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#robots
Stanford Cart: When Robots Started Seeing in 3D
Terminators have night and infrared vision. But they had to start somewhere, right? In 1979, a robot at Stanford called Cart that was radio-linked to a mainframe tracked and navigated 3D obstacles using a sliding camera for stereoscopic vision. More » -
#bikes
How to Make a Shopping Cart Bike
Whether this bike is used for really fast travel inside a Safeway or really slow travel from Safeway back home is irrelevant. It's a bike attached to a shopping cart, something poor people and the homeless (and enviro-nerds) have been dreaming of for years. This instructables guide shows you how to create one with all the dignity and pizazz that a shopping cart bike deserves. [Instructables via Zieak via Eco Geek via Oh Gizmo]
