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Available today, download the updated .NET Gadgeteer, including support for Visual Studio 2012 and a host of other new features. http://bit.ly/17wl6qK
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We had a special meeting of the high school SciTech club this week. Not only did we have an hour, not only were the students allowed to miss another lesson, but we got our Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles in the swimming pool! And they all worked...
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Together with colleagues from Microsoft UK and Microsoft Research I attended the Think Computer Science event today. Think Computer Science is an annual event by Microsoft Research in Cambridge, to inspire local high school students to follow a scientific...
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In order to manufacture some custom parts required for one of my submersible projects I have had to purchase a small metal work lathe This will allow me to turn the section headers and seals required by my ‘Robo-Float’. Inspired by the Argo floats , my...
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As the opener for the new high school SciTech club I took along several of my robots: A1DW Eddie Sphero and my DIY Drone’s Quadrocopter All the above robots except for the Quadrocopter are ‘differential drive’ robots. That means they are driven by two...
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My local high school has invited me to lead a new Science and Technology club. I’ve eagerly accepted the role but now I need to find a project to get the members excited. The club is on a Monday lunch time for only 25mins – not a lot of time – so a project...
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Slipping out at the end of May was the R3 release of Microsoft RDS. I’ve played with RDS since the early days, but my time has been occupied lately with mobile phones. But the most significant change with RDS is that it is now FREE – not more express...
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And whilst I exercise my iRobot fan-boy status, here’s an iRobot promo video. Awesome robotic fun - I am so in the wrong job ;-)
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I like this.
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At Maker Faire UK I wanted to have an exhibit anyone could interact with. So I took along my robots and modified one of the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) Visual Programming Language (VPL) examples to allow both speech and Xbox controller...
Filed under: Robot, How2, Microsoft, MSRS, A1DW, Education, electronics, makerfaire, Makerfaire_uk, MRDS, wotudo
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While working all hours to build my multi-touch table and program my robots for Maker Faire UK, I managed to film some of my activity. I finally got to finish editing it Sunday night after the faire and published it today. YouTube has squashed by glorious...
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Announced at CES the Wowwee Spyball. A wifi connected robot that can wander your home taking pictures and video as required. Awesome!!! Read more and see other cool CES gadget announcements on MSN. WowWee Spyball - Events - CES 2009 | Consumer...
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Expansys have the Wowwee Rovio for sale at £221 +vat on their uk site: http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=175811&partner=uknews If you are after that off the shelve telepresence robotic solution this is a good option. I have half an expectation...
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An interesting article in the International Herald Tribune on the ambition of Taiwan to capture 7% of the $18 billion robotics market place. I find this very exciting. I've worked with a few Taiwanese companies over the years. Their 'can do'...
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I am a committed geek. And on top of that (or is it a mandatory element?) a robotics hobbyist and Star Wars fan. So guess how excited I am to find this little blog post at Geek Dad! Yes you can make paper models of your favourite droids or other Star...