How to Make a New Swarm of Solderless WASP Kits

Recently, we noticed our stock of WASP and WASP Solderless kits were running a bit low. Just in time for the World Maker Faire (be sure to stop by and say “hello”), we thought you might be interested in seeing what goes into making a new swarm of WASPs. This article is complete with lots of pictures showing every step.

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BugFest 2010

For the sixth year, SheekGeek attended the annual Bugfest held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh, NC.  We had a lot of fun at our booth “Robotic Bugs”.  The crowd was non-stop and it felt like the busiest BugFest to date.  I even ate a chocolate covered mealworm!  We extend a huge thank you to our friends for helping us run our booth.  Thanks guys!

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DIY Wall Vinyl Decal Tree

Adam sent me a stumble of a DIY vinyl wall art project on Instructables by Britsteiner.  Immediately I was inspired by her project and went to work.  Her Instructables project used contact paper and after a quick trip to Lowe’s and the local dollar store I decided contact paper would not work for my project.  I wanted specific colors – brown and green – that I could not find as contact paper.  I wanted to make a tree.

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