Kinetic drawing bug
Arounna Khounnoraj has instructions for this clever motorized drawing bug at Bloesemkids.
Kids & Family
RoboGames humanoid smack-down
It’s hard not to bust a gut laughing at these mini-humanoids skittering around the ring, duking it out. Of the 1st RT Battle Cup, Robots Dreams writes: Watching the humanoid battles at RoboGames 2008 yesterday we noticed how impressive the larger, higher torque designs are for the crowd. The Robit team from Korea, with their […]
Mechanical climber
I wish I could speak Spanish – Argentinian Alberto Oscar made this great little mechanical climber, I’d love to know what his narration is about. There are other constructions at his blog, Surprising Physics (Fisica Sorprendente).
Oatmeal box pinhole photography
Stewart Woodruff has put together a great site on pinhole photography, he includes everything from making the camera to developing pictures in a bathroom darkroom.
Tips for Teaching Kids to Sew
Cathie Fillian from Creative Juice shares her tips on teaching kids to sew. She’s got a lot of great advice that you may not have immediately thought of, such as giving kids scissors that are the right size, and customizing a sewing box just for them.
Femisapien videos
Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, sent us news of these new videos WowWee has just released, showing their “Femisapien” (ugh) robot, which features poseable scripting. In the first video, WowWee (and BEAM) robotics guru Mark Tilden shows how the scripting works. The second, rather goofy, video shows two bots fencing as they play back their scripts. […]
Sponge Balls
Betz White has a tutorial on how to make sponge balls, a nice alternative to water balloons with plenty of splat for kids and none of the wasted balloons.