I’ve been thinking about using Audio book services that distribute audio books on CD. I’m trying out Simply Audio Books and added Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I’ve wanted to read this for awhile, now I can listen to it. As an added bonus, Bradbury reads the book himself. Here’s a screen shot of the audio book added to my “Bookshelf.” I’ll keep posting once the CDs get here.
Evio violin simulator, works kind of like one of those Beatamania things, you play the violin along with the on screen prompt and get a score depending on how well you do. Works via motion sensors that detect if you’re moving the bow across the strings right. There is also a “Evio Jr.” aimed at the wee ones that has a Karaoke function. [via] Link.
ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show is next weekend in Dublin. We’ve had musical robots in the past (including Lemur), but this year’s show focuses more on robotic sculpture and installation. Slashdotters in Eire — come say hello! From the site: “Featuring 21 works selected from a large and diverse pool of entries submitted by artists from around the world, the show celebrates the strange and wonderful collision of shifty artists, disgraced engineers, high/low/no tech hackers, rogue scientists, beauty school dropouts, backyard pyros, and industrial spys that has come to define the emerging field of robotic art. [via] Link.
WorldEar is a device that would be installed at the head-height of seated passengers in trains around the world. Because of its low volume, users must turn their heads to listen to other worlds. Scrolling through a list of cities users would hear ambient sound from the city shown, transmitted using the wireless network in place in many of the subway systems around the world. Link.
Starvin’ With Louis is the show that focuses on easy to cook recipes, money saving tips, and ways to live “on the cheap”. So let us walk you through the cooking process step by step and make your mouth water or maybe just make you cringe, but either way you are going to laugh. Link.
One Free Minute is a mobile sculpture designed to allow for instances of anonymous public speech. When you call the cellphone inside One Free Minute, you get connected for exactly a minute to a 200 watt amplifier and speaker. The speech produced by the speaker can be heard clearly more than 150 feet away from the sculpture. See the links below to learn more or listen to some of our callers. Link.
Access all of your archived photos from your living room. The perfect addition to Xbox Media Center: flickr. Now you have one more place to show off all of your photos: your living room. Flickr is a natural addition to one of the best media centers available. Its one more reason to hop on the Xbmc train. [via] Link.
