Sunday, Mar. 12 2006
Posted by Tiago
Germany is the beer country as we all know it… and that attribute contributes to the creation of gadgets related to drinks. With that said, the project of some students in the final year of a computer related course in Germany, is a Robotic Bartender.
OK, robots serving drinks, I guess that means no more […]
Sunday, Jan. 15 2006
Posted by Jacob
Woomba, from the makers of the Roomba and Scooba cleaning gadgets. Woomba is a little pink robot that cleans your Noony.
[Source: YouTube Via: Popgadget]
Wednesday, Jan. 11 2006
Posted by Jacob
I just HAD to post about these. Some students at Parson’s Design and Technology program have designed a game dubbed the Katamari Project.
The two characters in the game, Shikao and Ichigo, sit on radio controlled cars with velcro on the front. You manouver the cars around an area containing various fluffy objects and at the […]
Monday, Nov. 7 2005
Posted by Jacob
New Scientist is reporting on a robot, Darwin VII, that has 20,000 brain cells and actually learns!
Researchers at the Neurosciences Institute (NSI) in La Jolla, California have developed ‘Darwin VII’, a trashcan shaped robot that has 20,000 brain cells. The Darwin VII Robot operates on biological principles and without any pre-specified instructions. Essentially, it ‘thinks’ […]
Posted by Jacob
Leave it up to those wacky, silicone flesh loving Japanese men to come up with a new twist to the expensive RealDoll we featured back in August.
A company called Orient Industries made their own version called Candy Girl, that they Rent Out!
According to the sketchy details (my Japanese is rusty) you can rent Candy Girl […]
Sunday, Nov. 6 2005
Posted by Jacob
The Robomaid Cleaning Robot: An excellent review of the Robomaid Cleaning Robot from an actual customer
Thursday, Nov. 3 2005
Posted by Jacob
Ok, iZ is a dancing, prancing, flashing, jiggling, wiggling, googly-eyed little robotic speaker that you plug your MP3 (or almost any music source) player into.
Here’s a snip fron the iZ product page:
It’s not easy describing something as weird and wonderful as iZ. The boffins behind this impossibly cute creature call it an “interactive animatronic DJ/speaker” […]
Tuesday, Oct. 25 2005
Posted by Jacob
This R/C Tarantula Spider would make an excellent stocking stuffer for your arachniphobic loved ones this Christmas.
Nothing itsy-bitsy about this spider! Send shivers down the spines of your family and neighbors when they see this giant, hairy tarantula crawling toward them! Remote-control spider is so real — each of his 8 legs moves independently! Creeps […]
Friday, Oct. 21 2005
Posted by Jacob
Ok, this one was just too cool to pass up - A company called DeLaval, who’s been in the automatic cow milking machine business for over 100 years, is using Linux embedded technology to run robotic VMS (Voluntary Milking Systems). Here’s a few details from Linuxdevices.com:
When a cow decides to be milked, it enters an […]
Saturday, Oct. 15 2005
Posted by Jacob
Well folks, you wanted a more interactive iPod and Apple didn’t deliver, but the makers of the iDog certainly did. Here’s what Cary over at Church Of The iPod says about the iDog:
iPod related toys are expected to be the big seller this Christmas season, and from what I can gather, this cute little […]