Jameco Features BASIC Stamps
erco
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I just got an email from Jameco, web version at http://enews.jameco.com/q/28XEL6GNatqI8JjnvpeapSzQZ5k_3lBrkM9TB_auSnfKuhFQ5nDnb7pcJ
The biggest PR push for the BS-2 in recent memory. The Stamp is still a great educational tool. The BS-1 was my first micro and I still have fond memories using that to beat everyone (including MIT) at the very first Trinity Firefighting Robot Contest. http://articles.courant.com/1994-04-18/news/9404180144_1_robots-hot-wheels-maze
The biggest PR push for the BS-2 in recent memory. The Stamp is still a great educational tool. The BS-1 was my first micro and I still have fond memories using that to beat everyone (including MIT) at the very first Trinity Firefighting Robot Contest. http://articles.courant.com/1994-04-18/news/9404180144_1_robots-hot-wheels-maze
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And the rest is history!
Didn't know you are a toymaker in a toy company! If I was there in '94 to witness all that as a hyperactive 8-year old kid, I would have been so inspired!
Sadly, I lived in a 3rd world country where most of the electronics like Basic Stamp and testing (except the classic Sanwa multimeter) were very inaccessible back in the 90s (only if you are a technician like my neighbour). Only get to learn robotics much later after 2005.
I received the same flyer twice and their catalog, and I also bought a BS-1 from them at some point. They are also my goto point for TTL logic and CMOS and several other things. And having read the article I am decidedly impressed. Note to the writer of the article R2-D2 includes a fire extinguisher as part of his basic equipment list, (dry chemical style and the one used in computer rooms as well).
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Strange? Why are all these robots leaving your house for a trip to NYC? They hope to be here first week in September......
Make a wide circle around Cleveland and the RNC, looks like it is going to be crazy, and probably not robot friendly.
I and most everyone else here will be living in a third world country come January!