Animated LED display
Haeyoung Kim aka Bubblyfish headed out with the intention to create an animated LED display that is controlled by her chiptune rock-out move known as the fist pump. that has resulted in that piece of electronics that will see the LED dude being animated whenever the wrist-mounted accelerometer is moved in one of a few [...]
Wii Push Up Bar For Your Exercise Needs
If you rely on Wii Fit to help you keep in shape, you’ll probably have noticed that the Wii Fit balance board gives you a limited range of push-up motions, so you can’t do the really fit pushups that you think will turn you into the cover for a magazine. With the Wii Push Up [...]
Humanoid Robot Focuses On Muscles And Tendons
Robots, will there be no end to them? Next up is Kojiro, a humanoid robot that’s being built by the folks by at the University of Tokyo. What makes Kojiro different from the other robots is that it has a detailed musculoskeletal system built into it to imitate the human body, sporting artificial bones, muscles [...]
Nokia Offers The 5530 XpressMusic Games Edition
If you’ve recently purchased Nokia’s 5530 XpressMusic, you’ll probably know that there aren’t any exciting games pre-loaded on the device when you take it out of the package, so you’ll have to go through the motions of downloading and installing the games yourself. whether that’s too much work, Nokia has released its 5530 Games Edition, [...]
Synaptics Scrybe To Boost Your Touchpad
If your laptop doesn’t sport any cool features like multitouch, Synaptics might have a way to build your laptop’s touchpad cool again, with its Scrybe software. Basically the software will augment Windows’ existing touch functionality, allowing you to add context-specific gestures and motions. You’ll even be able to edit photos, look up word definitions and [...]
Pingo Mydeskfriend Facebook Buddy
Want a companion to hang around you at your desk? Well, check out the Pingo mydeskfriend, which is a little wireless robot that can reply to voice commands, sing songs, read aloud newsletter messages, headlines, stock quotes and weather reports. that little item additionally has motions sensors, and can roll around your desk. It seems [...]