[Robotgroup] New Mailing List Member! :)

[Paul Atkinson]

Hi Scott,

Welcome aboard! I looked at several of the videos last night and they are
first rate!

As far as parts searching goes, I've found octoparts.com to be useful,
especially if you are trying to find a data sheet and not a bunch of parts
brokers/resellers.

I used to frequent Atlanta for business travel a while back. Trying to
recall the name of some electronics surplus stores there. Do you know of
any?

Paul

On Jan 3, 2008 10:24 AM, Vern Graner <vern at txis.com> wrote:

> Scott wrote:
> > neat program called 'Music Technology' at GaTech where I got to work on
> a
> > robotic drummer that could listen to and accompany other humans--that
> was
> > the plan at least.  http://www.cc.gatech.edu/%7Egilwein/Haile.htm
>
> AHA! Now *that* project I remember reading about AND watching the
> videos! :) Very cool! We've dabbled a bit in human/computer music
> creation as well, though not nearly as complex. We have a diabolical
> device called the Thereping which we created a few years back:
>
> http://www.thereping.com/
>
> > Nowadays I'm trying to ramp up CuriousInventor.com, partly out of
> > frustration of how long it takes to find tools and parts in the Digikey
> > tombs--usually I just want something that's cheap and works, not 10,000
> > choices.  I'm also trying to fill in gaps in the practical knowledge I
> never
> > got in school.  So that's the company so far: cherry-picked parts and
> tools
> > alongside how-to guides.
>
> Scott has graciously supplied me with copies of the video tutorials, one
> of which (the soldering one I think) I plan to show this evening at TRG
> meeting at the Heritage. :)
>
> Anyway welcome Scott! Oh, and when do you plan to move to Austin?? ;)
>
> Vern
>
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