Thanks to the partnership between the Nonlinear System Laboratory at MIT and Aldebaran Robotics we can admire this impressive choreography of a team of Nao robots dancing to Michael Jackson’s “thriller.” At the beginning all the robots are waiting for my signal to start. While dancing, they are constantly synchronizing with each other, so if […]
MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It’s a simple Invention Kit for Beginners and Experts doing art, engineering, and everything inbetween. Interested about the project? Learn more about it on MaKey Makey’s Kickstarter page! [MaKey MaKey]
A “road train” of cars moving in automated convoy has successfully completed a 125 mile journey in Spain. It’s the first time the technology has been tested on a public road. This isn’t the same system used by Google for driverless cars to move independently, which was recently licensed for public testing in Nevada. Instead […]
Despite the National Aeronautics and Space Administration no longer doing any space stuff, they sure got territorial when private companies started making strides for space travel. The inevitable exploration of the moon’s surface is a hot topic among the private space travel initiatives, and NASA is calling “dibs” on certain areas of the moon. NASA […]
In the following video Bill Hammack, The Engineer Guy, takes apart a smartphone to show us exactly how its accelerometer works. Fascinating stuff, as usual. [Bill Hammack]
Animation for a competition run by the Literary Platform to design motion graphics to accompany a prophetic recording by Douglas Adams from back in 1993 detailing the invention of the electronic book. [Gavin Edwards]
One of the great mysteries of life is how to get the ketchup out of the ketchup bottle. Our cavemen-like minds usually resort to the most base of instincts to extract the delicious condiment: physical violence. That problem is even more frustrating when there is very little left in the bottle itself: The walls of […]
When a TV network boss claimed that skipping commercials on a DVR amounted to theft, most people laughed. The humor has faded away this week with a lawsuit against the manufacturers of one DVR that automatically skips the breaks. CBS, Fox, and NBC are suing Dish Network over its digital video recorder Hopper. The device […]