Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This is pretty cool but the only reason I added it to the blog is because years ago my friend Brian built a Rocketeer backpack in 1/2 scale as part of a Halloween costume for a family friend he knew. I don’t think he made a helmet, but the backpack was very cool.
Here are some handy tips on getting your idea for a robot into the real world by using simpler and easier to work with materials than say metal and formed plastics.
Looks like a cool little pixel editor for the Mac. Expect an actual logo for my site sometime soon!
Forget touch typing with this baby. Mitsubishi and NTT DoCoMo are working together to create a phone with no keys, just touch screens. The idea is that new features can be added to the phones at any time. The menus can also be modified by the users to reduce the over all complexity of the system. Sounds like an idea that has come none too soon. Still in its experimental phase for now but when it hits it should be very popular.
[via Gizmodo]
You heard of touch screens now check out touch keys
Mummm… More ePaper goodness but in color this time!
[via Gizmodo]
Bendable electronic color paper with Image memory from Fujitsu – New Launches
If your lucky enough to be near Minnesota between October 16 and January 0f 2006 you should make a point to stop by an visit the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre touring exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota. These Automata are amazing and enlightening . If you can’t get up to the chilly north, you can browse their online shop and pick up a kit that will let you build hundreds of Automata of your very own. If your one that enjoys seeing how things work then this kit is for you.
[via Tech Drool]
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre – A Museum of Automata