September 29, 2006
Space Elevator Games - Elevator 2010 Competition
DC from SpaceElevator came by the other day at my work to pick up some XPORT and XPORT Dongles. Well, he told me about some cool sites that build space elevators! The competition will be held at the X-PRIZE Cup in Las Cruces, NM on October 20-21. Thanks DC for the info! Elevator:2010 is designed to address the “social engineering” ... More
Human rocket
Wow check these underground photos of human rocket from Make! via Make Cool, Cool, Earth, Earth, human, human_rocket, rocket, rocketbelt, wow, Zedomax ... More
Wine HQ v0.9.22 - Windows emulator in Linux
Wine HQ v.0.9.22 is available now, the latest version for running your programs in Linux. Now let see, I do have some programs that need to run on my Fedora FC5… fc5, fedora, go, go_linux, hq, linus, Linux, Linux, penguin, wine, wine_hq, yeah, Zedomax ... More
Robot - Balbot
View This Video on You Tube Awesome balbot w/ segway structure! via robotforums Robots, robots, segway, segway-ting, segway-ting, Video, Video, youtube, Zedomax ... More
Laminator machine using CUBLOC VIDEO
View This Video on Google Here’s the laminator machine in Action I found. Business, Business, cubase, cubase64m, cubloc, Industrial, Industrial, laminate, laminator_machine, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Suppliers, Suppliers, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
New Asimo robot running!
View This Video on Google Wow~ it runs really funny though, crouched over, you can see in the later parts… asimo, asimo_robot, fast, Google, google_video, japan, Robots, robots, running, running_asimo, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
Automatic infrared Door from Next Fest 2006
View This Video on You Tube All I can say is WOW! Not the kind you’re used to. This door has many slats with infrared sensors on their tips. When you walk up to it, the slats slide out of the way, conforming to your body. We’ve written about this, but here’s a video of it in action. via gizmodo action, automatic, automatic_door, ... More
Watch with FM radio capability AND MP3!
Wow, I really need this…yes it would be nice to have bluetooth wireless too… This Thanko FMP3 watch lets you play MP3s from your wrist and it has an FM radio, too. Choose between 512MB or 1GB of flash memory and wear your music on your sleeve, or thereabouts. Although it’s certainly not the first MP3 watch (even Thanko itself h ... More
Sentry Robot - what is the world coming to?
Here’s a sentry robot can detect enemies via its infrared sensor, tell the difference between ally and enemy, and can shoot on target w/ 100% accuracy within 2km (1km at night) … this is what use to be in video games… hmmm… looks like samsung made this from the picture… The South Korean government is expected to buy ... More
Laminator machine using CUBLOC
Laminating machine based on Basic and Ladder processor… Hmm…kinda cool, everyday I finding out things that people can make w/ CUBLOC… This one uses CuBASE 64M board and CUBLOC CB290 from Comfile Technology. Business, Business, comfile, Cool, Cool, cubloc, cutouch, Industrial, Industrial, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Suppl ... More
Female Robot
View This Video on You Tube Cool sexy female robot! Cool, Cool, female, Robots, robots, Zedomax ... More
September 28, 2006
Robot from Robo-One Competition in Japan
Here is an aspiring entry from the Robo-One competition in Japan the KHR-2 or “Layered X”. The robot walks on 4 feet but can instantly transform into a robot walking on 2 feet. Further more a modified KHR-2 can also be attached too, kind of like a Mini-Me which sits on its shoulders and performs co-ordinated moves. Download latest ve ... More
Netscape rolls out with video and blog
Hmmm…it was youtube, google, yahoo, now Netscape video too… Their blog site just opened on the 26th it seems like. Yey~ more bloggers! I tried it out and its pretty fast… Update: I tried uploading wmv files but it won’t let me upload, they will need to accept more video formats in the near future. Blog, Blog, Consumer, C ... More
DIY - Equibot - Mini segway robot
Here’s mini version of Segway robot…using 2 Hitec servo motors Atmega32 mcu… Yey, now I can make some cool robots that run on a segway structure! via link atmega32, atmel, DoItYourself!, hitec, hitec_servo, mcu, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, mini_version, Robots, robots, Robots, segway, segway_robot, servo_motors, Travel ... More
DIY - Paint Roller Robot
Next time I need to paint my house, I need these… well i’d need a house first though…lol Here is a good site on making robots out of very ordinary parts. This simple robot can be changed in a number of ways to do basically whatever you want it to do. This little robot is very simple. It simply uses an IR photo transistor connect ... More
Harmony Bionic Ear System
Hmm…cool biornic ears, great stuff~ Boston Scientific’s bionic ear gets FDA approval today, perfectly timed to save the hearing of Metallica fans rounding 40+. The piece delivers 120 spectral bands, which is 5-10 times more than the competition. Hmm…120 bands? I bet that makes the world sound as if it were in MIDI. The internal ... More
September 26, 2006
Robot3 - Segway Humanoid Robot that can dance, run, and wake up at the right time!
Here’s a video, the robot seems to play good w/ kids… View This Video on Google robo3 website link Just in from Chosun news in Korea, robo3 just developed a robot based on Segway structure. The robot can dance, run, and wake you up in the morning. It has 2 axis control to balance itself and can detect surrounding objects and ob ... More
Nokia to ship 8GB hard drive music phone by year’s end
Nice phonE~ The N91 8GB can also play MP3, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+ tracks, as can the other handsets in the line-up. Nokia said it was bundling an update version of its PC Suite data synchronisation software with Music Manager rip and transfer code. The N70 and N73 incorporate 1GB and 2GB of memory, respectively. That’s more than the non-Musi ... More
Time Curtain Clock
Yes this would be cery neat to have… via feber clock, Cool, Cool, curtain, LCD, time, Zedomax ... More
The most accurate nixie clock - ATOMIC!
Kinda cool looking clock, is it really accurate I wonder… Rob sent in this sweet nixie clock, he writes - “If you’ve built a nixie clock, and are looking around for your next challenge, and happen to have an atomic clock sitting there doing nothing, then get busy. via leapsecond atomic_clock, Cool, Cool, cool_looking, Hack, ... More
Zune from Microsoft
Zune Player from microsoft for those of you who don’t watch TV: View This Video on Google Consumer, Consumer, media, microsoft, player, Video, Video, Zedomax, zune ... More
DIY - RFID enable your door
I need this RFID door, my landlord is actually replacing my door because I broke it when I got locked out… 401 writes - “A member of a forum I frequent (www.binrev.com) posted this article up today. It’s a great step-by-step process on enabling an RFID reader to open your front door. “ via digitaldawgpound Cool, Cool, Do ... More
September 25, 2006
New MANOI Athlete Humanoid Robots
Cool robots~ What do a 47 year old wind-turbine designer, a 16 year old high school student, a 30-something hobbyist and ex-R/C car fanatic, and the world’s most well known character-type robot creator have in common? They all live, eat, breath, and sleep humanoid robots. For them, it’s an uncontrollable passion. Plain and simple, they love robot ... More
