David Cook from the Robot Room has Reverse-Engineered the PCB for the Big Trak Toy. This is a toy that was built in the late 70s. It is interesting to see how things worked 25 years ago! “The motherboard is single layer/single sided. There are between 8 and 10 jumper wires acting as second-side traces on the component side. The PCB does not include a silkscreen (printed layer), so the
This robot can solve the Rubik’s Cube faster than most people! “What’s the point of having robots if you’re not going to make them solve Rubik’s Cube puzzles?! With all the unsolved Rubik’s Cubes puzzles there are all over the planet i think it’s every governments responsibility to send wave after wave of these robots into cities, streets and into peoples homes, searching out every last unsolved Rubik’s Cube puzzle
Bre Pettis from Make has some cool video coverage of the 2006 Robogames.
Seems that there is no end to the inventiveness of people out there. Kees Ricken has hacked his USB drive into something unique. “After about 9 months of use my Apacer Handysteno USB-memory stick casing was damaged so badly that I decided to make a new casing. But what to use… So, I went looking in shops for something that I could use as a new casing for my memory-stick.
Here is some action from Robocup which is being held in Germany this year. “The RoboCup Federation and its German section, the German RoboCup Association have authorised the the HVG Hanseatische Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Division MESSE BREMEN and the Center for Computing Technologies (TZI) of the University of Bremen to host the RoboCup 2006 World Championships.”
If you liked the game Simon Says, you will like this hack. “I dont quite recall how this game evolved but the main motivation behind it is to improve cognitive processing and attention by getting the players to focus on a sequence of drum hits and then repeat that sequence. Players can use either dance-dance-revolution mats or a custom built 4-pad bongo style controller. Its being built for www.tulgeywood.us to
Tired of spending big money every time you want to launch a rocket. Buy your rocket fuel at 7-Eleven next time, that’s what James Yawn did. Apparently Pixy Stix make good rocket fuel, if you are skeptical as I was have a look at the videos! Sugar Rocket Launch 1 Sugar Rocket Launch 2 Sugar Rocket Launch 3 Sugar Motor Test Snickers Bar and Potassium Nitrate Burn Test “Airframe is
