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  • Look and Reach into Another Layer of Reality

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Experimental headsets are changing how we see the world, either by creating the virtual worlds of our imaginations, like the Oculus Rift, or adding ghostly layers on top of the real world, like Google Glass. At the LEAP.AXLR8R, GetVu’s vision lies be...
    • 29 Apr 2014
  • Genius cheats on F2P games with Lego robot

    Catwell
    Catwell
     It’s true, Uli Kilian is a genius. Earning a Guinness World Record in 2011 for solving 100 Rubik’s cubes during the London Marathon, the man is hailed worldwide for his wit. His newest project, however, is what he calls rudimentary – a Lego rob...
    • 23 Apr 2014
  • Cardboarduino Robot (Carbot) Arduino Project

    linhartr22
    linhartr22
    I've always been turned off by the cost of entry for most robotic projects. This was the inspiration for the Cardboarduino Robot. I planned to stretch my SketchUp skills and I did. I wanted to build a robot out of cardboard and I did. What I didn't e...
    • 23 Apr 2014
  • Squarepusher and the Z-Machines - Music for Robots

    Stuartsjones
    Stuartsjones
    Image from Warp Records Celebrated UK electronic music artist, Sqaurepusher has collaborated with a team of Japanese robotics engineers to create a 5 track EP entitled 'Music for Robots'. The EP, which is available on Warp records features music...
    • 16 Apr 2014
  • Victor loves to play Scrabble but hates to lose to puny humans

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Victor crushing human players (via CMU) Robots have been playing games against their human counterparts for some time now. They have been spotted bowling (EARL from US Bowling Congress), playing Ping-Pong (KUKA from Future Tense) and even air ho...
    • 15 Apr 2014
  • Leap Motion integration with Lego EV3

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLFIkoIBhQQ Who says Lego is just for kids? With the Lego Mindstorm series, people around the globe are able to easily build and program their own customizable robots. Recently, Dr. German Vargas, mathematics chai...
    • 14 Apr 2014
  • Japan’s disaster alert system sends warnings directly to mobile phones

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Example of Japan’s new mobile emergency alert system (via Shibuya246)When a devastating tsunami cripples and empties out part of your country, security is a major concern. That’s why Japan recently announced that it launched an initiative to notify i...
    • 9 Apr 2014
  • Paralympics Adds Competition for Bionic-Assisted Athletes

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Illustration of powered exoskeleton race (Image courtesy of Cybathlon) Disabled persons have been able to compete in the Paralympics for years, but technology is about to take Olympic competitions for disabled persons to a whole new level – welc...
    • 9 Apr 2014
  • Hitachi Announces New, Safer EMIEW 2 Workplace Robot

    Catwell
    Catwell
    EMIEW 2 robot (Courtesy: Hitachi)Hitatchi recently announced an upgrade to its EMIEW 2 robot to make it safer around the workplace. By using an improved mapping system and enhanced image detection technology the new robot will now mind its manners an...
    • 8 Apr 2014
  • Rutgers looks to use fleet of underwater robotic subs for improved climate study

    Catwell
    Catwell
    The Challenger Glider Mission underwater-unmanned vehicle render (via rutgers)It’s no secret that the world’s oceans play a big part in our planets weather. The sun heats the oceans surface, giving air pressure the energy it needs to produce storms a...
    • 28 Mar 2014
  • Borrowing a Trick from Iron Man - Microchip Bends Light to Turn Cellphones into Projectors

    Catwell
    Catwell
    OPA chip, changes the timing of light waves to "bend" light (via Caltech)Have you ever seen what happens when Tony Stark answers the phone? In Iron Man, it seemed like every call he received turned into a 3D video conference that came to life through...
    • 25 Mar 2014
  • Duke Engineers Reveal World’s First Sonar Cloaking Device

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Pyramid structure defenseless again sensors? (via Duke)If you’ve ever watched Harry Potter and thought “wow, I want an invisibility cloak,” don’t fret – technology is finally catching up to ancient wizard magic. Engineers at Duke recently unveiled th...
    • 25 Mar 2014
  • schematic PCB to controle 3 DC motors

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    hi guys i'm khaled khnissi and i'am studying mechatronics engineering i want to create a schematic pcb to controle 3 DC motors of my robot and i use stm32f4 can you help me pleas
    • 21 Mar 2014
  • MIT-led research team develops innovative clam-inspired low-energy digging anchor

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Another robotic mimic of nature's mechanics. (via MIT)A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland recently unveiled a robotic, low-energy digging anchor, called RoboClam, that may offer an alter...
    • 20 Mar 2014
  • MIT unveils its soft robotics project – “The Fish”

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Soft 3D printed robotic fish will swim and collect data. (via MIT)The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently revealed its autonomous soft robot – the fish, which is intended to eventually follow around schools of fish to collect data about th...
    • 20 Mar 2014
  • PC gamers - The King’s Assembly puts a keyboard, mouse and joystick at your fingertips

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Solid Art Labs’ King’s Assembly peripherals. (via kickstarter)The debate is centuries old, ok maybe not that old but the rivalry between keyboard and mouse users and those that prefer handheld controllers when gaming has been raging for over two deca...
    • 19 Mar 2014
  • Game for engineers brings back the Cold War through circuit design

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Screenshots from Kohctpyktop... If you played this at work, it almost looks like a project. (via Zachtronics)Ah, the Cold War. At no other time in history has humankind made such great strides in developing superior technology in an effort to go MAD ...
    • 18 Mar 2014
  • Independent robot construction workers

    Catwell
    Catwell
    TERMES, the termite inspired worker bot (via Harvard)Harvard computer scientists and engineers from Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and its Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering recently announced the develo...
    • 18 Mar 2014
  • Harvard University launches personal device to help fight depression

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Sunsprite, tracks how much sun you are getting... let's you know to get out of  the depressing cubical (via Harvard & Indiegogo) Time to get out of the cube and get some sun! In a country where it seems seasonal affective disor...
    • 13 Mar 2014
  • Modular and DIY bots hit the scene - Dyson to make bots affordable

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Where all our magnets are going! Hope they are recycling harddrives for them. MOSS DIY kit car (via Modular Robotics)If you grew up watching the Jetsons or remember seeing Warner Bros.’ Artificial Intelligence, it seems like it’s only a matter of tim...
    • 13 Mar 2014
  • MIT researchers create cochlear implant with no external hardware

    Catwell
    Catwell
    An ear, now the device install, and the actual chip created. Now if only the battery can be internal too... (via MIT)Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Microsystems Technology Laboratory, in collaboration with physicians from the Massachusetts E...
    • 5 Mar 2014
  • First man in the world to “feel” through prosthetic hand

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Dennis Aabo Sorensen using the Lifehand 2 (via EPFL)Researchers in the United Kingdom recently successfully conducted a clinical study with a prosthetic hand that allowed one amputee from Denmark to have a sense of touch for the first time in nine ye...
    • 5 Mar 2014
  • Robots look to create rock album and engage in hand-to-hand combat for human amusement

    Catwell
    Catwell
    www.youtube.com/watchRobots are capable of doing much more than performing menial tasks such as vacuuming or spot welding car frames. Indeed, some have been launched into space on exploration expeditions while others are capable of performing complex...
    • 27 Feb 2014
  • Kegbot monitors beer levels in both the barrel and humans and much more

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Team Kegbot’s Kegbot Android-based kegerator (via kegbot)I think it is time I put Drinkmo on Kickstarter. This bot is already doing so well...Like any sporting event, spectators gather together to watch their favorite teams and those spectators will ...
    • 26 Feb 2014
  • MIT designs new transparent display that could revolutionize cheap HUDs

    Catwell
    Catwell
    MIT’s nanoparticle infused display. This is what AR should be more like.. (via MIT)Transparent displays or HUDs (Heads Up Displays) can be found almost anywhere in today’s world, including aircraft, vehicles, fashion wear (Google Glass) and even moun...
    • 24 Feb 2014
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