Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13178
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Lee Golden beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 05:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Beam page update
I've updated my BEAM and kit robots page. Please
alert the media! ;-) If anyone has a link to the page
it's been moved...
Lee Golden
http://www.geocities.com/leemon1/Bots/Beam/index.html
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13179 Sat, 08 Apr 2000 10:08:27 -0400 Re: solar cells beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bob Shannon
Battle Wear wrote:
> Hi ALL!!!
>
> First off, I would really like to thank all of you out there who welcomed
> me to this :))))
>
> I have a WICKED idea for a beam that I want to build.. I really want to use
> solar cells on this but heres the problem, it has a very round body, and as
> such I was wondering is there any flexible solar cells out there? I know
> there are the hard ones, but I would really like to use flexible ones that
> I can glue onto the body..
Yes, Jameco has some awesome flexible 3 volt solar cells, that can also be
cut and trimmed!
>
>
> If that is not possible then I am looking at those tiny single cells... has
> any one used those with a good charge? the beam bot I am building is a fair
> size, at least 9 - 10 inches tall.. it is going to be a photovore but I am
> hoping to also get it so that the beam will know when he is at the edge of
> a table...
>
> Jason
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