Here’s a fun robotic luggage concept from architect/designer Peter Yeadon – the Fido luggage bot follows you around like a loyal companion as you travel. I’ve hauled a lot of robots -in- suitcases, but it would be nice to have my suitcase doing something more than get heavier or lost. [via] Link.
Spark electronics has a $39 GPS logger that works with Google Earth – “The Lassen iQ FAT16 Datalogger is the latest widget from SFE. This little board will datalog all GPS data (longitude, latitude, speed, altitude, etc) up to 440 hours with a 256MB SD card using FAT16 format! Direct and automatic text file recording! […]
Spiderwrech writes – “Android World is filled with different projects from people around the world building androids, mech robots/ etc… Has some great videos and pictures as well as resources for building your own androids!” – Link. Pictured here, the Tech Works studios humanoid – Link.
Modding the “Bob the Builder” talking toy – “Bob the Builder. A lot of people know him, he is an all round Mr. Fix-it handyman sort of chap. He is the subject of a TV show and videos along with much merchandising. Worshipped by a lot of children gave him confidence, possibly buoyed by these […]
With over 1.5 million iRobot Roomba on the loose, it was just a matter of time before small crafter/Maker businesses would sprout up for people who own them and want to accessorize their bots, earlier we posted about the Roomba costumes developed by a few kids and it’s starting to take off, they just sold […]
Spoon writes – “Here’s a selection of DIY science devices covering a wide range of intests. The devices are aimed to help give a practical understanding of the science discussed on the main site.” Link. Pictured here – Tesla coil & plasma energy resonance.
Simon writes – “You might be intersted in this OSX Dashboard Widget by Nicholas Zambetti Resistulator. It calculates the value of a resistor from the sequence of colored bands painted on the resistor. It also displays the corresponding color sequence when a resistor value is entered.” Link. Previously: HOW TO – Read color coded resistors […]
