Dave Jones walked through Apex Electronics in Sun Valley California. The video he took really shows off how much stuff the place really has! I wish I had a store like this in my city. 🙁 They have aisles of related items such as reels of wire but as you will see in the video the shelves are stacked about 20 feet tall so there is no way you would
Zombies are our friends right? The guys over at The Transistor has put together tons of junk and made a cool game.
Remember ZORK? Take a look at this typewriter which has been automated by hooking up tons of electro-mechanical goodness to an old typewriter! Thanks for the tip Jack. “Each key is attached by fishing line to a solenoid, an electromechanical device that pulls down when electric current is passed through it. The solenoids sit behind and underneath the typewriter in a multi-layer structure. The solenoids are connected to a MOSFET,
Our friend Carlos made the Flexible Robot Gripper shown above. It’s based on the one made by a team at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and iRobot demonstrated in the video below. I wonder if this is the future of robot grippers? I worked in a company where the robot we were working with had the typical grippers and when programming them there was no room for error since
Joby Taffey from EE-Fail cracked open a GirlTech Sugar Cube to see what made them tick. You are able to decide what type of device you have by playing with the configuration jumpers. I am not surprised at how shitty the build quality looks, I guess the only QC is if the thing works and not how well it was constructed.
Wow, check out this cool Mr. T Flying Halloween Ghost. This contraption is guaranteed to put the scare into some kids in your neighborhood! Have a close look at the ghost above, those aren’t fancy shoulder pads, those are helicopter blades. With a bit of electronic magic this ghost can fly through the sky. 🙂 Thanks Michael. “Mr. T is a built on a very simple aluminum frame. There are
The prize this week is a pair of wire strippers, this will this will help you prep your cables to be attached to your next great creation. This contest will run for one week (October 30 – November 5, 2010). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give
