What can you do with $50, a PS1 controller, and some wood? Make a robotic arm, of course! The Wooden Menace, what the designer calls it, is made completely out of wood. It’s simple design insures that anyone can make a robotic arm just like his. The arm has similar humanoid features. Grabbing, gripping, twisting, [...]
12.01Before GPS
The days before GPS were grim. Road atlases inside the glove compartment were your only means to find your way around. That was before GPS, and Sat-Nav. Honda cleverly designed a system that could track where you were without use of a satellite (Why it’s called Sat-Nav, beats me). You simply choose a plastic cellophane [...]
