If you want to apply a meta layer to the virtual world, you can now – SLurl is a way to make your own data/images/web pages appear over specific locations in the virtual world, Second Life. It’s a little like Google maps, and it allows you to teleport directly to that location. We have a […]
We’re getting close to a robot lead on Broadway…“Meredith Finkelstein and Cindy Jeffers developed five robots for Heddatron, a play written by Elizabeth Merriweather, directed by Alex Timbers and produced by the Les Freres Corbusier theatre company. The play runs from February 8 to the 25 at HERE Theater (NYC).”[via] Link.
These super-sized Roomba-like robots from IntelliBOT are cleaning facilities around the USA – [via] Link. If you want to make your own version, check out the how-tos on controlling a Roomba with a serial cable and/or Bluetooth.
Volvo has robots that reproduce the same steering/driving movements to better test the towing performance and stability of their cars – robot truck drivers aren’t to far away it seems! [via] Link.
This is good news, someone is finally going to really try out e-ink – “Instead of buying your daily paper, from April 2006, 200 subscribers will be able to start the day by connecting a portable electronic device supplied by De Tijd to the internet and start downloading their daily paper. Updates will be automatic […]
Konami is developing a music player that will be much like a tamagotchi, but live off your music collection. I think this will be a trend we see on a lot of devices soon, you’ll feed them with your data, playlists, etc. to keep them going and coming back. I really wish Apple would open […]
Turning fish into high-tech acoustic pingers, it’s a like a real version of Electroplankton – “The scientists have designed a field study that uses acoustic telemetry technology to track continuously the movements and habitat use of red and black grouper in the Dry Tortugas National Park, the 46-square-nautical-mile marine reserve. The groupers will be fitted […]
