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Pocketstrings Helps You Learn Guitar by Putting the Frets in Your Pocket

Learning to play the guitar can be very challenging. It may have just six strings, but there are hundreds of positions and fingering combinations as well as different strumming patterns that you have to remember. That’s probably why I don’t play guitar.…

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January 30th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Robot Learns to Clean Whiteboard, Still Won’t Help If You Used a Sharpie

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After teaching a robot to flip pancakes and shoot arrows, Dr. Petar Kormushev decided to instruct his robot in a new skill that could come in handy at your next meeting – cleaning whiteboards.…

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February 14th, 2011 by: Technabob

Art Academy: Learn to Paint on Your Nintendo Dsi

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Ever wanted to learn how to draw and paint, but don’t have the time or money to deal with real world art supplies? Well if you happen to own a Nintendo DSi, you can sign up for the Art Academy without so much as buying a tube of paint.

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September 20th, 2009 by: Technabob

Robot Can Predict New Surroundings

Purdue University Robot Predicts Environment

A team of researchers at Purdue University have devised a method to teach robots to navigate foreign environments by themselves. Using some very complex artificial intelligence, this robot can make educated “guesses” about what it might next encounter in its surroundings.

Rather than trying to just deal with differences in…

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June 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

Electronic Dog Speaks, Follows Commands, Does Karaoke

Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog

Looking for a canine companion, but don’t have the patience for all the shedding and pooping? If you’re willing to learn a little Japanese, these electronic furry friends might fill the bill.

The Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog has six internal sensors which can react to human touch and praise.…

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June 2nd, 2007 by: Technabob

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