Monthly Archives: September 2012

District 9 Robot Costume

In 2009 I decided to build a simple costume after the Mech in District 9, after about 30 hours and $76.00 I came out with this

Made with:
– Cardboard = $0.00
– Glue Gun = $10.00
– Spray paint = $20.00
– 2×4 Wood beam = $0.00
– Bungie cords = $5.00
– Fish line + $6.00
– Luggauge straps = $6.00
– Thriftstore paints = $4.00
– metal coat hangers = $0.00
– Rubber feet tread = $10
– door Screen = $0.00
– Metal shelf supports = $10.00
– bolts, screws & washers = $8.00
– backpack = $0.00
– 1 red LED = $0.00

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Arduino Hackfest! – News – SparkFun Electronics

We've teamed up with Quick Left and Twilio to provide developers with 30 SparkFun Inventor's Kits and endless amounts of beer and pizza. Attendees will have three hours to control what they've built using JavaScript/Arduino/Johnny-Five,
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Robots dance like Michael Jackson and play 5-a-side football at Bejing competition

The first Beijing College Student Robotics Competition featured dancing robots, boxing robots and even football-playing robots. . Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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