Edo on Pink Tentacle writes – “Chatty, a talking mannequin with a human face, is on display at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2006 (at Tokyo Big Sight through March 26). Developed by Ishikawa Optics & Art Corporation, Chatty has a face that is brought to life by means of a video projector inside its […]
Lem writes – “One of the most surprising and delightful robots that appeared at the 9th Robo-One competition held here in Tokyo on March 18-19th, 2006, was RAYERD-X (LAYERED-X) developed by Asurada. Its unique design allows it to reconfigure and transform itself into some really amazing configurations.” [via] – Link. The video is great!
Mpayson writes – “Just stumbled across this link where they have the Fischer Technik robotics kits on sale for up to 50% off. Too bad I just spent all that money on Vex Robotics.” [via] – Link. fischertechnik is the flexible construction system for young and older system designers alike. Produced in Germany to high […]
It’s a POV world, we just live in it – for only $12,000+ you can have your car wheels display digital images as you drive. “The included software allows you to create your own images and send them to each wheel individually or all wheels at the same time as you drive! You can even […]
Ignacio writes – “After drawling over those japanese robo-one bipeds I decided to make my own. Tried to use cheap and easy to find materails. Certainly more fun than buying a ready made kit.” – Link.
Don writes – “If I had to put it succinctly, I would describe it like this: The Seeing-Eye-Mouse is “glue” – it gives you a simple to use interface to a computer mouse’s operation to make it easy to use the mouse in various ways for various purposes. The simplest method of operation lights 4 […]
Nak writes – “How to get a nice/free winding station set up for a medium to large sized secondary coil.” – Link. Related: How to make Tesla coils and more – Link.
