Transponder

Andrew Baron announces a new website, transponder.net, which will be a "visual entry point into the world of physical computing." I'm kind of excited about it.

I have been thinking about robotics and little machines ever since getting to know my friend Bill Tremblay, an artist and robot maker, whose own Web site is currently inactive (damn him).

When I was in college I found this little shop in Pasadena, California that sold all sorts of little motors and electronic switches. I had no idea what to do with any of it, but bought a whole bunch of them anyway. They sat in a shoebox for years before I sold them at a garage sale. I'd really like to make something that moves on its own.