Here’s the thing, I love programming. I love the whole process of writing code and building a functional program by speaking a language the computer will understand. However, I really do not like painstakingly drawing art one little image at a time. On top of that, I have no idea how to generate sound effects [...]

I am a proud owner of the Palm Pre. It’s slick, fast, and pretty cool. There are only 136 apps in the Pre’s app store, compared to the iPhone app store’s several thousand (or more), that’s not much at all. So, naturally I was inclined to want to write some apps and sell them, hopefully [...]

After much time and effort this weekend, I finally managed to put together the very detailed, hold-your-hand style instructions for the Vivus the Robot kit, being sold in the BW Science Labs Store. You can also read the Vivus the Robot Instructable if you prefer that instead. I had to take apart my own Vivus, [...]

GlobalThose of you who know me, know how much I love MIT. Hey, who doesn’t? The first Rapid Prototyping machines came from them, along with the first robots to learn like a human child, and having an on-campus nuclear reactor is pretty darn cool too. MIT unveiled their newest toy this week, a robot that [...]

I’ve been burned, electrocuted, and attacked by a rampaging robot* enough time to know the basic “do”s and “don’t”s of robotics. I think we forgot to solder in the off switch… I’m by no means an expert, but all the same I have a bit of advice for the beginner robotics hobbyist. I recommend that [...]