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Course of the Force: A Relay Race with Lightsabers!

Let’s be honest, not much will get your average geek to run. I mean, the typical things such as free smartphones, hot chicks in skimpy Comic-Con costumes, and obviously nachos will do the trick. You might be inclined to take a run for charity but lack the motivation. When you…

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February 11th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Turtle Shell Robot Races Bring Mario Kart One Step Closer to Reality

Turtle Shell Racer Robots

When driving down the road, you never stop to think that a Koopa shell could slam into you and knock you off course, but it might be time to start worrying about this possibility. Why? Because Turtle Shell robots are now having real life races.…

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August 8th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

OutRun: Augmented Reality Driving Video Game Actually Drives

OutRun AR Video Game

It’s been a while since I went down over to the local arcade, but I went crazy with the racing games the last time I was there. I’m a really bad driver, so crashing and veering off the road without any real consequences was a welcome change for me.…

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August 4th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Robovie-PC Wins First Robot Marathon (At a Very Slow Pace)

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Ah, marathons. It seems that robots are now taking up the task of running them for us. The winner of the first robot marathon is a small robot called Robovie-PC.…

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March 1st, 2011 by: Range

Totally Unscientific Test Determines Fastest Toy Robot in the UK

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British gadget show “The Gadget Show” – see how sensible and proper they are – wanted to find out which toy robot is the fastest among the ones available in the United Kingdom. Common sense dictates that a race would be a good way to get their answer. Of course…

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February 20th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Racer: Wipeout Goes Analog

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While I always thought WipEout… was about dizzying 3D computer-generated graphics, the guys working on this project have taken a decidedly low-tech approach to the game.

Devised by Malte Jehmlich and Matthes Mikysec of sputnic.tv, RACER is an analog variant of video game racers, using an old arcade cabinet, an

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August 3rd, 2010 by: Technabob

Cruden Hexatech Car Simulator Costs More Than Most Sports Cars

cruden car simulator

This has got to be one of the ultimate car simulators out there. Naturally, all this awesomeness doesn’t come cheap, but hey, it’s the best!

You’ll spend $191,000 (USD) on this device, which is more than quite a few supercars. It’s called the Cruden Hexatech simulator and it kind of…

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December 29th, 2009 by: Range

Is This Hp Webcam Racist?

Meet Desi. He’s in front of an HP MediaSmart computer, which has a fancy face tracking software that allows its webcam to follow your face within the confines of the frame. Desi may look like a happy guy, but he’s definitely not. Why?

In his words: “As soon as White …

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December 21st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Sparkfun’S Autonomous Vehicle Race: Autobots,Rollout! No, Not There! Get Back Here!

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Modder-friendly electronics company SparkFun Electronics recently held what they hope will be an annual event called the Autonomous Vehicle Competition, which is basically a race of proto-Autobots around one of SparkFun’s buildings.

The contest was initially employees-only, but SparkFun realized it would be much more fun to have their customers…

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April 24th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Formula One Race Car USB Memory: Vroom, Vroom

Unlike a real race car, you really don’t want to see this one hit the wall and blow up in a fiery crash. That’s because this one could be holding all of your precious digital files.

This 2GB USB memory stick is based (loosely) on on the body of a…

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September 21st, 2008 by: Technabob

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