My last eBay sale:
$59.98 - 7.50 ebay - 2.04 paypal =$50.44
Less $5 shipping = $45.44
Factoring out shipping costs, then that means they took 17.4% of the spoils.
This is why I don't sell there often.
They also have tons of federal grants, with many from the defense department. Though with that said I am sure patent ownership is well documented in their contracts.
I got frustrated with mine and pitched it. I imagine the kids will just not play with them. Especially kids from the UK who would rather be given Macbook's.
Actually Fox News loves putting stuff like this on their homepage.
It easily drives traffic.
Like the other current ones:
"When Bottoms and Tops Go Pop"
"Stripper Pole Shower Exists"
That was one example. They also don't list the specs on the driver or the diode, nor do they list where they bought them from.
Another weird thing is that he was melting down some of the junk plastic in the gun with a soldering iron. Doesn't the guy have a dremel?
I hate build projects like this that leave out key details, yet come off as trying to be informative.
They have a list of wire gauges you should use for different currents and their resistance/loss, but they don't list what gauge wire they used. They just called the wire size "excessive".
Newegg might have a sales uptick.
Amazon is starting to charge sales tax on September 1st for CA and PA.
Of course Newegg already charges sales tax in California, but they don't for Pennsylvania.
I think people have to remember that there will be many types of robots.
Consumer robots will be cheap, made out of mostly plastic with small power sources, designed for nightly recharges.
Military robots with their "hyperalloy combat chassis" and long-range power source, is going to be the...