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Telesar V: Your Next Telepresence Robot Avatar
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Can’t make it to the big meeting in person? Send a robot in your place. Everybody’s going to be doing it, until board rooms are full of nothing but robots. Why not just use the phone you might say? Because robots are much cooler.… |
November 7th, 2011
Siri Used for Home Automation: She Can Speak to Appliances Too
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Siri can trade jokes and witty banter with you and even serve you beer, but programmer Christopher Deutsch aka CDeutsch has come up with a more practical application for the virtual assistant. Using the help of a few store-bought gadgets and Siri’s other digital buddies, Christoper Deutsch (aka “CDeutsch”) was… |
October 28th, 2011
iPet Companion for People Who Can’t Bear to Leave Their Pets Alone
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When I first brought my Shih Tzu puppy home, I spent every waking moment I had feeding, training, and playing with her. Of course, I can only do that during the weekends, because I still have to go to work. A huge lump would form in my throat whenever I’d… |
October 10th, 2011
Shoot This Alarm Clock Every Morning to Shut It Up
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Back when I was still in college and definitely way more temperamental than I am today, I would bang my alarm clock silent (or throw it all across the dorm room) in order to shut it up and catch a few more minutes of sleep.… |
September 1st, 2011
Pillow Remote: the Laziest Way to Watch TV Ever
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It’s such a hassle to use your standard remote. You have to point it, click a button or two and put it down again. That can get tiring. Plus your remote provides you no comfort or warmth whatsoever. There must be a better way.… |
August 29th, 2011
Peel iPhone/iPad Universal Remote Ships. Fruity Delicious.
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There are already several universal remote control applications on the market for the iPhone and iPad today. The new Peel is now shipping and it looks like a slick little device, though the oddly-shaped hardware portion of the universal remote reminds me of a pear.… |
March 13th, 2011
Chocolate Factory Controlled by iPhone: Willy Wonka Would Approve
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I like my iPhone and if I could do my job from anywhere using the iPhone, I would. This must be what drove some geeks at a chocolate maker in San Francisco to have an app developed that allows them to control all essential factory and lab functions using the… |
March 3rd, 2011
everyAir: Play PS3 Games on Your iPad or iPhone!
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You’re not seeing things. This is actually a photo of God of War 3… being played on an iPhone. The guys at pandaelf software have managed to put together a fairly complex implementation of their everyAir remote screen control system, which allows them to play PS3 games remotely on both |
February 28th, 2011
Texas High School Freshman Sends Robot to School in His Place
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This is so awesome. A school district in Knox City, Texas has allowed a student with a severe illness that keeps him at home to attend classes like a normal freshman by using a Vgo telepresence robot. My son’s school had to have a meeting with the school board to… |
February 5th, 2011
AIWI Turns iPhones into Motion Controller for PC Games
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This interesting little app for the iPhone and iPod Touch interacts with special versions of gaming software on your PC to turn it into a motion controller for games.… |
January 6th, 2011
