Getting Settled at ESA
It’s Sunday night. There are just a couple more hours left before I go to sleep and my second week at ESA begins… In spite…
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How Could a Robot Taste Things?
THE TASTING (SAMPLING) FOOT I was giving a talk at Hackaday’s SuperCon last Fall that actually had the term, “Tasting Feet” in the title. Because…
Noodle is Gettin’ Bean Feet!
Four Flavors of Tasting Feet This summer, I am once again diving into designing mechanical personality quirks. I’ll be investigating new and exciting ways for my robot,…
Noodle Puberty
Sometime in April, Noodle started to change. He stopped hiding in his blankets and began spending his nights surfing through hardware catalogues alone in the darkness….
Tasting Feet : Gripping and Licking
In case this is your first time hearing about the project, I’d like to introduce you to the heir of all lint and space rocks, NoodleFeet: Like his…
My PATREON for World Domination
So, I launched a PATREON page today. O_O …I feel as though it was done sort of on a whim. I signed up on the Patreon site…
Assembling Carl the Flamingo
Sticking out from my toaster’s head like a crude antenna, is a classic lawn ornament, the flamingo I’ve come to call Carl. Unlike most of the…
Why I Love Blade Runner
When I was ten, my dad would bring me dinner on his way home from work, pick a movie for me to watch from their…
Making an Anaglyph!
You know those cool images that become 3D when you put on the spiffy red and cyan glasses? This weekend I accidentally learned how to…
Noodle’s Gripping Toes
For the past year, the four tawny stalks that NoodleFeet balances upon have remained common pool floaties, 2.5 inches in diameter, hollow, providing nothing more…