#robotics Logs

Apr 27 2012

01:15 rue_house two of them
01:15 rue_house must have been a 4 ch scope
01:45 saschi hi :)
01:45 saschi festo's exohand is cool
04:14 Tom_itx http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Agency_sets_standards_for_the_electric_vehicle-article-fajb_electric_vehicle_standards_apr2012-html.aspx
04:16 Tom_itx this will lead to a whole new way of vandalism. eventually every parking stall will have a charge recptacle. imagine what jq public could do with that
09:08 rue_house controller box wont enabel to power till your payment is authorized
09:24 rue_house !doresistors 2
09:24 tobbor rue_house: What is the colour for the value 4?
09:24 rue_house blue
09:24 tobbor rue_house: No, the answer was yellow. What is the colour for the value 4?
09:24 rue_house yellow
09:24 tobbor rue_house: Correct. Your score was: 50%
09:24 rue_house !doresistors 2
09:24 tobbor rue_house: What is the colour for the value 6?
09:24 rue_house purple
09:24 tobbor rue_house: No, the answer was blue. What is the colour for the value 9?
09:24 rue_house white
09:24 tobbor rue_house: Correct. Your score was: 50%
09:29 rizlah lolol
09:30 Tom_itx u got too much time on your hands
09:31 rue_house na I'm late again
09:31 rue_house http://vimeo.com/41009719
09:31 Tom_itx make it a short day
09:33 Steffanx nice gadget rue_house
09:33 rue_house which one
09:33 Steffanx That video
09:34 rue_house 90 feet long so they say
09:34 Tom_itx i should go see it, i may be in NC later this year
09:35 Tom_itx not that far N though
09:36 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/cnc/psu/psu_index.php
09:36 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/cnc/psu/gecko1.jpg
09:40 Steffanx New stuff for a new cnc or .. just new stuff for your old cnc machine?
10:09 Tom_itx new for old
10:20 Tom_itx and new for new eventually i hope
10:21 Tom_itx that's why i'm beefing it all up as i go
13:10 SolarNRG Afternoon
13:11 Steffanx Hi
13:12 SolarNRG How are you 3day?
13:12 SolarNRG 2day
13:12 Steffanx Still the same as yesterday
13:12 Steffanx You?
13:16 SolarNRG MY TONGS ARRIVED
13:16 SolarNRG HURRAY
14:33 saschi :D
17:24 bsilvereagle Alright, I think I'm going to apply bike tire patches to the tires to create "tread"
18:13 SolarNRG Good evening
18:22 katsmeow-afk apply bike tire patches to the tires to create "tread"?
18:23 katsmeow-afk why not just get tires with a mudgrip tread alreay on them? they'll sure last longer
18:24 SolarNRG Not round here, far too much broken glass after a Friday night on the cycle path
18:24 katsmeow-afk oh,, then you need a steel tank tread
18:25 SolarNRG Titanium carbide tank treads would be amazing
18:25 SolarNRG A bitch to machine tho
18:25 katsmeow-afk and too pricey for you to have
18:27 SolarNRG Titanium oxide is very cheap, if only there were a cheap way to turn it into metal
19:49 GuShH SolarNRG: the point of contact is not metallic anyway, what gives.
21:12 bsilvereagle katsmeow-afk: we have to deal w/ the tires they give us.
21:28 DanFrederiksen SolarNRG, I heard that a technique has recently been developed to make titanium cheap
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23:06 katsmeow-afk oh
23:06 tsmeow-afk deals with them on a drill p
23:12 rue_house hahaha Tom_itx , YOU BOUGHT GECKO DRIVES?
23:12 rue_house hahaha
23:12 rue_house you must have paid almost $200 for those 3
23:12 katsmeow-afk <blink>
23:15 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2012/04/26/3d-whiteboard-without-the-whiteboard/#comment-639403
23:15 rue_house I wanna built that
23:19 katsmeow-afk Balsam Fir To Replace Whale Vomit In Perfumes?
23:19 katsmeow-afk Researchers from the University of British Columbia have identified a gene in balsam fir trees similar to another substance called Ambergris. which could potentially pave the way for cheaper and more sustainable ways to produce plant-based fixatives and scents used in perfumes.
23:19 katsmeow-afk Starbucks Uses Bugs To Color Frappuccino
23:19 katsmeow-afk A statement released by Starbucks to the Daily Mail yesterday revealed a shocking ingredient in their iconic Frappuccino beverages: ground-up bugs.
23:21 Tom_itx if we only knew
23:22 Tom_itx i don't think rue liked my drivers
23:24 katsmeow-afk i figured out why
23:25 rue_house I just cant bleive you put out money for that
23:25 katsmeow-afk he figured you make those opensource drivers
23:25 katsmeow-afk we know you have the technology
23:25 katsmeow-afk i'd like to know why you didn't, but i not faulting you for ordering ready-mades
23:26 katsmeow-afk Cochineal extract is a popular food additive created by crushing up bugs and is most often used to lend foods a red color.
23:26 katsmeow-afk Starbucks admitted to using cochineal extract in their famous Strawberries and Cream Frappuccino. The extract is found in the strawberry puree used to create the beverage. Starbucks is claiming the extract helps bring out the bright pink color in the beverage, as well as adhere to their goal to use only all-natural products.
23:26 katsmeow-afk Source: redOrbit (http://s.tt/18mhs)
23:27 katsmeow-afk Cochineal is known as carmine, carminic acid, natural red 4, or E120. It is used in all sorts of foods such as sausage, yogurts, juices, artificial crab, and even lipstick and blush. Cochineal is often found in anything claiming to be �strawberry� flavored
23:35 katsmeow-afk A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three members of Expedition XXX landed safely in Kazakhstan at 7:45 a.m. EDT after successfully undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) and returning home from their nearly 6 month stay on the high-flying lab.
23:35 katsmeow-afk so they now have porn trips to ISS?
23:39 katsmeow-afk http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112523326/links-between-smoking-during-pregnancy-and-autism/
23:44 Tom_itx rue_house i just wanted some good reliable drivers that wouldn't overheat the steppers
23:44 Tom_itx my current ones are ok but not strong enough and make the steppers rather hot when idle
23:44 katsmeow-afk The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I've found it!), but 'That's funny...'
23:44 katsmeow-afk - Isaac Asimov
23:58 katsmeow-afk A report this week by the Philadelphia Inquirer raised questions about the pedigree of Doug Lynch, vice dean of the graduate school of education, who claimed to have received a master's degree and a doctorate from Columbia University in 2005 and 2007, respectively.
23:58 katsmeow-afk Neither of those claims is true, according to Columbia officials. Lynch did received a master's degree in 2010
23:59 katsmeow-afk he "did received" it
23:59 Tom_itx what size wire will handle 4A ok?
23:59 katsmeow-afk define "ok"
23:59 katsmeow-afk 0000 will handle 4amps ok
23:59 Tom_itx 12" length not melt the insul under a 4A load