Monthly Archives: July 2013

Make a mechanical hand with plastic drinking straws : TreeHugger

Posted on July 30, 2013 by dkohn96

From: TreeHugger.com Instructable user mszymczak has let us share his project with you for building a mechanical hand with plastic drinking straws. This project is a great primer for kids to spark their interest in building more complicated gadgets. for … Continue reading →

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Run For Your Lives: Self-aware Hexapod Is Self-aware

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://gizmodo.com/run-for-your-lives-self-aware-hexapod-is-self-aware-950951793 Many of you have expressed some, um, concerns about a few of the bots we’ve covered in recent weeks. ATLAS, for instance, is quite frightening, but it’s not yet self-aware. This tiny hexapod, however, is and it’s rather … Continue reading →

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What happens online in 60 seconds? [Infographic] – Qmee

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/ Online in 60 Seconds [Infographic] is an infographic that was produced by Qmee

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Outdoor Wildlife Cam Captures a Veritable Bear Hoedown

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://petapixel.com/2013/07/27/outdoor-nature-cam-captures-a-veritable-bear-hoedown/ This has really nothing to do with robots (unless you count the camera as a robot) but I just wanted to share it:

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Incredible Online Gallery of High-Res Film Scans from Every Apollo Mission

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

http://petapixel.com/2013/07/21/check-out-these-hi-res-hasselblad-film-scans-from-every-single-apollo-mission/

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Shuttle Launch Captured in Amazing High Def by Cameras on the Rocket Boosters

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

From: LINK

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Supertoy Teddy: a WiFi enabled natural talking teddy bear | Chips | Geek.com

Posted on July 28, 2013 by dkohn96

From: LINK

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Modular Robots that Self-Assemble, Coordinate and Fly

Posted on July 27, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://www.visualnews.com/2013/07/26/modular-robots-that-self-assemble-coordinate-and-fly/

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Aquabots are Hexbugs that Learned to Swim

Posted on July 26, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://geekbeat.tv/aquabots-are-hexbugs-that-learned-to-swim/ Just because we’re headed toward an inevitable war with the robots, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun along the way. We’ve told you about Hexbugs before – now they’re taking to the water, ready to … Continue reading →

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Global Conference on Educational Robotics | KISS Institute for Practical Robotics

Posted on July 26, 2013 by dkohn96

Just found this link http://kipr.org/gcer about a Global Conference on Educational Robotics and thought I would share it.

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