Gigantic White iPhone 4 Table
In what may seem like a prop from the remake of the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Benjamin Bachmeier’s “iTableous” tabletop display packs an internal PC inside an over-sized white iPhone 4 case.
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NASA’s Smartphone-Powered SPHERES Robots
NASA recently upgraded their Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) with Nexus S smartphones running Android. The upgrade add the intelligence and hardware needed for units to become remotely operated robots.
Ready-to-Wear Android Wearable Platform
The WIMM Wearable Platform from WIMM Labs is a 1-inch square Android-powered module packed with 160×160 pixels of transflective display, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, Accelerometer, magnetometer, vibrator, speaker, and up to 32GB of microSD storage. Its 667 MHz processor means that it can operate independent of a secondary paired device and is positioned as a “first screen” device, similar to the iPod Nano, LiveView, inPulse, and Metawatch.
Snazzy Wood iPhone Case with Matching Stand
If you’re not into the whole stainless steel and glass look of your iPhone 4, you can encase your cold sharp handset in this warm soft wooden case from Etsy user kencheng88. Available in maple and rosewood, each case comes with a matching stand.
RC Android Logo from Trash Can
Check out this faithful reproduction of the Android logo made from an old trash can. The arms are articulated, the eyes are LEDs, and it runs on USB rechargeable batteries.
App-Controlled Pneumatic Cannon
Virginia Tech students Doug DeCarme, Shaver Deyerle, and Zach Rattner made this Android-app-controlled pneumatic cannon.
Interactive 2D Barcode Tattoo
Billed as the “First Ever Animated Tattoo”, Paris area tattoo artist Karl Marc pummeled his friend Marco’s chest for four hours, over a live stream, in order to achieve a working facsimily of a 2D matrix barcode entwined in an artistic floral and cog motif.
