Who would have thought that passion, knowledge and some spare Bioloid parts alongside an old school Nokia N82 handset could outcome in the Callo and Cally cellphone robots? Developed by PhD student Ji-Dong Yim and Prof Chris D. Shaw at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada, these robots are capable of displaying emoticon-style facial expressions to let you know of their moods, while performing a variety of gestures including dancing whenever there is an incoming signal. It will rely on the Nokia N82′s camera to detect human faces, where it can thereupon imitate arm gestures via hand tracking. What are some of the more practical uses where you think Callo and Cally will work best?

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[SXSW] We published about Lunch.com when it launched in April 09 at Web 2.0. Lunch.com connects citizens with similar interests via the proprietary “Similarity Engine” and provides them a platform to publish and share opinions and reviews about various topics.

Today, Lunch.com announced the release of “Communities on Lunch” a new feature that allows users to manage their own review websites on the Lunch domain, with a combination of their own substance and contributions from others. Anyone with a passion is able to become a community manager, using Lunch’s broad range of tools to create, choose and share the most valuable composition. substance creators can choose from ratings, reviews, wikis, lists, and Twitter-length micro reviews to express their opinions and share their advices. The community manager can set a simple editorial guideline by providing review templates to the community members to ensure consistency of composition.

We have private beta invites,check the complete essay.

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Word has it that the HTC Passion is not going to be available via Verizon Wireless in instance for Christmas, despite an earlier rumor floating around concerning a teaser site that promoted the HTC Passion via Verizon Wireless for that Yuletide season. Apparently, some digital sleuthing revealed that the teaser site is a fake, but good thing the handset isn’t since the Passion design seems to have been chosen as the Nexus One which passed the FCC ealier today, albeit for T-Mobile 3G bands.

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Just when you thought that you were the biggest Stargate fan there is, along comes Jacob Yarmuth who backs it up not only with words but money and a passion, resulting in a Stargate Atlantis home theater theme that costs a whopping $70,000. It comes with two Sony megachangers which can accommodate 800 DVDs, accompanied by a 10 foot diagonal circuit screen which can show off a 96″ diagonal image, Atlantic’s THX series speakers for 7-channel surround sound, two Polk Audio IW155 in-wall subwoofers and a JVC RS-1 D-ILA light amplifier for HD imagery. Phew!

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Talk about being a true blue fan of the sci-fi series Dr. Who – Rob Bosher managed to put his moment and energy to good use (subjective though) with a full-size Dalek replica. that DIY project cost him around £700, where it is made from wood and some scrap. At its base is an electric wheelchair to help it get around, while he controls it via a joystick. Apart from that, that monster comes with a voice modulator to resemble the trademark croaky Dalek voice. A magic eight ball represents its eyes accompanied by working lights for added effect. Now that is what we signal passion.

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This is still firmly in the “rumor” bin, but it does sound interesting, so we brought it up. The Google phone that we mentioned a little while back has the codename “Passion”, which might indicate the HTC Passion. There’s supposedly an expected launch in the first 2 weeks of January (which is just around the corner). The rumor plus indicated that the phone will be available on T-Mobile’s network, which would probably be good news for folks who are on T-Mobile’s network. There’s additionally mention of a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a 4.3-inch multitouch display. Do you think that there is any substance in that rumor? There’s no way of confirming that just yet, but keep your ears peeled for more info!

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A leak of the Android 2.1 ROM has unveiled a bunch of codenames for current as well as future HTC Android handsets, where among them include (take a deep breath now) Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Passion, Sapphire and Supersonic. We can’t wait to see the hardware which ought to live up to these codenames.

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Dell has confirmed that its Dell Mini 3i Android-powered smartphone will be made available in China via China Mobile. The phone will debut with 2 color options, namely the “red passion” and “oiled bronze” color schemes. Aside from quad-band GSM/EDGE, 640 x 360 display, GPS, 3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth, the phone will additionally support China Mobile’s “Mobile Market” app, though Dell says that the phone’s features may vary from operator to operator.

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