We have decided to upgrade our Oobleck demonstration since it seems to be wildly popular. Our goals were to go bigger and reduce noise output. One 15″ subwoofer and donated amp later we were done. It is a much simpler, larger, and quieter design than our previous demo. Videos will be posted soon.
Me and my wife recently had our first child. I’ve been trying to come up with some projects I can do for the kid. Well, around this time of the year the fireflies go crazy around my house, so we came up with the idea to do led fireflies in a jar. It should be […] Read more
Look what the postman brought us today! Not sure what we’re going to do with it yet, but it could have a cameo in an upcoming project… If you’re not familiar with Sugru, check it out here.
Robot Fest 2010 has come and gone. Some of the many interesting exhibits this year included the pneumatic rocket experience provided by the Baltimore Node, the many Lego Mindstorms projects, Maker Bot demonstrations, various art demonstrations, and a fashion show. Make coverage and more pics here. We’d like to thank everyone that stopped by our […] Read more
Wednesday was the day we finally got together and started the tedious process of mastering microcontrollers. What began with just some simple LED illumination evolved and progressed throughout the evening. In the end we had individually, but collectively, written programs for interpreting analog inputs, displaying binary values, and performing counting and reset operations. The evening […] Read more