Tag: Robots
Spaceframe Sculpture Kit for your kids, yeah, that's it
Declared one of the top 25 best products of the year by Fortune, the Spaceframe Sculpture Kit is so freaking cool looking that you'll be trying to figure out how to build your own fort. Made from 100% recyclable…
Csiro's "wearable instrument shirt" makes music into fashion
The Csiro wearable instrument shirt is, essentially, an air guitar built into a shirt that really, really works. Sensors in the elbow detect motions for strumming and chording, and translate them into appropriate guitar sounds. The team has already…
R100 Personal Robot is so darn cute
Okay. Usually whatever I have to say is funnier than whatever they have to say, especially if what they're saying is serious. But I can't do better than to quote directly from the Personal Robot R100 site: A prototype…
CeeLite LEC Panel: wallpaper of light
The CeeLite LEC Panel is so thin (how thin is it?) that you can flex it in your hands like a sheet of paper. It uses way less electricity than standard backlighting or neon tubing, and comes in panels…
Underwater Robots, now with extra giant squid
Today the fellas at New Launches dug out not one, not two, but three underwater robots based on actual sea creatures. The squid robot (video) and plane (video) (which is not strictly a fish but does somewhat resemble an…
Lockup Cup stops people from sharing your coffee
Of course, you may be in a perfect office where nobody ever kips your nice, clean mug and leaves it in someone else's filth in the bottom of the sink. Or you may like the taste of styrofoam disposables…
Shadow Robot Company robot hand
Originally touted as a solution for the disabled, it's a little wearying to see the Shadow Robot Hand – a robot hand so dextrous it can pick up small coins or, as shown here, hold a tomato – being…
Net Tansor: The Voyeur Robot
We all remember those godawful X10 pop-up-over-under ads that plagued the net the way libido-booster ads plague late-night telly. Apparently tiny wireless webcams weren't enough for one planet, so Friendly Robotics have stepped up with the Net Tansor, which…
Walking Partner Robot
Another droid from the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, er, Japan, Nomura Unison Co. Ltd has invented a robotic walker that senses stairs, crosswalks, and generally enables people who can just barely walk to get around more effectively. For those…
AIC-AI Cookingrobot cooks and Robot Waiter 1 serves
We’re nearing a golden age for lazybones in the kitchen: the AIC-AI Cookingrobot prepares Sichuan, Shandong and Canton cuisines, meaning it can make spring rolls, Mongolian beef, fried wonton, and butterfly shrimp. It steams, bakes, broils, fries and sautés….