Autonomous armed cellbot sentry
A robot army’s got to start somewhere, right? Not quite an army yet, but definitely in the minion category, Squirt, from cellbot hacker Michael Winter means business. Pesky vermin beware!
Computers & Mobile
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“Text-to-movie” site for total in-browser robo-cartoon making
And although it remains to be seen if XtraNormal’s business model is going to survive the rising groundswell of interest in the technology, the advent of their ubiquitous text-to-movie software lifts the very last remaining entry barrier to indie movie-makers, which is itself a significant milestone. There can be little doubt we’re going to see a huge explosion of these robo-cartoons in the near future, and correspondingly rapid improvements in the emotive abilities of the speech synthesizers. I’m curious, too, about what the new noun is going to be/already is. Has anybody heard it yet? [Thanks, Maya!]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our nineteenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Inspired by the Whiteboards, blackboards, and brainstorming tools list, Jonathan-Peterson shared this excellent idea: Marc Canter ended up using a picket fence in his backyard as a collaborative brainstorming […]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-second installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. In response to the Laser-cut marquetry skateboard, TimLillis shared their awesome build: Good for Griptape too! Rad, definitely too nice to ride! I’ve used lasercutting for griptape for a […]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-first installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Inspired by the video explaining how artificial eyes are made, James B shared his technique: I make something like this using borosilicate glass, only more as a creepy decoration. […]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twentieth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. After reading the embossed metal box from beverage can how-to, nathan.f77 made this awesome box: Heres my attempt at one. I really enjoyed making it, thanks for the great […]
Way too personal Android Tweety costume
My high school classmate Jeff Wilson built this sweet tshirt and Andoid app that allows people standing in his personal space to tweet him. You can even tweet his tshirt from afar at @museumofmodjeff or use the hashtag #jeffswaytoopersonaltweetycostume Read all about it on his blog.