Beam News Archive November 98




November 30
MicroVore Contest deadline is midnight tommorrow!!!

Here's a couple last minute entries...
Ian Bernstein's MicroBot and Justin Fisher's Bug.
Beautiful photovores guys!!! Man, judging is gonna be tough!

Donald Papp's Spider can now be found at this new location.

Solarbotics has some new deals for the Christmas season. How would you like two 24x22, two 24x33 and two 37x33 high output solarcells for $25.00 or Tiny Pager Motors for $12.00 each!!! Thanks for the great deals Dave!

Also available now at Solarbotics is the manual for the Photopopper 4.2 kit (in the download section). If you thought MY instructions on how to build a photovore were good...you gotta check out Dave's!

November 29
About a week ago, Windows 95 decided to stop working. I just got everything back to normal today. Here's everything that happened in the last week.

Bob Shannon's contest entry, Vore-n-more . Check it out.

Mark Fedasiuk has also announced his contest entry, Explorer Bot.

Chris Nichols has also got him microvore contest entry in on time! Check out Photovore #4.

Twitch is Darrell Johnson's MicroVore entry.

Ben Hitchcock's ALF is the only toy hack entered in the Microvore contest so far.

Here's Steven Audette's MicroVore entry, Mighty Mouse.

Ian has posted the results from the BEAM games in India at BEAM Online. Congratulations Ian...I knew you would do well!

Dave posted a schematic for his SunScout two-motor walker.

BG Micro Lense motors have come and gone. Boy they go fast!

November 20
The lens motor assemblies from BG Micro that I used on my walkers are available again. Get em while they last!!! Dilip gets the prize for the sharp eyes. Heres a tip...When you order them ask him to remove the lens to save shipping weight.

New BEAM forum on-line.

November 19
The Life 2.0 contest is for artistic works of modern a-life. Check out the links at the bottom of the page.

November 17
Donald Papp has posted pictures of Spider, his entry in the MicroVore Contest.

All you procrastinators out there...GET A MOVE ON!!! Contest deadline is December 1st.

November 16
Dennison found this gem. It's a pic of Tildens Spyder walker.

The International BEAM Games held in Lucknow, India are now over... Still awaiting results...

November 14
I just got a video capture board so expect some on-line video clips as soon as I figure out how to use it! Many thanks go out to markf.

November 12
Solarbotics now stocks some tiny LEDs. With operating current at about 5mA, these things are perfect for microcores. Take a look at the on-line order form.

That Hexapod has been suspended. Corporate pigs. Supposedly a manufacturer error.

November 11
Looking for a neat little hexapod kit? Siemens Laurino Robot is a steal at $89.00. It includes 12 servos and all the hardware.

November 10
Solarbotics will have a booth set up at the Western Canadian Robot Games on November 14.
BTW...Congratulations on the new baby Dave!

November 8
Couple new pics posted here.

November 7
Susanne Still's Research Archive has some informative papers co-written by Mark Tilden. Thanks for the pointer Zoz.

November 6
Follow the link to the BEAM IRC Channel homepage.

November 4
Jonny started a java Chat room for BEAM topics.

I found the IRC channel (see Nov 3).

November 3
Hannes Kocznar has announced an IRC BEAM channel. #BEAM on DALnet. I looked for it to confirm but couldn't find it. I'm not a big IRC user anyways.

November 2
Ben Hitchcock has compiled all his excellent [INFO] series articles on his web site. All the ascii images have been redone as gif images. Very informative stuff!

Technology Education Index is going to mirror my Photovore Page. They are aiming to build a web site which the supports students, teachers, hobbyists and others by providing a bank of learning resources related to Technology Education.


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