Life-sized robotic android running Android
Check out this fantastic life-sized robotic RIC Android from RT Corporation and Brilliant Service. The arms and head are controllable, walks on two legs, and can be controlled via an Android smartphone.
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DIY iPad live performance harness
Think Reactable from Björk’s Volta tour meets Revenge of the Nerds jam band meets a steel drum playing organ grinder. That about sums up this fabulous technobusker apparatus that’s sure to attract numerous patrons.
Robotic swarm over Switzerland
Subscriber RocketGuy tipped us off to this EPFL School of Engineering project involving a fleet of swarming flying robots. Using an ant-inspired swarming algorithm running on a Linux SBC, this network of swarming micro air vehicles is purportedly the largest of its kind.
Meego on Android hardware
MeeGo running on the Nexus One. As agreeable as Android can be, it’s nice to know that there’s a formidable alternative on the horizon.
Beagleboard Ebook reader
Justin Huynh over at Liquidware has pieced together another Beagleboard gadget. This time around he’s focused on building a DIY Beagleboard Ebook reader out of snap-on components and the open source FBReader software. It won’t fit in your pocket, but it more than makes up for it in hackability.
Inexpensive tablet wall mount
Sometimes you have a real need to mount your tablet computer to a wall or other vertical surface. That’s where common sense and good old fashioned ingenuity comes in. Seattle area foodie and avid DIY’er, Tumbleweed, shows us that you needn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on some specialized billet aluminum wall mounting kit. A $2.84 “Delux Plate Hanger Set” will do the trick.
Android controlled Bluetooth lamp
Smartphones are great remotes. Check out this lightweight Bluetooth enabled novelty lamp mod by Bitartist. Tricked out with a AVRtiny2313 and Bluetooth module, you can turn the lamp on and off via a mobile app. It will also perform double duty by notifying you of incoming calls.
