Saturday, 15 December 2012

Makeblock is what happens when your building toys grow up, get into robots

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Makeblock is what happens when your building toys grow up, get into robots

12.13.2012 2:15 PM

What happens when you take construction toys like Lego and Erector Sets and combine them with robotics sets? The Makeblock gives us a good idea of what it'd be like.

Robot dragonfly UAV skips military development, flies directly into homes

12.13.2012 11:00 AM

TechJect brings a wing flapping micro UAV that hovers and flies like a real dragonfly.

 

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Arduino Esplora gives you a handle on game-based hardware modding

12.11.2012 1:26 PM

If you want to play with an Arduino board, without the hassle of extra soldering and locating parts, check out the Arduino Esplora.

Review: SuperTooth Crystal is portable, easy to install

12.12.2012 11:35 AM

An affordable, if basic, Bluetooth car kit for hands-free conversations.

LED lab coat makes you the nerdiest scientist in the lab (and other stuff you missed)

12.12.2012 5:30 PM

An Arduino powered lab coat designed to let you shine gets the spotlight in your mid-week GeekBytes update.

Kenshiro robot gets muscles and bones, still isn't a real boy

12.13.2012 10:20 AM

We're getting ever closer to the singularity. This time around, Japanese scientists have given a robot muscles and bones. Really.

This Lego M&Ms sorting machine would get Van Halen's seal of approval

12.12.2012 9:55 AM

If you're the kind of person who likes order in your every day life, you may want to take a moment and consider building an M&M sorting machine out of Lego.

Video: Charting the rise of robots in 2012

12.14.2012 3:15 PM

TechHive reports on some robots that caught our eye this year.

Lego Nyan Cat doesn't just nyan; it moves, too

12.10.2012 9:59 AM

Why stop at building a Lego Nyan Cat? when you can take it a step further and make one that moves?

NASA turns trash into fuel, no word yet on flying time-traveling DeLorean

12.10.2012 4:32 PM

The boys in the white lab coats might not be able to make a flying a car or see what serious stuff happens when one hits 88 miles per hour, but the scientists over at NASA are looking to bring the technology of Back to the Future to life.

Scientists try to figure out if were living inside The Matrix (no, really)

12.12.2012 11:07 AM

At the University of Washington, physicists want to put our universe to the test to see if theres actually space out there or the seemingly infinite edge of the Holodeck.

No, jet fuel won't make your car fly (and other things you missed)

12.10.2012 5:45 PM

It's Monday and we aren't feeling very creative. So let's skip the formalities and attempts at clever wit: Here's your GeekBytes for December 10, 2012.

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