Tag: gadgets
Robot vehicle goes up stairs, over bridge of freaks
The fellas at Boing Boing are wondering if anybody knows what this robot vehicle sighted in Japan is exactly. Apparently it can climb curbs and stairs, and navigate crowds, so well that the occupant seemed relatively blasé about his…
Power Aware Glowing Cable
Instead of the same old rubberized black power cable, the Power Aware Cord pulses brighter and brighter as you draw more electricity. Developed by Anton Gustafsson and Magnus Gyllenswärd for STATIC!, the idea is to draw attention to not…
Tyco N.S.E.C.T. Robotic Attack Creature
Sporting a very elaborate web site with all kinds of games which I only investigated as part of my solemn duty, I report back that the Tyco N.S.E.C.T. Robotic Attack Creature is a remote-controlled arthopod that you can actually…
HAL 5 Robotic Suit takes you to the mountaintop
It's not the oversized Mechwarrior battle gear we think of when we think robot exoskeleton, but then, it's intended for day-to-day use. The HAL 5 Robotic Suit, by Tsukuba University engineering professor Yoshiyuki Sankai, is a vaguely Tron-looking outfit…
Power Monkey – a miniature power source on the go
Sadly, this isn't shaped like a monkey. But on a more positive note, the Power Monkey is a pocket-sized device that can give you a good amount of back-up power for a range of devices when you're out and about….
Carsafe – protect the gadgets in your car
How many gadgets do you have in your car? There's a good chance you've got at least two – sat nav and a mobile phone. And possibly an iPod. Leave them around and the thieves will be queuing up, carry…
Smart Table lets you put food in it, then on it
Perfect for corporate environs where appliances don't fit the decor, or tiny flats in urban conurbations where space is at a super-premium, the Smart Table from Gorenje contains a circular refrigerator in the base, which rises from the center…
AIST's New Robotic Hand implies world of techno-Simpsons to come
Our new robot overlords will likely have three fingers, not four, if the new AIST robotic hand for blue-collar robots is any indication. Robot hands in the past have either been overly pretty, fragile or specialized, whereas these may…
Onboard vehicle cameras to detect speed limit in 2008
In undisclosed models in 2008, German electronics giant Siemens AG will roll out (sorry) cars with onboard cameras that read speed limit signs and beam a chastising message on the windscreen. Those with cruise control enabled may find it…
Amuse your cats with the robot Bug Jar
My cats like to be amused, and my cleverness in having two so Dana and Bester would amuse each other has just meant that they stalk me in shifts. Perhaps the solution is this fake Bug Jar, which is…