The Robowranglers,team 148,of Greenville,Texas and the Thunder Chickens,team 217,of Sterling Heights,Michigan show you how their robots go from concept to finished sheet metal. Both teams are long time competitors in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and are sponsored in part by Innovation First,International (IFI). In the interest of full [...] [...]
 “@fitzwillie:@dhewlett you're doing TNT? Sweet!” Indeed! Watching your episode now for inspiration:http://t.co/MOnUXsZU2 months ago  RT @JosephScrimshaw:After the JOHN CARTER fiasco,Disney plans to retroactively add "of Mars" to all film titles.Looking forward to Blu-Ray for BAMBI OF MARS.2 months ago  All about Digital is out! http://t.co/ASSIwU3e ▸ Top stories today via @livepaola @fitzwillie2 months ago | I’m excited to go to the NYC Toy Fair again this year and an thankful that I have more time to plan for it. Rumor is that one or two other GeekDad contributors will be there so a meet-up is hopeful. The fair is growing this year with over 1200 exhibitors and a reported 7000 never [...] [...] It still amazes me that our very own GeekDad shirt is for sale on ThinkGeek.com. That amazement was kicked up an order of magnitude when I got home and my son showed me the latest ThinkGeek catalog. Right there on the 3rd to the last page,second row up,was the GeekDad shirt. Just don’t get mixed [...] [...] Maybe it’s my parenting instinct to try and get the best out of my writers,like I do my kids,but I’ve really enjoyed sharing their talents with a wider audience (the writers rather than the kids) Whereas I restrain myself from putting my children’s art and writing online before they can grant me permission on [...] [...] If you Google “Avatar”and “sick,”you can expect to see somewhere around 21 million hits. Make that 21 million and one after this. Not being a fan of lining up and then being subjected to a battle of wills with the person beside me over who owns rights to the shared arm rest between [...] [...] I have a huge bookcase. It’s stacked with trinkets and framed photos,Photoshop reference books and tons of O’Reilly guides. There are books I’ve read and ones I’m planning on getting to …one day. But the bulk of my bookcase is devoted to my true love:comics. In the center,are five first editions from [...] [...] Spreading the family tech projects to other parts,GeekDad has been going in the UK for a few months now. There you will find more of the same GeekDad goodness,but with a UK bent. It’s not all umberellas,weather-talk and gardening though,there is plenty of family life meets gadget writing. Recently we have been [...] [...] When we think of movie and television Androids,we can think of none better than Lt. Commander Data. Or can we? In this Great Geek Debate we take a look at handful of movie Androids &Robots and how they stack up to Data. [...] The OLLO Action kit is a pretty impressive beginner robot system. It’s got a powerful gearbox motor,an adaptable on/off switch and a plastic rivet system that goes together quickly and stays together. For a $30 set there’s a lot of potential. But why in the name of Ole Kirk Christiansen isn’t it Lego-compatible? Not only [...] [...] Walking out of Lowe’s this past weekend,I noticed a sign posted on the door that was promoting “Build And Grow Clinics”for kids. Since my children –and my son especially –are always interested in helping me make things,the poster caught my eye. Lowe’s has been offering how-to clinics to the DIY crowd [...] [...] |    |
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