this is a nice way to read inputs / control outputs of your arduino using Firamata and a PC or Mac –

Arduino Flash communication AS3 – Firmata

code.google.com/p/as3glue/

This is the video that I was talking about where they stack e-magnets inside one another. They show a brief inside look at the coil plates. You can skip to 4 minutes.

docs.google.com/file/d/0B1-bOT9lxBRjYklfVUpKREFxcm8/edit?usp=sharing

Cool kids embed their presentation.

if the above embed code isn’t working, click this link:

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ExO9wFneI8HdFibu4Rt641Ad7oEW1YbbOSCHphT7J_8/edit?usp=sharing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPa0yr2JI8

This is a short video showing some of the software I have written so far. I figured a video would be faster and cleaner and able to stay on the blog. For the class update I will show the video and expand on and clarify a few things.

Enjoy the rest of your spring breaks,
Joel

p.s. I even gave it Categories this time! I dont enjoy giving posts categories :<

reminds me of  Braitenberg vehicles

www.networkworld.com/slideshow/88419/25-most-beastly-robotic-animals.html#slide1

I believe each of these 25 robots here deserves its own post, put together it is a lot of very interesting projects all of which I suggest looking at. Some are rather bizarre (robotic tail with claimed emotion tracking) or a wailing monkey bot. Even the ones that don’t really work are still interesting for their failings. Some work better for their function while other their forms.