can, well Make.” Link.
Big City Sign 1939
Charlie writes – “Very cool article from 1939 about the first programmable electronic sign in Times Square (think the grandfather of the Jumbotron). Every single change of a light, and there are 27,000 of them, is punched as a row on a 160 column roll of paper that gets fed through the vast machine.” Link.
The Jellyfish Bike
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Guero Loco writes – “I made this bike for Burning Man 2002 (oceanic theme). It consists of 7 strands of Lytec EL wire. The tentacles are threaded/tied to hardware cloth mesh that I attached inside the frame. The inverter box is located inside the larger box on the rack. The […]
$80 Tank / robotics platform – from Walmart
Geminicricket sent us in this $80 RF tank found at Walmart that seems like it would make an excellent supply of parts to procure from – “I was in Walmart today and saw a great deal that’ll be loads of fun and might be exceptionally useful to someone with more skill in electronics than I. […]
American Inventor – first look, the TV commercial
Inventor Underground (a place for inventors to go if they didn’t make the cut on ABC’s new American Inventor show) has a new podcast and the first TV ad from American Inventor. I’m about to hop on a plane and don’t have time to comment on this yet, so how about you check it out […]
Microship is looking for Makers…
Steven from Nomadic Research Labs is looking for some Makers to work on the Microshop – “A number of paying gigs are now available to fast-track the completion of the Microship project: we’re looking for fiberglassers, aluminum fabricators, machinists, fabrics wizards, sailboat riggers, and electronics geeks. If you have proven experience and are available for […]