Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #09795
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 11:08:09 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: My first Photovore
At 01:43 AM 2/5/00 , FCO Enr. wrote:
>How long does it take for the solar engine to charge up under
>regular room lighting?
Depends on the cap, but upwards of 30 seconds if it isn't seeing any direct
light.
>I flashed a flashlight into solar panel for 20 seconds
>and nothing happened.
Flashlights are TERRIBLE. Use a 60 watt or 100 watt incandescent bulb in a
swing arm lamp instead.
-Dave
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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com
9796 Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:40:46 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Another Picture and lego motor. "Dennison Bertram" Also check out the picture of my microhead, a HEAd made using the Lego
Micromotors. Again, now that I've had a chance to use the lego motors a
little while, I really don't recomend them. I'm sure they are usuable, and
I'm sure I will use them again, but they really are a weird motor.
Seriously.
dennison
The pictures are under dennison's album.
I put another picture up at the yahoo club site of my latest robot that I'm
working on, SPV v1.0. It's a four legged, four motor walker. It has a very
slim profile and is very attractive. Sorry the picture isn't so good. When
you look at it in person, you almost get a little edgy because it's so
spider-like, or human-flesh-eating like. No, actually it's pretty cool.
Check it out. As soon As I get a real camera, I'll get much better pictures
of all of this.
dennison
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