New from SparkFun
posted Aug 3rd 2008 10:50pm by Eliot Phillipsfiled under: arduino hacks, misc hacks
SparkFun is rolling out interesting things to play with every week. They’ve added a NanoMuscle actuator that uses a shape memory alloy to lift nearly 70 times its own weight. Their LilyPad collection has expanded to include small momentary switches and a thermistor type temperature sensor. Lastly, they’ve got an FM receiver module. It just needs an antenna and uses I2C or SPI for control.
Wow, those muscle fibers make me wanna drool. They say they can lift 70grams, but I wonder if you can increase that by using abunch of them at the same time?
Posted at 12:15 am on Aug 4th, 2008 by blizzarddemon