David Ponce of OhGizmo posted a robot that I can only hope is available is I am ever trapped in a collapsed building and need to be rescued. “Being trapped beneath a pile of rubble is a bad way to spend your weekend. And while people in earthquake prone areas are more likely to benefit from the Hibiscus rescue bot (a design of Chiba Institute of Technology), rescue agencies worldwide
TechEBlog has a cool top 10 list of strange clocks. The Giovannoni Timesphere looks neat, and seems to be a bargain at the price. “Priced at $150, the Giovannoni Timesphere is a nifty alarm clock that is capable of projecting the time onto any surface via a wireless orb.”
This is a cool dance floor. Seems like there types of products are going to become more common. “This followup to the Humanlocator Table builds upon that technology, giving a new dimension to dancing.” Via: TechEBlog
This worm robot is freaky, I am not sure I want this thing squirming around inside me… “A robot designed to crawl through the human gut by mimicking the wriggling motion of an undersea worm has been developed by European scientists. It could one day help doctors diagnose disease by carrying tiny cameras through patients’ bodies.” Via: Slashdot
Imagine watching a scary movie in here! The Bat Home Theater Room is one fantastic home theater. “The client in the case of the Batcave was a retired naturalist who had an interesting house that DCAVS vice president Nick Mark thought would lend itself well to a themed home theater. Before she retired, the client did a lot of work and research that involved visiting caves in upstate New York
Seems like Linux is finding its way into everything. You can now include robots to the list… Original non translated page. “The industrial technology research institute of independent administrative corporate body (the product entire research) May 26th, 2 foot walking robot “HRP-2m Choromet which loads real time Linux ([chiyoromete])†it announced. The product entire research recognition venture and the like develops jointly, sells to the university and the like as
Here is some action from Robocup which is being held in Germany this year. “The RoboCup Federation and its German section, the German RoboCup Association have authorised the the HVG Hanseatische Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Division MESSE BREMEN and the Center for Computing Technologies (TZI) of the University of Bremen to host the RoboCup 2006 World Championships.”
