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DS-Controlled Robot

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Sit back, watch the video, and prepare to be AMAZED.

I don’t even have to say anything, it is what it says. Yeah but you know me, I’ll say something anyway (my blog, mine!). This is a Pekee Robot modified by a bunch of engineering students to be controlled purely using NDS technology. Six ways to control it:

The D-pad, touchscreen, motion sensors, stylus strokes, a target mode modeled after Super Mario 64 DS, and voice commands via the mic.

Whew.

The pros: You + your DS + this amazing idea = world domination. That and enough bragging rights to erase all your sad childhood memories. Spycam? Maybe.

The cons: It’s homebrew, you can’t have it.

Technorati tags: ds, nintendo, homebrew, remote, robot, controller, nds


Star Trek is REAL.

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

No pros and cons for this episode. Today we will go into the Final Frontier, the land of Klingons, hand signals, conventions, and pointy ears. Because face it, at the back of our minds, Star Trek is not just an old school Sci-Fi film, it’s a legend. It’s a milestone. It’s…the future (ture…ture…ture…)

You thought it was impossible. But these gadgets, they are among us, disguising themselves as normal gadgets. So now I bring you, CNET’s Top 5 Real-life ‘Star Trek’ Gadgets.

The not-quite-there-yet list is great too. I’ma get me one of those iTeleports.

Technorati tags: star trek, future, technology, gadgets, sci-fi, klingon, cnet, real