Wednesday, August 15, 2012

"Reaction wheel" stabilizes bicycles and inverted pendulums

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From Hack a Day:  http://hackaday.com/2012/06/29/self-balancer-does-it-differently-than-were-used-to-seeing/ and  http://hackaday.com/2012/...

Cheap flex sensors with electrostatic bags and masking tape

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From Hack a Day:  http://hackaday.com/2012/06/04/making-flex-sensors-on-the-cheap/ Instructable:  http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Bend...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Three servo walking robot, shifts weight/legs, feet rotate body forward

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Found on Makezine.com:  http://blog.makezine.com/2011/10/20/how-to-three-servos-walking-robot-video/ This robot is from a how-to on Let...

Alarm clock project: landing page

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This is a landing page for my alarm clock project. There are three posts on this project, so I though it would be helpful to have one overvi...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Curved flexible sheet creating a flip flop, valve, or flap

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I saw a classmate recognize this in class once and he was showing it to our Physics teacher. Hold a piece of paper in your hand on the side ...

Metals that can be molded like plastics

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From Makezine.com:  http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/13/metals-that-can-be-molded-like-plastics/ The original article is very good at d...

Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube

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From Hack-a-day:  http://hackaday.com/2012/05/17/building-a-ranque-hilsch-vortex-cooling-tube/ A tube that separates a neutral temperatur...

Robot climbs cloth by rolling along a wringle

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From IEEE Automation:  http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/clothbot-has-no-trouble-navigating-your-pants From the Chin...