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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Making some fun shorts of the dev process for the new MeArm controller for the #raspberrypi Pico. #OpenSource #robotics for the win. youtube.com/shorts/fH5H0...

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montage of our #raspberrypi #opensource #robot #arduino

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about how to get started building robots at home. 🤖 🪛 www.robottalk.org/2025/11/21/e... #Robots #Robotics #Making #3DPrinting #AI #Education #Coding

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FreeCAD @freecad.org · 31/07/2026

It’s #FreeCADFriday again. If you’ve opened FreeCAD this week, you’ve got something worth sharing. Post a screenshot, a render, a workflow trick, or even a problem you’re stuck on - and check the hashtag to see how others approach similar work. #FreeCAD #CAD #Engineering #Maker #3DPrint #Render

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Made a man on Instagram very angry by asking if he had permission to sell a CC BY-NC product. He explained that I was miserable moron and it was a free design. He asked if he could copy my designs without permission and I said yes, you just need to say where you got the design from.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fun playing with the new Pi Pico board this week. Added an LCD two one of the two i2c breakouts on the PCB, drew some silly eyes on it. Wrote a little web based controller to minimise hardware spend. www.youtube.com/shorts/_LleH... github.com/MeArm/mearm-...

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Arduino controlled robot arm coded with the new web app available on our GitHub

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wildly unproductive desk day today. How do we save things with less than an hour to go before family life kicks off?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

As the weekend fades, we enjoy a bit of Brew York before the working week. It's cool enough to enjoy a stout isn't it?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The answer to today's "what's that burning smell?" is... Glue gun, not burning but very hot and yes, forgotten. Tune in tomorrow for exciting smells like laser, hot end, poorly routed, and software shouldn't make it do that.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just completed a step on Companies House, where the AI that designed it was clearly trained on the works of Kafka, Orwell, and possibly Escher.

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Stamping 'Whatever' on a Notebook

ALT: Stamping 'Whatever' on a Notebook

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you're not going to do the hard, at least do the mundane. Get on with it! #selfmotivation

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My heart goes out to friends and family of Ricki Allan Larson, as well as all who were involved - the responders, caregivers, witnesses, and the driver. This was a preventable tragedy. We need to understand what is driving these events and how we can stop it. Media has an important role. 🧵1/x

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The "Key Grip" is there to protect the rest of the production crew, ensuring said lycanthrope is held tightly.

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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Know alot of you are thinking about the inclusion fund. So going to start posting a bit on it under #InclusionFund. Encouraging anyone with solid experience do the same from world of #Neurodivergency #Disability (@autisticrealms.bsky.social 🙏) Tip 1. Adopt NEST open.ed.ac.uk/nest-neurodi...

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NEST (NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit)

NEST (NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit) is a suite of materials to facilitate peer support for neurodivergent young people in mainstream secondary schools. The toolkit has been co-created by resear...

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Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇳💻🖥 (🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸) @realcainmosni.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

UK Tax returns have gone digital, which is fine in principle. What is not fine is that pretty much only paid solutions are acceptable for submitting a return. If electronic tax returns are mandatory, the government should be providing a cost-free means. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Petition: Create a government-owned, free software for Making Tax Digital (MTD)

With the roll-out of Making Tax Digital going ahead, HMRC must provide an in-house, government-developed, fully-functional software that allows easy and confident compliance with MTD. Self-employed pe...

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Absolutely blowing up on TikTok. Last week we increased our followers by 15x. Bringing our total followers up to 15. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRKWC25G/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Cleared down the desk today. Whirlwind week back in the office. Laser is lasering, 3d printer is 3ding. On the agenda - count screws into little cups then put them in bags. Did you know that M2.5 is 20-30% more expensive than M3? Learn something new every day eh?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Freeing up some drive space. Some apps you're like "good riddance!" whereas others it's more "thank you for your service, Sir"

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Feeling inspired this morning. Instagram served me a little slice of Sesame and I was thinking FFS more #OpenSauce slop. But hey this is the real deal #OpenSource. I'm going to build this! github.com/dorianborian... #robotics #ESP32

Small orange robot with one "arm" in the air.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/07/2026

Black text on a white page that reads as follows:

In January, our administration inherited a $12 billion budget deficit — a fiscal crisis greater than the Great Recession.

Today I am proud to announce that our balanced budget has cleared the final step and passed the New York City Council.

We balanced the budget by taxing the rich and making government more efficient. We did not balance this budget on the backs of working people, and we never will.

Every year that follows will build on these principles: Honest budgeting. Fiscal discipline. Transparent government. And an unwavering belief that working people deserve a government that delivers for them every day.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I've dived back into all of the socials this week and LinkedIn is having a totally normal one. One realisation or reality of MeArm is that it was always political. But FFS LinkedIn, not like that.

A screenshot from LinkedIn, suggesting I follow the Micro:bit foundation, Raspberry Pi, and Reform UK. I suppose 2/3 isn't a bad hit rate.

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Gears are the "muscles" of robots and yet if you are like me you think robots are cool but have no mechanical engineering training So this weekend I made an explainer of different types of gears/reducers and where they are used now in robotics cpaxton.github.io/gears/index....

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is why we are anti monopoly. DHL might not be the *actual* cheapest way to send this 300g parcel to the USA, but Shopify would like me to think so 🤔

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is what I'm sweeping aside this morning to pack precisely one order from the website and to prep a distro order bound for France. It's a nifty #opensauce design, which is definitely derived from the #opensauce MeArm. You can download and build it but not profit from it. I'll put a link below

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So this morning I'm thinking I still love open hardware (and in turn @oshwassociation.bsky.social ) but we need to be way more militant about it. You can get away with being #openhardware adjacent way too easily. #opensource and #opensauce are not the same.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tonight's print time lapse set up. Patented tape mount was good but turns out it gets dark when the sun goes down and the battery gave out. Old school pi hub to the rescue! #3dprinting #raspberrypi

3d printer with ring light and camera taped onto it for time lapse recordings

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As someone who is accustomed to prototyping using a laser cutter I definitely struggle with 3d printing time scales. The internet is all "just 3d print it in a jiffy" and seems to forget that it takes *FOREVER*. Suppose it gives me time to write up another code tutorial #3dprinting #prototyping

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Time lapse camera mount for 3d printer. Patent pending #3dprinting #startup

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Before/after revisiting an old RP2040 project while flopped out in bed with a cold. Buttery! The frame rate, I mean, not me. 🌍🧈👹💦 Fun fact: RP2350 is slightly slower at this despite everything.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Looks like not one but *TWO* prototype PCBs arriving this week. MeArm Pico and the reworked MeArm micro:bit. But which one will win? Only one way to find out... FIGHT! #microbit #raspberrypi #robot #robotics #maker

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Man's Dramatic 'Fight Me' Gesture

ALT: Man's Dramatic 'Fight Me' Gesture

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Kane (Minkmoding) @kanexan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Do. Not. Use. Fucking. Sticker. Mule.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Original NullSector Market from @emfcamp.bsky.social 2012. The next EMF Camp launched the MeArm, selling out in about 2 hours in the sunshine.

A ramshackle table with bits and bobs from Makers all over the world.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yay it got featured, if you tried to look earlier it was in review. It's out of review now. Thanks Instructables!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Waiting for the next iteration of this pcb to arrive and wishing I'd sprung for express shipping. Still with prototypes shipped for under £5 I shouldn't complain too much. I'd share some of these first prototypes but the mistakes are just so dumb

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Perfect weather for some mid afternoon pies. Scorching hot from the airfryer.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Who remembers the x-files episode? The characters were "Fax Modem" & " Data Scussy". High quality puns throughout this gem

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talk show ghost @talkshowghost.com · 23/06/2026

fun fact: they found the original digital master tapes of all the Reboot episodes that we previously only had in VHS quality, refurbished the extremely rare and expensive tape machines required to play the masters, and are currently uploading them to youtube for free in 1080p! youtu.be/inKdUICLmXY

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ReBoot - S01E01 - The Tearing (HD)

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Are we still crowdfunding things? Playing with the new MeArm Pico board and it could be used for just about every small hobby robot arm. Wondering if it's worth a market test to gauge my first order? It'll be the first new board in SEVEN years. Where did that time go? Oh yeah, kids...

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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Suraj has a point.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Why didn't anyone tell me that the Joysticks V2.0 had the switches wired incorrectly?

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