September 8, 2008
ScanRobot is a Book Scanning Robot!
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Here’s a cool ScanRobot, a robot that can scan books and turn libraries into terabytes of harddrives.
Future of digital libraries, here we come!
The book scanner ScanRobot® has been developed for the digitisation of hug ... More
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Here’s the video of Giant Mechanical Spider that was featured on our Weird Blog.
A 20-tonne spider that swung from a city centre tower block over commuters is to make its way across the city as part of a show.
Francois Delarozière created the mechanical a ... More
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September 1, 2008
Robot Underwear for Your Lover!
Now is your chance to geekify your lover with these Robot underwear. Of course, don’t get too corny otherwise you might not get some. Robots thong would look kinda cool… (imagine a hot woman wearing it)
Allover screen printed robots, hearts, and lightening bolts. Linked strings at waist. Cotton liner. ... More
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August 21, 2008
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Check out this cool Ganzbot that can talk. The Ganzbot can also read Twitter posts and show emotion.
This funny little robot has eyes, eyebrows and a mouth and will verbally read your latest Twitter status to you. It uses an Arduino Decima to control the head ... More
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August 18, 2008
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I have once played golf with one of the executives at AMD and he was telling me that future of computer chips are in organic chips sorta similar to human brain.
Well, here’s one of the first signs of that, a robot controlled by rat brain!
The robot’ ... More
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August 7, 2008
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Check out this cool Stonehedge robotic clock. It’s really something when you use the latest technology to re-make something old as the stonehedge. - Link to Norris Labs the creator
Stonehenge uses a CrustCrawler Smart Arm and a Parallax Propeller chip t ... More
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July 31, 2008
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Remember the female humanoid robot, the Femisapien? Well the guys at Robots Rule have made couple videos on how to teach the Femisapien how to dance and do lots of other st ... More
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July 28, 2008
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Ah gawd, it’s an android robot. I do give thumbs up for making one but this android robot looks like Anime character.
via techfresh
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July 26, 2008
Check out this giant Sea Bream fish robot. It’s almost real you want to chop it up for some nice stew or sushi.
The fish weighs a whopping 15.4 pounds, but it has a unique propulsion system that lets it move its tail and silently scoot through the water like a real fish. The body is made of silicone and the scales were hand-painted on for ... More
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July 22, 2008
Well, it wasn’t too long ago that BAE systems were rumored to work on insect-like robots for the military. Now, BAE systems have developed Border Patrol Bots that can go under trucks, equipped with sensors, and practically allow travelers to move along faster while increasing security.
I think it’s a good idea I guess, just don’ ... More
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July 15, 2008
Here’s some cool giant robot wall decals you can paste all over your geeky room.
This pack gives you 5 different graphics along with some missile decals, too. The decals are each about 8.5 inches tall.
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July 14, 2008
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Remember the Automatic Ball Throwing Machine for your dog? Well, get one of these Robotic Dogs and you will have a complete dog throwing/fetching automation. Why not?
This robot uses an Acroname CMUcam2+ for its eye and an Acroname BrainStem GP 2.0 microcont ... More
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July 12, 2008
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This actually reminds me of Korea, where sometimes there are “fake” beggars on the street who have no legs but in reality they can jump up and run after people who steal those fake beggars’ money.
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July 7, 2008
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Here’s a really lame robot that someone used a cheap hobby robot arm to digg stories.
It could, however, be used for some really useful stuff I think…
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July 3, 2008
In case you didn’t know, Polymorph plastic is probably the best molding material for DIYers who need to customized plastic parts.
You can get polymorph plastic here.
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Here’s an interesting video on future hovering spy drones. Well, my hopes are there are no wars in the future and that these future hovering spy drones will only serve to prevent wars. Where are my tax dollars damn Uncle Sam?
This video shows, which i ... More
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Check out this Duck Cam, a walking Polaroid camera that captures pictures and prints them out for ya.
video after the jump.
Therefore I am making a ‘Magical Image Digesting Duck’, by hacking digital camera, printer, vacuum cleaner, mp3 player and connecting them by a single microcontroller. The duck, Charlie travels to many tourists ... More
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July 2, 2008
Yes, perhaps making robot sculptures out of styrofoam may have some merits such as in 3D-movie making but you do get to pass a lot of time in a hurry.
Michael Salter is something of a pack rat. Instead of letting all that clutter go to waste as some might, however, he puts it to good use — or into making robot sculptures.
You may remember these ... More
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June 23, 2008
Here’s a cool lookin’ amphibious snake robot that can swim in the water. It looks scary the potentials of what (harmful stuff) this robot can possibly do.
ACM-R5 is equipped with paddles and passive wheels around the body. To generate propulsive force by undulation, the robot need a resistance property as it glides freely in tangenti ... More
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June 20, 2008
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Here’s a funky robot that dances to the music from Japan. You can even hook up your iPod to enjoy your music on the robot.
It’s a robot for pure recreation, I am not sure how it’d sell in the U.S. market yet.
The two-wheeled, dancing A.M.P. ... More
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June 18, 2008
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Wow, check out this surgery robot that fold origami bird the size of a penny!
What you see here is the da Vinci Surgical System, a pair of remote controlled arobotic arms design for keyhole surgery, folding an origami bird. This seemingly frivolous use for the k ... More
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