Segway Smart Motion comes to robots…
Looks like the Robosapien folks will be adding the Segway balancing technology to their product offerings. Press snippet – WowWee Ltd, parent company of WowWee Robotics, the #1 consumer entertainment robotics company, and Segway Inc., maker of the Segway Human Transporter (HT), today announced they will co-develop a range of WowWee products that will incorporate Segway Smart Motion technology. The best part of this will be picking up a fairly low-cost toy robot that uses Segway Smart Motion, and making something with else with it. Link.
I’ve been meaning to post this up since I am reminded about it in all the airports I’ve been in lately – On page 96 of the October 6 Rolling Stone, MAKE was named “Hot Magazine” in Rolling Stone’s yearly hot list. It’s on stands now, for another week or so. 
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The project section has a lot of great things to check out…Craft technology refers to the interweaving of computation with craft materials both new and old. This blending can take many forms, including the application of specialized software to aid in the design and construction of crafts (such as mechanical toys and paper sculpture) and in the creation of craft objects with embedded intelligence. Thanks Paul! 