I haven’t seen anything like this Mossalibra, Interactive Dance Game before. It is an interesting concept that could catch on if some venues think out of the box and try it out. "Mossalibra is an interactive game installation, operated solely by intuitive human gestures. While dancing to surrounding music, the user (represented in pixelated form as a pure gesture) can mimic a given set of gestures in order to
Baccus61 has documented some of his cool DIY Laser Etching Projects. He makes etching an image on a round bottle simple! After the jump are a few of my favorite videos he has created. "My new rotary attachment is finally ready after a couple of weeks in the making (I didn’t spend too much time building it though) It’s a Vexta 5 phase stepper motor coupled to a 50:1
RoboTurk is a great example of technology being used to help save lives. It uses Microsoft technology at the core to perform some very complex tasks. "RobotTurk is a prototype Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) equipped with a camera that is capable of streaming live video of disaster struck areas to ground command stations. The helicopter carries onboard an eBox compute-unit that runs Microsoft Robotics Studio, allowing the robot to
The Trons is one band that will sound the same in concert and on their recordings! "The Trons are a completely self playing robotic junk band! They are made mostly from old computer and mechanical parts and play original songs using an array of old amps and instruments. They now have five gigs under their belt and have just completed Hamilton’s Ignition Fringe Festival." Via: Pixel y Dixel
New Zealander based Andre Harley has come up with an interesting concept, an automated vehicle would be able to rescue you to when you get into trouble on the water. Having a bunch of these ready to spring into action could be better protection than a few lifeguards watching over a huge section of water. "Each swimmer wears a GPS unit which can be activated should the swimmer become
I have been thinking about ways of reducing my fuel expenses due to the increasing gas cost. If this 150 mph British Steam Car could be converted from liquid petroleum to french fry grease we might just have my next vehicle pick. "Burning liquid petroleum gas at 750° F to pressurize that 360-hp Curtis turbine, the 25-ft.-long Steam Car can turn 10.5 gallons of water a minute into some
These videos demonstrate some interesting and dangerous jet engines. I think this would be a interesting hobby that would make your neighbors and insurance company hate you… I wonder how many garages have been burnt down with some testing like this.
