November 28, 2011
I’m not kidding but I just had a cup of spicy noodle. I don’t remember the brand but it’s a Thai noodle soup. It’s nothing compared to this cup noodle from Japan. This used to be a favorite of mine back in college and I’m glad it’s still around. Read more
November 17, 2011
Oh these Japanese friends of ours really know how to invent things that are functional. The latest is Jukusui-kun, a robot pillow, that helps a big snorer stop storing. Read more
October 26, 2011
The android robot Actroid-F finally gets a sibling. A male version of the robot has just been made ready to imitate the people it is watching. The male Actroid is really just a male version of the first model: same face and built but with a different wig, cosmetics, and clothes. At present, the robots are in hospitals acting as observers. Read more
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October 24, 2011
The National Physical Laboratory in UK is currently working on a hi-tech way to pick strawberries. The solution? Robotic strawberry pickers. The idea is nothing new but the project started a couple of years ago with cauliflowers in mind. Read more
October 24, 2011
By now you know who/what Siri is. Last week, Siri was singing a duet with Jonathan Mann. And over the weekend, Siri was serving beer.
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September 22, 2011
Pheromone Labs just finished a new camera app but they need to test it a hundred times. No, make that– more than 10,000 times as requested by a client. Pressing the iPhone or the iPad ten thousand times is crazy and time consuming so the genius creators developer a robot tester from a Lego Mindstorm kit. They used some capacitive styluses that would do the pressing. Read more
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September 21, 2011
We saw that TankBot way back in January when it was just a concept. Good news: today, the toy robot vehicle is finally available at Radio Shack and Toys R Us stores in the US with a $25 price tag. This robot vehicle works with an app which is available for free download from the App Store and Android Marketplace. Read more
At the Tokyo Institute of Technology, researchers have made a robot with artificial intelligence. This means the robot is able to process data and act accordingly…without being programmed. Honestly? I think this is one of my worst nightmares come true.
Even though on the other hand it would be nice to have a robot around that can do things without going to take a nap like a helper does (or at least mine). Well, I am sure it has to be charged or something right? Read more
August 2, 2011
Why are more Star Wars-themed gadgets coming out lately? Yesterday, we featured the geeky, girly Death Star Dress and now this R2D2 robot made from LEGO pieces. Read more
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August 1, 2011
I never doubted that time would come robots would be replacing humans when it comes to manual work but not during my time. You see, Foxconn is believed to be replacing factory workers with a million robots within the next three years. Others may have seen this coming but Foxconn seems to be very advanced. Read more
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