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http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12748440&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ff0179&fullscreen=1 Crossroads (what not to do) is a video installation with GPS devices by artist Garvin Nolte: The video installation “crossroads (what to do)” deals with the influence of others onto one’s own path of life in an abstract way. [via Core77]
Another gem from Madox.NET.
The folks over at cellbots.com are at it again. Meet TRRSTAN, a cellbot controlled via the audio jack on a mobile handset. The site is a little vague on the details, but whatever they’ve got going on should ultimately drive down the price tag. Add an approachable way to program it and you’d have yourself one heck of a low-cost robotics platform.
Brief video show AppInventor in action Robert Oschler, from RobotsRule, sent us an excited message about Android AppInventor and the application he made with it, AppEliza, a modern take on the classic Eliza therapy chat-bot: AppEliza is a free ELIZA style therapist chat-bot for Android phones. You talk to it and tell it your problems, […]
Remember these ads? I sure do. I remember a surprising number of them, from magazines like Byte and PC Age. 30 Old PC Ads That Will Blow Your Processor
North Carolinian Jonathan Danforth designed this laminated iPad wall mount, which he calls The Walet Mount, for CNC manufacture, and made the DXF files freely available on Thingiverse so you can make your own. The back features keyhole slots for direct-to-wall mounting and VESA-standard holes for mounting to any compliant monitor mount (such as an articulated arm) and the side features a contoured through-hole for the headphone cord. Jonathan will sell you a complete unit manufactured in Plyboo bamboo plywood for $65. [Thanks, Angus!]
The Nexus One sports the same Broadcom chipset as the HTC Desire, which has FM radio support, though Google has yet to enable this feature on the handset. Luckily the Nexus One is pretty open, so naturally somebody like intersectRaven from xda-developers came along and released a kernel with FM support baked right in. You’ll have to install a custom ROM, but at least it’s possible.
