Wow, Is it the Apocalypse Already!?
June 9th 2007 02:26
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3D Virtual TV
March 31st 2007 02:12
I'm a luddite in that I don't see how this can at all be used except for in video games, in movies it might be a little bit too redundant, but to each his own,
The best (read: only) way someone can utilize this technology is through pure CGI, unless they have a billion camera's they could use.
Other obvious places this could be used in is design and modelling, seeing things in real life three dimensions is obviously a really cool thinking. Nintendo has been hinting at utilizing such technology for their next-gen platform, though they never said which generation and they never said if this was what they were talking about. My bet is that they were.
The best (read: only) way someone can utilize this technology is through pure CGI, unless they have a billion camera's they could use.
Other obvious places this could be used in is design and modelling, seeing things in real life three dimensions is obviously a really cool thinking. Nintendo has been hinting at utilizing such technology for their next-gen platform, though they never said which generation and they never said if this was what they were talking about. My bet is that they were.
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Robotic Arm For People Missing Limbs
March 10th 2007 13:39
Everyone knew this would happen one day, but it sure happened sooner than I expected. The mechanical arm was Invented by Dean Kamen, who has also created the iBOT. He claims to be 'married to his inventions' and as such is not married to a woman. Sorry ladies.
This robotic arm is probably the coolest thing he's ever come up with.
He lives on an Island that he also happens to own and has declared it himself to be an independent state. There is a stone henge setup as well as a windmill, once an amphibious vehicle was seen parked on his little island.
This robotic arm is probably the coolest thing he's ever come up with.
He lives on an Island that he also happens to own and has declared it himself to be an independent state. There is a stone henge setup as well as a windmill, once an amphibious vehicle was seen parked on his little island.
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Robotics: Learning to Walk
March 7th 2007 14:25
For those of you who think Plen’s skateboarding is a simple trick should look at this video of a baby robot learning how to walk:
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Eat Your Heart Out ASIMO
February 14th 2007 13:28
While ASIMO is just learning how to run Plen the robot is already roller skating.
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Wii-Remote, Real Time Robotic Control
January 26th 2007 15:58
The Wii-Remote uses Bluetooth as its communications interface allowing the actual Wii-Remote to be compatible with any Bluetooth receiver.
As such it has paved the way for new and innovative designs on the PC. But now it is being taken to the next level, the Wii-Remote has been made to control a robotic arm in near real time[ Click here to read more ]
As such it has paved the way for new and innovative designs on the PC. But now it is being taken to the next level, the Wii-Remote has been made to control a robotic arm in near real time
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To Hawk-Eye It
January 25th 2007 13:01
In the Australian Open this year something was given to players never before given to them, the ability to officially challenge calls made on the tennis courts.
Players can challenge verdicts where their shots are called out, or that of their opponent is called as in by the lines people or umpire. They get two incorrect chances at it per set, so long as they are correct and their challenges are upheld they can keep challenging[ Click here to read more ]
Players can challenge verdicts where their shots are called out, or that of their opponent is called as in by the lines people or umpire. They get two incorrect chances at it per set, so long as they are correct and their challenges are upheld they can keep challenging
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Amazing Artificial Waterfall
January 18th 2007 08:09
This artificial waterfall is nothing short of amazing yet it screams out ‘why wasn’t it done before?’
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Human Robot
January 7th 2007 04:26
Something like this was pretty much inevitable, what I didn’t expect was how long it took for such an inevitability to occur.
I could say all the usual and cheesy stuff like how it ‘blurs the line between what is real and what is not’ or ‘like something out of a sci-fi’ I figure I may as well just show the video so you can see just how realistically human this robot looks yet how unrealistically it moves[ Click here to read more ]
I could say all the usual and cheesy stuff like how it ‘blurs the line between what is real and what is not’ or ‘like something out of a sci-fi’ I figure I may as well just show the video so you can see just how realistically human this robot looks yet how unrealistically it moves
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Flight of a Winged Robot
December 17th 2006 11:07
This is probably the first ever remote controlled robot that flies by flapping wings. Pretty cool, though as the video shows it sure doesn’t fly very well...
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Fusion tech by 2010
December 13th 2006 07:24
Fusion technology may revolutionise semiconductor technology, it might start 2010, and Samsung will be spearheading it all if it should.
Right now there is a limitation to transistor sizes, right now it is theorized the manufacturing process cannot be below ~25nm. Naturally there needs to be a great shift in the fundamental of creating chips 101[ Click here to read more ]
Right now there is a limitation to transistor sizes, right now it is theorized the manufacturing process cannot be below ~25nm. Naturally there needs to be a great shift in the fundamental of creating chips 101
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Samsung flattens LCD screens... even more!
November 22nd 2006 01:07
Thick as a credit card, the worlds thinnest LCD screen
Samsung has achieved these results by redesigning the light guide plate subassembly and the glass substrate which contributed a lot to the LCD screens thickness. By doing so Samsung's engineers were able to shave 0.7mm's off of the width of the (previous) thinnest LCD screen in existence
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NEC for Super 3G
November 21st 2006 07:31
Super 3G is the next leap from 3G mobile technology. 3G simply is the third generation of communication for mobile phones.
NEC has announced it will develop components for ‘Super 3G’ capable handsets which will be available on the market by 2010 for NTT DoCoMo
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NEC has announced it will develop components for ‘Super 3G’ capable handsets which will be available on the market by 2010 for NTT DoCoMo
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Real Life Mech
November 2nd 2006 12:11
A mech is basically a vehicle on legs. Impossible to create? Well thus far, yes, very impossible.
More of a science fiction concept that is best known and recognized in sci-fi movies such as Star Wars (i.e. the ATST), or in videogames such as ‘Mech Warrior’ among many others[ Click here to read more ]
More of a science fiction concept that is best known and recognized in sci-fi movies such as Star Wars (i.e. the ATST), or in videogames such as ‘Mech Warrior’ among many others
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