Stardust touched down prefectly early this morning. It brings with it material from interstellar space and the comet Wild 2.
Category: Technology
Ark III?
Man, does this look like the Ark from Ark II or what? Well, this won some design awards
The concept of the GMC PAD is that of an urban loft with mobility. Featuring a diesel-electric hybrid system for propulsion, the engine also serves as a generator for the onboard power grid. The media rich environment is unlike any other, and comes with an endless variety of entertainment, information and security options.
[via Core 77]
Low Weight Carbon Fiber Robotic Arm
Very cool, a robotic arm made of carbon fiber. Low weight will make for high speed and the carbon fibers make it darn strong.
[via OhGizmo ]
Play Games With Your Bare Hands
This looks like fun. This isn’t your usual el-cheap-o A/V out low end video game system like those Segas or Atari joy stick games, nope! This has you wear little markers on your hands (‘dragonhands’) that are ‘seen’ by a camera that you stick on the top of your TV. So as you move your hands around the guy from Dragonball-Z (Goku) jumps, climbs, fights, and even unleashes his super power attacks. This could be the next Dance Dance Revolution…
[via we make money not art]
Tribotix Robots
Ooo! More robot kit fun! I like it except that I feel very poor when I look at it. I guess robot kits will do that to you, it’s like looking at the prices of LEGOs.
[via robots.net ]
Retrievr – Search by Sketch
Here is the deal. You draw (or in my case scribble) a few shapes in a little window and all of a sudden you get to see Flickr images that match what you, er.. drew, Ok, it only deals with basic shapes, colors and light values but as you can see from the above example it works for the most part. I was trying to draw the Apple logo (I’m going to blame the hardware, I can’t draw with a mouse for crap) and I got this. I also got a few photos of the moon (Earth’s moon, you gutter heads) and lots of portraits in black and white. Pretty cool, if you want to know more about the program or the company that makes it check out the System One Labs pages.
[via BoingBoing]