Android-controlled robotic blimp
YARB is a robotic blimp controlled using an Android phone. Images are sent over wifi from the blimp to the phone display as it’s maneuvered along using the tilt sensor inside the G1.
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Detailed iPhone themed interface on Google Android
Using a handful of apps available on Android Market, the folks over at hdblog.it have transformed the stock Android interface into a detailed rendition of the iPhone interface complete with slide lock, dock, SMS, and icon themes. It even has a handy interface to change the color of the LED alerts. hdblog.it (Site is in […]
“Kids” played on iPhone/iTouch
Phil Clandillon sends this music video of The Mentalists playing Kids, originally by MGMT. The Mentalists are an all female act based here in London. They’ve done this unusual cover of MGMT‘s “Kids” played entirely on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using apps from the application store. What kinds of great music can you play […]
A closer look at Android Cupcake
A couple weeks ago, I posted a guide to installing the latest version of Android (with the “Cupcake” features) on an Android Dev Phone 1. Joel Evans of Geek.com and I met up the other day and played around with the build. Joel’s written up the experience with video and pictures: Included in the video […]
Capturing video from Android phones
Mark Murphy has posted a useful utility for capturing video from Android phones. It’s based on the DDMS debugging tool, and can capture 6 frames per second: DroidEx extends the live device screen capturing technology built into DDMS and hierarchyviewer. It gives you a window displaying a live 6 fps (frames per second) perspective of […]
Android tutorial site includes market app for demo code
Learning Android features tutorials for programming Android applications: Welcome to High Quality Android Tutorials. This site aims to be a resource for all developers on the Android platform to get the best and most up to date development information available. Each tutorial on this site will be clear, with full source code and notes from […]
Hello, “my name is” Android app
I was browsing through the Android market on my G1 phone, and came across this gem from onlythoughtworks: My Name Is This application simply allows to build your own nameplate in seconds. It is highly customizable and will help you to get through your next meeting in no time. Weighing in at a mere 51 […]
