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laptops
Boom Arm Starbase Workstation: Because Laptops are Too Heavy For Nerds
The Boom Arm Starbase Workstation—now there is a product aimed squarely at nerds. It combines computing and extreme laziness with a little "Starbase" sci-fi flavor thrown in. I mean, you could use a product like the LapDawg—but that would require actually lifting the laptop now and then. The swing arm action on the Starbase will come in quite handy after all of your muscles have atrophied. You can even get a cup holder, Flatscreen VESA LCD mount, and a height adjustment suitable for expanding waistlines. Not bad for around $300. [Product Page via Boing Boing Gadgets]
all things d
The inventor Dean Kamen is being interviewed at All Things D now. He's here to talk about his cyborg prosthetic "Luke arm". (It's named after Luke, yes, Skywalker.) Amazing. UPDATE: The full vid of Kamen's interview, including arm demonstration footage, is embedded below.
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All Things D: Dean Kamen on His Mind-Controlled Cyborg "Luke" Arm
The inventor Dean Kamen is being interviewed at All Things D now. He's here to talk about his cyborg prosthetic "Luke arm". (It's named after Luke, yes, Skywalker.) Amazing. UPDATE: The full vid of Kamen's interview, including arm demonstration footage, is embedded below.
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tetris
Tresling Tetris Arm Wrestling Bridges Gap Between Brains and Brawn
Tetris geeks must rely on brute force as much as mental agility to win in Tresling, a new version of the classic game. Opponents are pitted against each other on an arm wrestling board, and the pieces shift based on whoever is in control. Wanna get that straight piece in position for a four line combo? You better hit the gym, sissy. Of course, you can't win on beefcakey-ness alone, a good deal of strategy is required to move the pieces where you want them to land. We really enjoy creator Tom Gerhardt's attempt to turn Tresling into a lifestyle, and not just a game, complete with a Communist-style logo and calls for back-alley matches. Check out the official site to "join the revolution". Update: We have video of the action! [Tresling - Thanks Tom!]
robots
ABB FlexPicker Robot's Legs Move So Fast it's Scary
The ABB IRB 340 FlexPicker's legs instantly put me in mind of a kind of merciless Matrixesque robot, snatching up human bodies and doing terrible things to them. But apparently, it's the world's fastest industrial robot, and is used to pick and sort items on a production line— innocent things like sausages and croissants. By fastest, it means 10g of acceleration: that's zero to 280mph in a single second. Which makes for one heck of a rapid sausage, as the fascinating (and eerily Matrix-like) video reveals. More »
android
Android Hands-On Video: It's Fast, It's Still Not There
We have been playing with the Android prototypes scattered through the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona. ARM had theirs running on one of their lower-end processors. No fancy graphics demos, no iPhone-style multimedia fizzbang, just a humble ARM9 processor in a plain white prototype "to demonstrate the scalability of Android" and serve as a "development platform." Our verdict: it works, it's fluid, but it's boring. Qualcomm's Android prototype, however, is a real beast.
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9:01 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Latest by n/a: even on the ARM9, it was still pretty fast. (I just played with it today) I got to play around and brought up system settings. The guy quickly grabbed it back from me but it's running Linux kernal 2.6 omap. more »
android
Google Phone Prototype to be Shown Next Week at Mobile World Congress
ARM, the chip manufacturer that makes many of the processors in many of the phones you're currently using, says they're going to show a prototype Google Android phone at Mobile World Congress next week. That's pretty much all we know so far. Chances are the prototype will have the same SDK that's available for emulation on your PC right now, and will mostly be used to show phone manufacturers (HTC & friends) that the ARM processors will handle an Android phone just fine; a.k.a. "please use our processors in your phones!" [Reuters]
giz explains
Silverthorne is a teeny processor built on the 45nm process (like the much-ballyhooed Penryn), designed for UMPCs, subnotebooks, mystery Apple products and any other smallish gadget that needs real crunching on an ultra-lean power diet.
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Giz Explains: Why We're Psyched for Silverthorne
Silverthorne is a teeny processor built on the 45nm process (like the much-ballyhooed Penryn), designed for UMPCs, subnotebooks, mystery Apple products and any other smallish gadget that needs real crunching on an ultra-lean power diet.
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11:40 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By matt buchanan
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30 comments
destruction
$70,000 Industrial Robot Modded to Fire Flameballs
There's only one thing better than robots that can destruct things: robots that can destroy things and terrify people by firing flameballs, bowling balls, watermelons and bloody pig entrails at high speed. Like the Robopult, a gigantic $70,000 industrial robotic arm hacked to throw all these things like a Terminator version of Roger Clemens. We talked with Aaron Rasmussen about how the heck they managed to get an industrial robot and some of the details of this crazy project:
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9:30 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Jesus Diaz
47,256 views,
38 comments
Latest by Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer: Industrial robots are becoming the new circus animals. Where are the hordes clamouring for their release? more »
comment of the day
Comment Of The Day
Today's comment of the day actually comes from the Question of the Day and is another response type comment. The comment was made by RIPFIRE4 and was addressing morganlh85 's inability to find a decent watch.BY RIPFIRE4 AT 07:29 PMNow, some of you might think this is the worst comment of the day, but if you care enough to find out our reasoning, feel free to take the jump. We can't guarantee it will be worth it though... More »
@morganlh85: "I haven't been able to find a decent watch that doesn't weigh my arm down or look ridiculous and/or homely."
What's your arm made of? Spaghetti?
air muscle
Japanese Team Breathes Life into Robotic Arm Whose Muscles Are Driven by Compressed Air
Japanese researchers have developed a new approach to robotics that could revolutionize the future of artificial limbs. The team, from Okinawa University, has come up with an amazing "muscle" design that is driven by compressed air and is simpler than the designs of many other prosthetic arms currently in development. More info, plus a video of the "muscles" in action after the jump. More »
treebot
Who says you have to scape up millions of research bucks to make a working robot arm? Meet Wooden Menace, a roughly functioning robotic appendage that Chris, an enterprising craftsman at PyroElectro, put together for less than $50. Its parts are carved out of wood, and Chris connected those parts with a few servo controllers and an $8 PIC18F452 microchip processor to make this crudely functioning robotic arm that he steers with a cloned PS1 controller. After 25 hours of work and some tricky programming, we're thinking Chris proved his point. [PyroElectro, via Make]
Wooden Menace, the $50 Robot Arm
Who says you have to scape up millions of research bucks to make a working robot arm? Meet Wooden Menace, a roughly functioning robotic appendage that Chris, an enterprising craftsman at PyroElectro, put together for less than $50. Its parts are carved out of wood, and Chris connected those parts with a few servo controllers and an $8 PIC18F452 microchip processor to make this crudely functioning robotic arm that he steers with a cloned PS1 controller. After 25 hours of work and some tricky programming, we're thinking Chris proved his point. [PyroElectro, via Make]
10:50 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Charlie White
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14 comments
Latest by -Core-: This is great and all.. but where's the rest of the robot? more »
superumor
Apple Eyes Intel Chips for iPhone?
We're pulling out our new SuperRumor™ for this news, but according to DigiTimes, Apple is considering the recently announced Intel Mooretown chips for the iPhone. Since these Intel chips won't see the light of day until 2009, it would certainly represent (at the very least) a second iteration of iPhone hardware. But given the specs of Intel's new chips, we'd be pretty excited: More »
portable media
While many of the wrist/arm based multimedia devices are improving, none of them can hold a candle to Danillo Mangini's Lobster. This oddly named prototype involves an LCD base unit about the size of an iPod Shuffle (or presumably a lobster tail) that straps on to your arm or wrist, but what sets the Lobster apart is its modular ability.
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The Lobster is One Modular Crustacean
While many of the wrist/arm based multimedia devices are improving, none of them can hold a candle to Danillo Mangini's Lobster. This oddly named prototype involves an LCD base unit about the size of an iPod Shuffle (or presumably a lobster tail) that straps on to your arm or wrist, but what sets the Lobster apart is its modular ability.
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robots
Robot Arm Mimics Muscle, Bone Structure To Write Hello
Although this robotic arm probably won't make anybody cry, it is pretty darn amazing. The components, which look anime-like in its cords and pipes and metal structure, are designed to mimic your muscle and skeletal structure. It's good enough right now to actually write semi-legibly and lift a small weight up without passing out—two tasks I have a lot of trouble with. [Festo via Core77 via Boing Boing]
arcades
Game developer Atlus has decided to recall all of its 150 arm wrestling simulators from arcades across Japan. Despite only being out a month, Arm Spirit has broken three arms.
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Japanese Arm Wrestling Game Breaks Arms and Takes Names
Game developer Atlus has decided to recall all of its 150 arm wrestling simulators from arcades across Japan. Despite only being out a month, Arm Spirit has broken three arms.
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japan
What's going on here, Thanko? I thought we could count on you to make crazy USB Ear Microscopes, Ass Coolers, and Air Purifier Masks? What's this about making an LCD arm mount and a fingerprint-protected USB drive? These things have no style! No pizazz! No THANKO! Get it together, guys. For the sake of all humanity.[USB Drive via LCD Arm]
Thanko Goes Nuts, Releases Two Products That Aren't Insane
What's going on here, Thanko? I thought we could count on you to make crazy USB Ear Microscopes, Ass Coolers, and Air Purifier Masks? What's this about making an LCD arm mount and a fingerprint-protected USB drive? These things have no style! No pizazz! No THANKO! Get it together, guys. For the sake of all humanity.[USB Drive via LCD Arm]
microcomputer
Calao Systems Building Linux PC Into USB Thumb Drive
From their not-so-secret headquarters in the French Alps, engineers at the newly founded Calao Systems have announced plans to build an ARM-based Linux PC inside of a USB keychain. It's not a modern-day WOPR or anything—with 256MB of internal flash memory and 64MB of RAM, plus support for Ethernet, VGA graphics and USB, I'd say it's "turn-of-the-century" at best. But given its size, I can live with that. Here's what I really don't get: If the PC itself is on the USB drive, what am I supposed to plug it in to? More »
