S3 BlocklyProp Onboard OLED Test

S3 BlocklyProp Onboard OLED test of a line moving in a circle as a fast-moving "second hand." This uses the trig functions in BlocklyProp. The goal of this work is eventually an onboard PingDar display. The speed of the sweep of the "second hand" can be adjusted by a variable.

OLED blocks are saved as a block file from FLiP or Propeller Activity Board WX and then uploaded into an S3 BlocklyProp file using the append function.

See OLED Display with BlocklyProp on learn.parallax.com for reference.
OLED pins - GND to GND, VCC to 3.3V, DIN to P0, CLK to P1, CS to P2, D/C to P3, RES to P4 on the S3 Hacker Port. BlocklyProp Code is #37085 - http://blockly.parallax.com/blockly/editor/blocklyc.jsp…

Domino’s Pizza goes Robotic!

Domino's Pizza has created a way for the customer to slice a pizza any way they wish via a slicing robot. The company says, "A state-of-the-art robotic pizza maker that you control, it’s the closest thing to working in a Domino’s yourself. Awesome! The future of pizza making is in your hands. Literally." 

Happy Easter from R.U.S.

From the 10 Best Easter Eggs for Children List - The Telegraph in England

Chococo C181 Robot Easter egg £9.50 for 175g (by the way, that is $13.32 an egg!)

Hidden within the thick milk-chocolate shell are two solid-chocolate robots, intricately designed right down to the nuts and bolts. A smattering of edible gold sprinkles inside and a dusting of silver outside makes this a very special egg to open on Easter morning. Picture: ANDREW CROWLEY

German 'Robot Priest' Helps Mark Reformation Anniversary

A robot named BlessU-2 has been installed as part of an exhibition in Germany to mark 500 years since Martin Luther wrote Ninety-five Theses, a list of propositions for academic debate that started the Protestant Reformation in Europe. BlessU-2 can deliver blessings in five languages and beams light from its hands. Note: This is from May 2017, but was too good not to share!

Yikes!

Like its biological model, the flic-flac spider, the Festo BionicWheelBot can both walk and roll. Together with its discoverer, Professor Ingo Rechenberg, the Festo bionics team has used these unique movement patterns and turned them into a technical masterpiece. This is the work of Festo's Bionic Learning Network.

Hat tip to erco (Eric Ostendorff) on the Parallax Forums. Don't know what is spookier, the real spider or the robot!

TechBuilder BB8

YouTuber, TechBuilder shows how to build a real working Starwars BB8 droid by only using household materials and Arduino! (No 3D Printers! No CNCs! No Mills!) Amazing work! I would (of course) use Parallax brains (microprocessors).

Full-Tutorial (w/Downloads): http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Life-Size-Phone-Controlled-BB8-Droid/ (Click: view all steps)

The droid can be controlled by any smartphone. It also talks as well. The makeshift design had cut the overall expenses to $120, making it cheaper than the Sphero toy.

Thanks to erco for sharing this on the Parallax Forums!

S3 Palm Sunday Procession

The Parallax S3 leads the Palm Sunday procession and plays "All Glory, Laud, and Honor!" Programmed using BlocklyProp - Code is here - http://blockly.parallax.com/blockly/my/projects.jsp#35904