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Popular This Week1. 72 Cartoonish Robots - From Disco-Dancing Robots to Smelly Emotional Robots (CLUSTER)  Although we are making leaps and bounds in regards to robotic technology, I can’t help but note that there are still many cartoonish robots being produced. I admit, some of the robots in this cluster are…2. Noodle-Making Robots - The Sanuki Shokunin Crafts Delicious Asian Pasta Before Your Eyes (VIDEO)  We need a noodle-making robot in the TrendHunter office, if only to curb the amount of instant noodles consumed on a daily basis. The Sanuki Shokunin robot makes traditional, high-quality buckwheat soba…3. Lambent Transformers - The Robolamps by Robert Matysiak are More than Meets the Eye (GALLERY)  Just when you thought that the world couldn’t get any better, here come the Robolamps by Robert Matysiak. They bring together humanity’s two great loves: light and robots.
Using plumbing supplies and…4. iPhone-Controlled Cars - Austin Engineers Combine the Auto With Mobile Technology (VIDEO)  A bunch of Austin-based engineers have produced the ultimate futuristic mobile application, using the iPhone as a remote control device to drive a car. These remote control-happy scientists prefer to live…5. Exercising Robots - Bandit is a Socially-Assistive Robotic Personal Trainer (VIDEO)  Bandit is a personal trainer, and also a robot. This exercising robot was developed by researches at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Bandit is part of professor Maja Mataric’s lab, which specializes…6. Human-Like Mechanical Limbs - The Shadow Dexterous Hand Can Mimic Our Movements  The Shadow Dexterous Hand was seem at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhinibition 2009. It comes with the CyberGlove which one wears when remotely operating this mechanical limb. In combination the glove… |
Popular This Month1. 44 Kids Tech Toys - Virtual and Hi-Tech Toys Signal the End of Old School Big Bird (CLUSTER)  If you’ve used Google at all today, you might have noticed Sesame Street’s Big Bird legs. Why the sudden tribute to the iconic kid’s program? Well today is Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary. Yes, it’s been…2. 72 Cartoonish Robots - From Disco-Dancing Robots to Smelly Emotional Robots (CLUSTER) Although we are making leaps and bounds in regards to robotic technology, I can’t help but note that there are still many cartoonish robots being produced. I admit, some of the robots in this cluster are…3. Plastic Pugilist Costumes - Life-Sized Rockem Sockem Robots are Better than Your Costume (GALLERY)  Rockem Sockem Robots are a great toy that lets children vent their frustrations via plastic figurines. Ian Austin has not let his childhood dream of becoming a real life Rockem Sockem Robots figurine die.…4. Flame-Throwing Gadgets - The Prometheus Device Packs Some Serious Heat (GALLERY)  Have you ever wanted a superhero power? I wanted to do the Bat Dance like Adam West, but that is not really a power. How about shooting flames out of your palms? Everett Bradford created the Prometheus…5. Picturesque Robot Paintings - Brian Despain Art Shows Robots Living Life to the Fullest (GALLERY)  Roq La Rue Gallery is now showing this Brian Despain art, featuring robots in some unusual circumstances. They’re experiencing the world one situation at a time, from swimming with fish to chatting with…6. Noodle-Making Robots - The Sanuki Shokunin Crafts Delicious Asian Pasta Before Your Eyes (VIDEO) We need a noodle-making robot in the TrendHunter office, if only to curb the amount of instant noodles consumed on a daily basis. The Sanuki Shokunin robot makes traditional, high-quality buckwheat soba…7. Lambent Transformers - The Robolamps by Robert Matysiak are More than Meets the Eye (GALLERY) Just when you thought that the world couldn’t get any better, here come the Robolamps by Robert Matysiak. They bring together humanity’s two great loves: light and robots.
Using plumbing supplies and…8. iPhone-Controlled Cars - Austin Engineers Combine the Auto With Mobile Technology (VIDEO) A bunch of Austin-based engineers have produced the ultimate futuristic mobile application, using the iPhone as a remote control device to drive a car. These remote control-happy scientists prefer to live…9. Robotic Bikers - Joules is the Perfect Tandem Biking Partner (VIDEO)  Love going for a bike ride but are too lazy to actually pedal? Joules, the robot bike chauffeur, is here to help. The bicycle-pedaling robot sits on the back of a tandem bike. All you have to do is sit…10. Exercising Robots - Bandit is a Socially-Assistive Robotic Personal Trainer (VIDEO) Bandit is a personal trainer, and also a robot. This exercising robot was developed by researches at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Bandit is part of professor Maja Mataric’s lab, which specializes…11. Human-Like Mechanical Limbs - The Shadow Dexterous Hand Can Mimic Our Movements The Shadow Dexterous Hand was seem at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhinibition 2009. It comes with the CyberGlove which one wears when remotely operating this mechanical limb. In combination the glove… |
Popular Last Month1. 95 Reality Alternatives - Living Our Lives Through Alterations and Surrogates (CLUSTER)  The movie, Surrogates is set in a futuristic world where humans live isolated from one another and interact through cyber-connected surrogate robots. It’s full of adept observations and social commentary,…2. 22 Steampunk & Cyborg Insects - From Remote-Controlled Beetles to Steampunk Bees (CLUSTER)  This slideshow of cyborg insects and steampunk bugs proves how fascinated we are with remixing nature, especially creepy crawlies. From DARPA-sponsored military spy bugs to immaculate insects created out…3. Animal-Inspired Robotics - Robotech Cheetah's Mechanical Design Based on Biology (VIDEO)  Robotic designer Sangbae Kim, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biomimetic Robotics Lab has undertaken an ambitious project: Building a lightweight carbon-fiber-foam composite robotic…4. Cyborg Insects - UC Berkeley Houses Remote Controlled Live Beetles (UPDATE) (VIDEO)  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have managed to control the movement of beetles. They have done this by connecting small radio antenna to electrodes and shocking the beetles nervous…5. Iconic Robot Hoodies - R2-D2 Hoodie is an Easy Way to Dress Up for Halloween (GALLERY)  Frosti is a hoodie designer and a a self-proclaimed “vessel of awesomeness.” I think I am going to have to agree with her on this one. Coming out with a nice selection of kickass hoodies for the Halloween…6. 16 Robotic Exoskeletons - From Subaquatic Exosketetons to Robotic Legs (CLUSTER)  The advancement of robotics and technology, overall, has allowed the geek in us embrace what has seemed (until recently) to only exist in underground scientific experiments and Japanese anime: robotic…7. Domestic Metal Smashers - Recycle from Home with the Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher (VIDEO)  With the Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher designed by Doug Wehrly for Zertronix, you can now recycle metal from the comfort of your own home.
Battery operated and small enough to store on any garage shelf,…8. 11 Tributes to R2-D2 - From Sci-Fi Knitting to Disco Dancing (CLUSTER)  The little bleeping sounds from Luke Skywalker’s adorable robot will always be recognizable to our generation. This collection of tributes to R2-D2 include home entertainment systems, trash cans, mailboxes…9. Life-Saving Robots - Robocue Comes to the Rescue Where Humans Hesitate to Go (VIDEO)  There are a lot of situations where it is extremely dangerous for one person to help another. The threat is often too high in earthquake wreckage and bad car accidents. Now to assist humans in peril comes…10. Adorable Robotography - 'Robots' by Slawomir Jarocki Puts Human-Like Sculptures to Work (GALLERY)  It's tough not to love this photo set of adorable robots by Slawomir Jarocki. Each sculpture looks just like a worker doing his job--complete with baseball cap, round glasses and little vest. And the composition…11. Futuristic Street-Sweepers - Scarab by Olga Kalugina Could Make the Garbage Man Obsolete (GALLERY)  Your local garbage man might soon be out of a job: The Scarab by Olga Kalugina is a new street cleaner that you could be seeing on the roadways. The Scarab has the maneuverability of a Roomba, but is designed…12. Shape-Shifting Blob Bots - Chemical Robot Prototypes to Enter Inaccessible Spaces (VIDEO)  The soft, shape-shifting chembot blobs that roll around and change shape in order to gain mobility are still experimental, but they are part of DARPA’s Chemical Robots Program vision.
The DARPA program…13. Cars as Schools of Fish - Nissan Explores How Cars That Mimic Fish Can Help Avoid Collisions  Japanese engineers at Nissan Motor Co. have been studying fish and their ability to swim collision-free in large groups, and are trying to apply their discoveries to future vehicles.
So far, these engineers…14. Possessed Pianos - This Musical Robot by Peter Ablinger Can Give Speeches (VIDEO)  Just in time for Halloween comes this possessed piano! No, it’s not really possessed, but I think it is pretty creepy. I wouldn’t want it sitting there “staring” at me after watching the movie 'Poltergeist'…15. Roboctopus Arms - Alien-Inspired Power Loader Gives Superhuman Strength (VIDEO)  This Power Loader may have been inspired by the movie ‘Aliens,’ but I also see an eerie resemblance to a certain Doctor whose similar experiments ended up melding four wiry metal appendages to his human… |
