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  Speaker-mounted WAV player for street performances

  Posted: August 29th, 2011, 4:14pm MDT by Mike Szczys

  This naked speaker is the basis for [MaoMakMaa's] newest project called the Wavedrone. He plans on using the autonomous and cable-less device during street performances. You can hear the effect of some stretched jazz cords being played on it in the video clip after the break. The sound is kind of an ethereal background noise that observers might [...]
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  Chumby controlled mechanum wheel robot

  Posted: August 29th, 2011, 3:14pm MDT by Mike Szczys

  [Madox] gutted an Insignia Infocast to use with this robot. Insignia is Best Buy’s house brand and they partnered with Chumby to make their Infocast line. If you can find a used or clearance model it’s a great way to get yourself and embedded Linux board for a project like this one. The body and [...]
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  [Easton's] animatronic hand gets 3D printed upgrade

  Posted: August 29th, 2011, 2:14pm MDT by Mike Szczys

  [Easton] as been working with [Jeremy Blum] to come up with the newest version of his animatronic hand. You may remember seeing [Easton's] first animatronic hand, with which he won his regional science fair and made a trip to nations. Since then he’s been working on improvements, and with access to [Jeremy's] Makerbot he harnessed [...]