Technabob » plot http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Robot Artist Draws Portraits http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/28/robot-artist-draws-who-it-sees/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/28/robot-artist-draws-who-it-sees/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:42:55 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/28/robot-artist-draws-who-it-sees/ This humanoid robot holds a pen in its hand and can draw an image of any person who stands in front of it.

artist robot

Created by robotic researcher Sylvain Calinon, the robot recognizes when there’s a face in its field of view, then snaps a digital photo and extracts the major characteristics of their visage. Once that’s done, the robot turns itself into an X/Y plotter, picking up an old-fashioned quill pen and gradually filling in the details of a portrait.

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I think it would be really cool to set up a bunch of these in a row, creating different styles of art using ink, pastel, oils and acrylics. Sylvain, are you listening?

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/28/robot-artist-draws-who-it-sees/feed/ 6 It’s Toast-Errific… the Toast Printer http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/02/its-toast-errific-the-toast-printer/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/02/its-toast-errific-the-toast-printer/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 11:40:04 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/02/its-toast-errific-the-toast-printer/ Sure, we’ve seen toast with images of Elvis, Jesus and other famous cultural icons, but this device lets you create any image you’d like, in toast form.

toast burner

The computer controlled toast burner uses a specially modified CNC fabricator with a hot air gun in its carriage. As the system moves along the horizontal and vertical axes, the heat source is modulated by a computer.

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And voila… totally custom toast. Now all the guys over at Evil Mad Scientist need to do is figure out a way to mass produce these.

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