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Talking to a black box company
Black box, in this case, meaning "ideas go in, money comes out ( Read more... ) -
Dreamworld
"Dave!" I crowed. "Well, who else would it be? Are you here as part of the overall narrative, or because I've jumped the rails with that last little scene ( Read more... ) -
Phew.
- Meetings all day Friday and parts of Thursday ( Read more... ) -
*grumble*
Another contact regarding the build-a-thing project. Sure, take my idea and strip the useful bits off it. Whatever. Just see if you can get the damn component built, first, and THEN I'll start pushing to have the 'accessories' - ie, the parts which actually make it a sellable product - produced as well ( Read more... ) -
Versatile robot arms
Yaskawa/Motoman showcases extremely versatile robot arms.
Six of these. On a mobile platform. Woot.
(I particularly like the dual grippers on each wrist, as it allows the robot to keep holding a tool momentarily while using that arm to grip and move something, whereas a human would have to put the tool down or awkwardly juggle it.)
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Gah.
Back from the Ancient Mariners of Invention get-together. I think I'm only going because three other people from my Monday designfest group are there and I'd possibly be otherwise conspicuous by my absence ( Read more... ) -
Mad Engineering!
More news from Inventors Anonymous. A new guy, Heinie, turned up and we kicked around his idea for water tanks for a bit. Conclusion: could be a goer if similar existing products aren't too similar ( Read more... ) -
Doctor Snuggles, build us a clever machine
Well, less than 24 hours from the next Gadgetinis meetup. Apparently the last idea I submitted is being taken to the next level of putting together a proposal and seeing if anyone bites ( Read more... )
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