(4-6-16): Haha! Who'da thunk using optical-drives' mechanisms for steeping tea?

http://hackaday.com/2016/04/06/chaibot-a-tea-robot-steeped-in-utility/

#ChaiBot

And check out this drive-sled mechanism... what mind-boggler: use a *linear-actuator* to get *rotational* motion, to be converted again into (roughly) linear-motion. Goldberg would be proud. http://hackaday.com/2012/10/22/automate-your-tea-time/

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This looks interesting: #BluBEAM - a scanning laser microscope - attempts to use the built-in optics, including the photodiodes...