https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AxYdFAZ1Q?feature=share In a prior news story we featured Daisy and her human, Kalie. Daisy showed us how dogs can add so much to the workplace, so we decided to welcome other dogs into Parallax. A few days later, our Human Resources and Office Manager, Bonnie, brought Pepper to the office. Welcome to Parallax, Pepper! Pepper […]
This summer is shaping up to be the busiest one we’ve had in years with a half-dozen educational events across the country. While many are smaller and closed district or state programs, ISTE and EdCon are wide open to any educator who wishes to attend: Cyber.org’s EdCon 2024 in Orlando, Florida June 15-17, 2024 ISTE […]
“Mystery boxes are just a chance for Ken to sweep a bunch of obsolete junk off his desk into a box, and ask us to buy it!” Customer Testimonial …from a 2022 Mystery Box release Well, sorta but not really. Part of what the customer said is true because I’ll include obsolete products, trade show […]
If you know the name Jim Frye then you’ve been a Parallax customer for a long time. Jim’s major contribution to robotics was his company Lynxmotion, now owned by RobotShop. Lynxmotion created the first hexapod robot I’d ever seen, controlled by a BASIC Stamp. For many years, he created commercially available robot kits and was […]
Announcing Parallax EduChat, a monthly meetup between our team and educators. EduChat will be recorded on Zoom and be divided into two sections. First, we’ll cover things like this: what’s new with the Parallax curriculum, teaching resources, and hardware; common support issues and troubleshooting tips; and tips to make the classroom interactive, competitive, and engaging. […]
Dear micro:bit community: Parallax has worked hard with our community to become the top micro:bit supplier in the USA. Having supported many microcontrollers in educational environments over the past 25 years, we see the micro:bit as the best solution—it simply checks all the boxes! When you purchase from Parallax, you are supporting the following: Free […]
Kalie started working part-time at Parallax when she was still in high school, but chose to graduate early. Breaking out of a routine and making big decisions is normal to Kalie — she started a candle-making business at age 13 and bought her first car with her own money. She’s now working full-time in our […]
https://youtu.be/FwefW3pEZNE Today I received a message from Andrew Osterhaus, Engineering and Mechatronics teacher at Alliance Marine Innovation and Technology. Andrew teaches three sections of a mechatronics class offered to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders and shared his recent student projects. The only requirements for these projects were that they use gears or pneumatics. Nicely done […]
https://youtu.be/NKU4KHeGU2c Parallax hosts a special code repository for the Propeller 1 and 2 Multicore Microcontrollers. The OBject EXchange (OBEX) https://obex.parallax.com/ was recently improved with support to “adopt” objects we uploaded on your behalf from the old system, the support to embed videos and pictures, and a cleaner, easy-to-use interface. If you develop commercial products using […]
https://youtu.be/Tloa9ksOkJE The Shield-Bot with Arduino is one of the most popular educational robotic platforms from Parallax. This quick video shows the top six resources we offer for this product as part of our wraparound educational support. For convenience, these are also summarized here with links: Robot Shield with Arduino Kit. Most widely purchased as #32335 […]
