Each time I see Theo Jansen‘s Kinetic sculptures, I feel like a little boy all over again, experiencing something new and wonderful for the first time. Essentially, his art could be defined as the perfect fusion between nature and technology, but putting words on such masterpieces can’t really make you understand how powerful his creations […]
By combining a 2D mid-air projection system and a couple of motion sensors, a team of researchers from Lm3labs were able to create this amazing gesture-based Google Earth interface. Check it out in the following video.
Stanford’s STARMAC, short for Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control, is probably one of the coolest remote-control helicopters we’ve ever seen. This is not a toy, remote-driven helicopter. The primary goal of the STARMAC project is to test and develop algorithms that will be implemented in future autonomous flying devices, such as the […]
According to a Channel Flip journalist, the Asahi beer robot may possibly be the greatest invention ever known to man. The robot, known as Mr. Asahi, uses a combination of robotics and animatronics, making him not only fast and agile, but also fun to look at. It took 8 engineers over 200 man hours to […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] “The Adventures Of Andre and Wally B” was technically the first Pixar animated film, and I say ‘technically’ because this 1,48 minute clip was made in 1984, a time when Pixar didn’t officially exist. So to be accurate, it was made by the talented future Pixar crew who were […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] The road trip is about to be revolutionized. Chrysler has just introduced an in-car WiFi system that’ll let you surf the net while on the go. Uconnect Web — unveiled at a company event in Detroit today — will be available for all Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge models by […]
We’ve presented some of Johnny Lee’s Wiimote hacking projects in the past, but what you’re about to see is what impressed me the most so far. Using a Wiimote, a projector, and an infrared emitter, Johnny is able to transform almost any surface, from a standard sheet of paper to an umbrella, into an interactive […]
Located in the lobby of the brand new Comcast Center in Philadelphia, this Barco video wall is composed of 10 million pixels, runs via six dx-700 led digitizers, seven encore video processors and three matrixpro routers. The screen measures 83.3ft x 25.4ft and has cost a whopping $22 million to design, construct and install. Hmmm, […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] Doc Brown’s Delorean may soon have some competition. Okay, this one won’t travel time, but it will function a bit like the train-adapted machine from the movie’s third installment. Toyota is working on a new “road-rail” vehicle that will — as the name implies — travel along the tracks, […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] I’m thinking about trading in my girlfriend for a few really advanced robots. Hang on a sec — I know it sounds bad. But hear me out. Scientists are making leaps and bounds with these things right now. I mean, they’ve come up with artificial life that can conduct […]