I have a question about this pummer. I have it breadboarded and it does work. If I hold the solar cell at a lightbulb for 30 seconds or so and then cover the...
Hi YFH, I was 47 on Monday, so I'm not far behind. Thanks for explaining the purpose of Turbots; the name makes a lot more sense now I know its origin. TTFN ...
Soon, i still getting some parts for it. But i plan on finishing it soon. Work caught up with me in the pc area, along with my regular normal job i have. So i...
Hello Friendly Hogfather, Interesting post. I will take in on in a little bit. Meanwhile ... ... Zing! Ok, ok! I lack your controversial style. I lack the...
Hello Juan, Hello Juan, I am very excited about your experiment! The data would be valuable. Can you use a battery to simulate a solar cell? Yes and no. A...
Ask Jeeves Unveils Jeeves900 Search Robot We've long written about everything there is to know about search, including the concept of humanoid search robots...
i've seen some programmed BEAM-ish photovores, and stuff like that. i was wondering if we could like standardize a stlye of programing that would be...
Hi Luca, welcome again to us ;-) If you want to experiment with "basic", you can use the PICAXE, a Pic chip with "basic" built in (€8,90 for a 18pin chip). ...
First, I believe that it is my turn to be heretical. The original inspiration for Turbots must have come from Valentino Braitenberg rather than Alan Turing. A...
... As far as I know, the simplest is always Basic. In its Visual incarnation, it's a real cream. Source files, as most of the programming languages I've put...
Luca Crisi
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Apr 1, 2005 7:00 pm
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Let us divide a Turing machine design three segments: movement, read/write, and algorithm. Movement comes first. Before moving, we must determine the current...
... Ciao, Mimmo!! ... Very good, I've got to check it out soon. Where can I get more info? Google? ... Very interesting. Not bad, if a USB version comes out ...
Luca Crisi
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Apr 1, 2005 10:06 pm
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... I got several of these. Not bad. But... spaghetti-coding!! Jump here, return, jump again... And it's SEQUENTIAL OOPic works reacting to events, like VB. ...
Luca Crisi
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It's an interesting idea but I think that a standard BEAM programming style is going to be more difficult than the mechanics and electronics. Why? The main...
Hi All! I just thought you might like to know that Google has DOUBLED the inbox limit from 1GB to 2GB. I will be making good use of this extra space by...
Thats good news! I've been using gmail for about a month now and find its pretty handy. If anyone wants an "invite" for a free gmail account, contact me off...
... That's great! I have switched from Hotmail to Gmail, myself. Good service. Also, I noticed today that Google is offering a new line of "smart drinks." ...
Martin Jay McKee wrote: [...] Some unsorted ideas: 1. We could invent a "pseudo language" and use it to DESCRIBE how a bot works. Some thing like: If...
Luca Crisi
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... http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/ Here you can download all software available for free. I've got one and one of these day I will try it :-) Ciao, Domenico ...
Great link! With these increase, you'll be able to use your ENA code as your emil address... shades of GATTACA Myc PS. I didn't see any April Fool's product at...
I came across this while surfing the web: Triffid's Law Robotics is the art of syncopating the arts of electronics, mechanics, structural and systems...
Hey Mike ... Yes the SE V is just that bot. The setup should help increase tourqe to the drive wheels. I'll probally start the bot later today. I'll let you...
... Please do. I've done a bit of rough experimenting with "direct drive" using pager motors, and I think the secret is to keep the mass of the wheels to a...