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Dunce Bot: The Soldering Do-Boy I Didn’t Mean to Build
OK, so here’s the deal: Among the stuff I got for Christmas this year was one of those servo-motor kits. Five servos. A handful of DC motors. A couple of H-bridges. Basically, a little box of “make things move” for adults who still void warranties for fun. Naturally, I cracked it open Christmas night — because what else are you going to do when you’ve got free time and freshly printed datasheets? I’d never really messed with servos before. I live mostly in the world of AI, i

Rich Washburn
Dec 30, 20253 min read


The Age of Ridiculous Invention: 2.0
(Still the same day. And yes, I’m still waiting for Amazon to catch up.) Hey, remember that ridiculous IR floodlight project from this...

Rich Washburn
Oct 10, 20253 min read


The Age of Ridiculous Invention
I build a lot of things—some professional, some ridiculous, some that start out as one and become the other. But lately, there's been a...

Rich Washburn
Oct 10, 20258 min read
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