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News updates about the Palm Pilot Robot Kit:

March 1, 2002

The Deluxe BrainStem PPRK is now available.  You can use this with your Palm III, Palm V, Visor, WinCE device or your Windows or Mac PC

January 8, 2002

Recent testing with the Handspring Visor and our BrainStem Controller has proven sucessful and we are working on a BrainStem version of the PPRK that will support the Handspring Visor. 

April 18, 2001

Added Handspring Visor support page which describes how to modify a PPRK to support the Visor. 

February 21, 2001

Added Palm V cable to PPRK part list. 

February 14, 2001

Added Poly versions of the 4cm Roller Wheels, the bag of PPRK Hardware to use if you are buying seperate kit parts, and the Power Toggle Switch. 

January 23, 2001

Added Palm V versions of the Barebones and Easy kits. 

December 6, 2000

Added more parts to the Part list section.  We will eventually have the parts for the entire kit up for individual purchase. 

November 30, 2000

New troubleshooting section added to the PPRK pages.  Also cleaned up the menus for easier navigation. 

November 13, 2000

The first kit ships! Who got it? Why the folks that made the kit possible, Matt, Illah, Greg, and the folks at CMU.  They are doing a quick build to help debug the assembly instructions and to have a kit for the Good Morning America Show later this week!

November 11, 2000

A long weekend of preparing the first round of kits. 
Sweet picture of Annie.
CEO Annie (chief exuberance officer) does QA.
Directors.
Some of the board of directors pitch in.

November 10, 2000

There is now a message board for the PPRK. 

November 9, 2000

We posted some preliminary instructions on the website.  The kits are coming together with only one vendor's parts not yet here. 

November 8, 2000

Acroname demonstrates the PPRK and Mrs.  Stampy to Channel 9 news in Denver for the morning news. 

November 6, 2000

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette publishes an article on Greg Reshko and the PPRK. 

October 27, 2000

Acroname and Carnegie Mellon announce the license agreement that will allow people to easily purchase and construct a Palm Pilot based robot.  The information is release by The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones

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