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Push Your Digital Cart Around the Virtual Supermarket and Check Out with Real Stuff

First Virtual Supermarket

I love grocery shopping, but I don’t like having to do all the heavy lifting. I have this mentality where more is better and less is bad, which means I’m a huge sucker for the bulk or discounted aisles where the supersized versions of most products are on display.…

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April 12th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Virtual iCub Robot Counts Like a Human

The iCub robot is creepy enough, but now it turns out that there’s a virtual version of the robot that researchers are playing around with. This virtual version is capable of counting by linking its body to the numbers, just like humans.…

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November 11th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Monkey Avatar: Wired Primates Can Move and Feel Virtual Objects

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Movies like The Planet of the Apes and The Rise of the Planet of the Apes… just freak me out sometimes. I mean, so we’ve been told that our closest ancestors are these primates because apparently, we’ve got a lot in common with these animals. For one, they’re really smart

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October 6th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

(Another) Magic Mirror on the Wall Wants to Make You Over

Kinect Sensor Mirror For Bathroom

Having another one of those off days where you just want to throw on the first few things you can grab from your closet? You probably won’t be able to leave the bathroom dressed like a fashion disaster if you’ve got this cool mirror with an attached Kinect sensor hanging…

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September 6th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Celluon Evomouse Turns Any Surface Into a Virtual Trackpad

celluon evomouse input device computing ir sensor

While it might look cute, Celluon‘s Evomouse is actually pretty useful. The dog-like device uses an IR sensor to track your finger movements, turning any flat surface into a virtual trackpad, yearning to replace your mouse.…

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March 17th, 2011 by: Range

Sportpong: Tennis + Football + Nerds

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Sportpong is a Nintendo-like take on the classic game, requiring physical movement to block or hit a virtual ball. But instead of using their hands, players put on paddles in the form of reflectors on each feet and play on a projected field.

Projectors beam down the field, while a…

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February 7th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Space Foosball: Foosball Gets Virtual

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Space Foosball… is a modern-day spin on the old foosball table does away with those mechanical men and ping pong balls and replaces them with pixels and a physics engine.

The cool thing about the virtual foosball players and ball is that they’re still controlled by the same sort of

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September 21st, 2009 by: Technabob

Violet Mir:Ror Connects All Your Stuff via Rfid

This new device uses RFID technology to connect your physical possessions with the digital world. Cool.

Violet (the makers of those quirky Nabaztag USB rabbits) is about to unleash Mir:ror, a small puck-shaped USB gadget which acts like an interface between your everyday belongings and your computer.

For example, you…

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October 26th, 2008 by: Technabob

Make Virtual LEGO Creations on Your Mac With Bricksmith

Bricksmith is an open source application that allows you to make awesome virtual Lego models on your Mac. It’s a bit like a complex, tricked-out version of this LEGO iPhone app concept.

Bricksmith was created by Allen Smith. The application includes a parts browser, a full Lego color palette, drag-and-drop…

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August 13th, 2008 by: Karen M.

IPhone LEGO-Touch: Millions of Bricks in Your Pocket

LEGO Touch for iPhone

With all the buzz about the new iPhone SDK, all kinds of nifty applications are starting to crawl out of the woodwork. Of all the coming programs, this LEGO construction concept application has to be one of my favorites.

Designed by Nicholas G Panas of play /, LEGO-touch will let…

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March 11th, 2008 by: Technabob

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