I have a 50Kv electrostatic voltmeter lying about with nothing to do. It looks like this: It has an awesome 4-5 inch long insulator on the back for the input connection. Inside its basically a balance scale that reads the force of attraction between two plates and is mostly empty space inside to air gap [...]
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I am working on a animatronics type project and needed to find just the right type of servo. After a bit of web stumbling I found ServoDatabase.com which helped me find just the right one!
Contraptor: “Contraptor is a DIY open source construction set for experimental personal fabrication, desktop manufacturing, prototyping and bootstrapping.” This looks a great compliment to MakerBeam and MicroRAX. Looks like I will be filling my workspace with open-source erector set on steroids contraptions!
