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  • Robotic Silicone Tentacle

    I’ve been developing ways to use 3d powder printing to make air powered robots that have no hard moving parts. Using procedural modeling I can create rapid iterations, incremental designs, and inexpensive prototypes with a simple set of tools. Find more details at – http://har.ms/category/blog/soft-robots/ Here’s an early demonstration of a trefoil tentacle in action.…

  • Arduino as an inexpensive ham radio frequency counter

    [Todd Harrison] really has our number. Like him, we don't want to spend money when we don't have to, and hacking our own solutions is a lot more fun anyway. This time around he's helping out a friend who is a ham radio enthusiast.Hack a Day

  • RD ELS Quanta (Part 1) Robot Damashii Gundam 00 Movie toy review ????

    http://www.gundam.tk | http://twitter.com/gundamtk | Setsuna F Seiei’s final and future mobile suit from the Gundam 00 movie comes home in toy form. With no Gunpla on the horizon, how does this stack up with your HG collection? See lots more reviews of all my models at http://gundamreviews.net/ Duration : 0:11:26

  • Robotron 5DOF Robotic Arm

    For more informtion visit: http://www.orionrobotics.com The Robotron arm robot kit is a 5 degrees of freedom arm and was built as an extremely solid and capable robot arm platform. Robotron is made from all aluminum anodized brackets. The rotation is a custom 6061 aircraft grade aluminum collar with industrial bearing. Robotron includes the new HV220…

  • PCB production workshop means everyone gets an Arduino

    Over at the LVL1 hackerspace in Lousiville, [Brad] is putting together a workshop on etching PCBs at home. [Brad] wanted all the participants to take home something cool, so he settled on an Arduino clone as the workshop's project.Hack a Day

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