I was talking with my team (ie, my kids) the other day about this CNC robot and the kinds of things you can use it for and one of my girls brought up the question of what we would name the robot. After a little while, we decided on 'Santa Clause'.

I'm realizing now maybe I set the expectations just ...

A few days ago, my kids were playing with my neighbor's son – he has a trampoline and is therefore the most popular little boy on the block – and I spotted my neighbor out, so I went over to say hi. My 3-year old daughter was talking to him and he was laughing his head off. I was curious ...

I've been working on plans for a robot. While discussing this with my chief assistant, he had an excellent suggestion: “Dad, I have an idea, why don't we first make a robot that can make other robots?”. Chad is 11 and has some experience with Mindstorms and, as you have just noticed, is somewhat on the lazy side.

Which is ...