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On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Brad Fuller wrote:
> michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote:

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>>  I've joined the squeakland mailing list and hope to learn more from the

>>  conversations there, and of course experimenting with squeak as well.

>>

>>  I'm particularly interested in working with kids to build mechanisms us=

ing

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>>  motors and relays, controlling them via computer, and integrating with

>>  images

>>  and/or sounds on the computer. I'm pretty happy with my hardware interf=

ace

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>>  and

>>  construction methods (foam core, hot glue, motors from solarbotics,

>>  objects

>>  removed from discarded electronic equipment, which the kids help take

>>  apart,

>>  etc.) but I've been searching for an easy-to-use, free, Linux supported

>>  multimedia environment that would support this. Squeak might be exactly

>>  what

>>  I've been looking for. Would you have any final thoughts on where I mig=

ht

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>>  look

>>  next in researching how squeak can help me here, or find others doing t=

his

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>>  sort

>>  of work with squeak?

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>>  Thanks again for all your advice,

>>  Michael

>>=20

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> Hmm... several people do work with squeak and robots, gumstix, etc.

>

> Jon Hylands has done some work with robots and squeak.

> http://www.huv.com/jon/

Ah yes. I thought the name was familiar. He and his brother Dave are quite

prolific in the robotic community, and extremely helpful.
> St=E9phane Ducasse wrote a book about "virtual" robots. Might be helpful

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> http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/botsinc

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> I would search through the squeak-dev list for what you are looking for:

> squeakbot site:lists.squeakfoundation.org

> robots site:lists.squeakfoundation.org

>

> there's a lot there.

Excellent. Thanks. I'll report on progress.
Michael