Robotics

2019


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20 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for the Techie on Your List

Elizabeth Michalka

‘Tis the season for giving, but it can be difficult to find the perfect gift for the special techie in your life. Whether you’re looking for something fun and quirky or something more challenging, here are 20 unique gift ideas from our technical team:

2015


Robots Robots Ra Ra Ra!!! (PyCon 2015 Must-See Talk: 6/6)

Jeff Bradberry

Part six of six in our PyCon 2015 Must-See Series, a weekly highlight of talks our staff enjoyed at PyCon.

I’ve had an interest in robotics since high school, but always thought it would be expensive and time consuming to actually do. Over the past few years, though, I’ve observed the rise of open hardware such as the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, and modules and kits built on top of them, that make this type of project more affordable and accessible to the casual hobbyist. I was excited by Katherine’s talk because Robot Operating System (ROS) seems to do for the software side what Arduino and such do for the hardware side.

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Q2 2015 ShipIt Day ReCap

Liza Chabot

Last Friday everyone at Caktus set aside their regular client projects for our quarterly ShipIt Day, a chance for Caktus employees to take some time for personal development and independent projects. People work individually or in groups to flex their creativity, tackle interesting problems, or expand their personal knowledge. This quarter’s ShipIt Day saw everything from game development to Bokeh data visualization, Lego robots to superhero animation. Read more about the various projects from our Q2 2015 ShipIt Day.