Maker Faire is May 30 and 31 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. If you’re going to be there, come say hi! We’re keeping a pretty low profile since our next hardware version isn’t ready yet, but you’ll find us in a corner of the MIT Media Lab booth with a pile of blocks — it’s right in between booths for the Exploratorium and Sparkfun. Three of our favorite things all lined up in a row!
How does magnetic attraction force change when you substitute steel for one of the magnets?
April 9, 2009
Our roBlocks prototype (above) uses seven tiny magnets on each face of each cube. On each connector, there are protruding keys (with silver cylinder magnets)
