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Latest News & Features. Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” episode 4 recap: Quebec is Canada's culinary capital. “I love Montreal,” Anthony Bourdain states in a voice over at the beginning of tonight’s episode of Parts Unknown.

Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” episode 4 recap: Quebec is Canada's culinary capital

“It is my favorite place in Canada. The people who live there are tough, crazy bastards.” So begins what appears to be Bourdain’s most gluttonous dive into a country so far in Parts Unknown. This episode, while billed in CNN’s press materials as an exploration of Canada by rail, is so much a love letter to Quebec that the other provinces should file serious grievances with their broadcasting authorities. Bourdain’s first stop is ice fishing on the St. Around the fourth course, Bourdain asks “Is there a billionaire or despot anywhere on earth who’s eating better than us?” The answer is likely no. Bourdain next heads out with chef Martin Picard and trapper Carl Blondin for some trapping. If you want to track down Blondin for your own tour, the fixer for this section of the episode will help you: “I don’t know, but I admire them,” he decides. Bourdain’s points of interest in Canada. How to Build a Robot - The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited )

This is the beetle robot instructables revisited a la MythBusters style!

How to Build a Robot - The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited )

I originally made a instructables about my beetle robot version 1. It is now time to show you a new version of this wonderful robot. This new version is much easier to build and fool proof! The beetle robot (Beetle bot), is a very simple and efficient robot that use no electronics component to avoid obstacle in his path. It use two SPDT switch to avoid obstacles by reversing the opposite motor to pivote and free himself. The major modification is the cross antenna. By having the cross antenna, it also help with the assembly of the robot. Here is a little resume turn into a video. This article was created because I got contacted by a Make editor. After a few month I saw this: Top articles in MAKE 1 - 12. It turns out, that my article was one of the most read of there digital magazine!

I took 134 pictures, that is 235Mb of files! How to make your first robot. If you have purchased an "Instant Robot" shield, you can find a project using that shield here.

How to make your first robot

If you prefer the instructions in a single PDF, Dominic / Servello has made this nice PDF to download - Thanks :) Welcome :) Everything here is so easy, that after you have gone through it, you can make a robot in a couple of hours. Why can't you do that now? Because there are so many little things you need to know. There are other "How to get started building robots" out there. All images in high-res here. Materials needed It used to be a hassle to buy the materials, because not one single webshop was carrying everything needed, and you had to buy from several shops. Good news is that Solarbotics now have made a kit for these instructions: Solarbotics shop (Webshop, located in Canada) - And if you buy it there, you even support hosting of letsmakerobots.com - because in order to be on the list above, the shops contacted us, and we made a deal :D (The following is all included in the bundle) Yes.

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