Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Coming soon: T-Shirts to be Envied
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 5:46 No CommentsWriting after a break is always tough, I take the “slowly get back into the swing” method. For the last few weeks I’ve been exchanging emails with an out of country graphic design firm. I had hired them to make the new BW Science Labs logo. It’s been a frustrating last few weeks. That’s what [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from BW Science Labs
Thursday, November 26, 2009 23:52 No CommentsAh, Thanksgiving, the time when families are thankful for one another and turkeys are wishing they had opposable thumbs to escape their cages. For those of you outside of the US, Thanksgiving is when Americans celebrate obesity each other and what we are thankful for. Come to think of it I should have made a [...]
Theoretical Thursday: Software- The end, or the beginning?
Friday, November 6, 2009 3:57 2 CommentsA couple years ago I met a college student who was creating an autonomous Unmanned Ariel Vehicle. The little plane would fly over a field and scan the ground using color sensors. Black lines drawn in the field told the plane not to fly past them, grey lines were landing strips, and so on. He [...]
Monday Status: Sparkfun vs. SPARC and New BW Science Labs Development
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 4:58 No CommentsYesterday I was rushed to say the least, so I didn’t manage to get out a Sunday Status, however today I do have a Monday Status. Global I order my electronics components from all over, but one place in particular that I could not be without is Sparkfun. Also, having met some of the Sparkfun [...]
Sunday Status: Flash 10.1′s Mobile Debut and Some BWSL News
Monday, October 26, 2009 2:59 No CommentsGlobal At MAX 2009 Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch shows Flash 10.1 on a bunch of mobile devices. Micro I’ve spent the weekend working on the next BW Science Labs Store kits, including prototyping a mini UV LED kit and designing a line following robot. I’ve also been able to work a bit more on my [...]



