Pulito, the Lego Mindstorms swiffer-bot that seeks out electricity (video)
November 15, 2010 No Comment
You could certainly buy a ready-made robot to sweep your hardwood floors, but doesn’t building your own out of Lego bricks sound like loads more fun? That’s what PlastiBots did with the Pulito pictured above, a Lego Mindstorms NXT sweeper with a host of sensors to navigate around furniture and a standard Swiffer pad to scrub. There’s no fancy NorthStar or Celestial navigation packages to keep the bot on track, so it meanders about much of the time, but there is an fancy infrared beacon on the robot’s charging dock to guide the creature home. When the Pulito’s running out of juice from a long, tiring session of painstakingly traversing your floors, it’s programmed to automatically seek out that invisible light and receive a loving 12 volt embrace from the station’s brass charging bars. See it in action after the break, and hit our source link for more. [Thanks, Dave] Continue reading Pulito, the Lego Mindstorms swiffer-bot that seeks out electricity (video) Pulito, the Lego Mindstorms swiffer-bot that seeks out electricity (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Watch Family Guy S9E5: Baby, You Knock Me Out The new installment of our favorite Griffin family of Family Guy, which is entitled ” Baby, You Knock Me Out ” is the animated hit TV show’s 5th episode of the 9th season that aired last 11/14/2010 Sunday at 9:00 PM on Fox. Watch Family Guy 9×5(0905) Free Online Streaming Full Episodes Replay of the Latest Season and Video Clip Download Link:
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Watch Brothers and Sisters S5E8: The Rhapsody of Flesh The new installment of our favorite siblings, Brothers and Sisters, which is entitled “The Rhapsody of Flesh” is the hit drama series’ 8th episode of the 5th season that aired last 11/14/2010 Sunday at 10:00PM on ABC. Watch Brothers and Sisters 5×8 Free Online Streaming Full Episodes Replay of the Latest Season and Video Clip Download Link:
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Watch Dexter S5E8: Take It The latest installment of our favorite good serial killer of Dexter, which is entitled “Take It” is the hit drama TV series’ 8th episode of the 5th season that aired last 11/14/2010 Sunday at 9:00 PM on Showtime. Watch Dexter 5×8(0508) Free Online Streaming Full Episodes Replay of the Latest Season and Video Clip Download Link:
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Watch Desperate Housewives S7E8: Sorry Grateful The latest installment of our favorite suburban housewives of Desperate Housewives, which is entitled “Sorry Grateful”
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Ark Hotel Building construction timelapse 远大可持续建筑 2天建成15层楼 from Differentenergy on Vimeo . This mesmerizing time-lapse video clip shows the rapid construction of the Ark Hotel in Changsha, China. It’s not amazing that this clip has been making the Internet rounds – it is amazing that a 15-story hotel could be erected in just under a week. There’s an even more fantastical element in the tale of this hotel: it’s builders claim it is an example of ‘sustainable’ architecture. Which made me think more about first the company, Broa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Giorgio Armani wants to captivate Galaxy S buyers with new Samsung handset (video)
November 15, 2010 No Comment
Shock of all horrors, Samsung and Giorgio Armani have teamed up yet again to produce a specially endorsed handset for the fashion-conscious public. The fun thing about this oh-so-exclusive piece of Armani luxury is that it looks remarkably (read: exactly) like the AT&T Captivate that Americans have had the pleasure of using for a good few of months now. We’re hearing there’s some extra multimedia bundled in along with the GA brand name, so we’re absolutely positive your €700 will be well spent. If you’re not yet convinced, how’s about an unboxing video after the break? [Thanks, Gianluca] Continue reading Giorgio Armani wants to captivate Galaxy S buyers with new Samsung handset (video) Giorgio Armani wants to captivate Galaxy S buyers with new Samsung handset (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …PC World stops selling the Toshiba Folio 100, we go hands-on to find out why (video)
November 14, 2010 No Comment
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In our inevitable Utopian future (assuming we make it past this 2012 noise ), we’ll all use one frequency for our high-speed wireless broadband across the globe. Actually, we’ll probably just beam information directly between our brains and brain-like supercomputers at speeds so fast they can’t be measured, and we won’t need smartphones at all because they’ll be installed in our bodies at birth, complete with eyeballs capable of 1080p video capture. Until then, though, we’ve got companies like Nokia showing some hustle to put pentaband 3G radios on the market, and the trend continues with the upcoming E7 . Of course, we already knew it was going to be pentaband — Nokia had said as much — but seeing it in the cold, hard graphs and tables of an FCC filing is still music to our ears. Won’t be long now, folks . Nokia E7 hits FCC with as much 3G support as you can handle originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You know, our readers are really awesome. Super awesome. Not only are you guys really smart and funny, but you’re wildly creative — and there’s no more compelling evidence for that argument than the video in this post. Based on nothing more than an Engadget Podcast rant, commenter (and podcast listener) Michael Jacob created an amazing parody trailer for the non-existent film The Gadget Blog . And that image up top? Created by commenter AWartinger! If you’re not familiar with the source material, go back and take a listen to our most recent ‘cast , but for the rest of you, enjoy the hilarity below. Continue reading ‘The Gadget Blog’ trailer ‘The Gadget Blog’ trailer originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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