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U.bo pet robot controlled by phone

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:14:14 +0000

Tokyo Toy show the demonstration of a new pet robot called U.bo from Phison Electronics.
Measuring 10cm in length and 8.5cm high, it comes with an interactive software that can be installed on PCs.

Consequently, different mouse buttons can be used to interact with the virtual U.bo. Also, a Bluetooth connection in the mobile phone can be used to control it. It also has some touch sensors in the bum, which if petted upon can cause lot of happiness to this round robot and spanking lot of unhappiness and running away.

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LG eXpo with AuthenTec smart sensor technology

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:39:42 +0000

GearBox Ball Prototype for iPhone

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:09:35 +0000

The GearBox ball is a robotic sphere that can be controlled with your mobile phone.

GearBox is a smart toy company that has created a robotic ball which is controlled via a smartphone. Applications can be built on the smartphone via a simple API which requires minimal coding. Early applications include “Sumo,” where two people attempt to knock each other off of a table, “Golf,” where you swipe the phone to shoot the ball at the hole, and “Kittens,” in which users can earn points by playing with their cat and causing certain interactions.

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A headset sensor that reads your brainwaves

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:04:34 +0000

Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface(on base of sensors) reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.

Low-Cost Mobile Phone Eye Test for iPhone

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:23:01 +0000

NETRA (Near-Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment) uses a phone’s LCD display(iPhone) and intelligent software to administer a quick, effective and accurate vision test that patients can perform at home.

he NETRA test consists of a small plastic device clipped onto the phone’s screen. The patient looks into a tiny lens, presses the phone’s arrow keys to make a set of parallel green and red lines overlap, bringing view into sharp focus, and repeats this eight times for each eye as the lines appear at different angles. Software loaded onto the phone then provides the precise prescription data. It may sound laborious, but the entire process takes under two minutes.

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Real-time control system for Humanoids (via mobile)

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:21:14 +0000

V-Sido For Smartphones is a real-time control system for humanoids that turns smartphones into multi-touch remote controls for those robots. For example, if the user draws the shape of a star on the phone’s screen, the humanoid in question does the same in the real world (and in real-time). Move your fingers faster, and the robot will move its arms faster, too. Yamazaki said his future plans include developing a solution of life-sized robots and commercializing V-Sido by year-end.

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Minput Multipoint Optical Tracking Device turns Small Devices in to Mice

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:50:02 +0000

Minput is a device that uses a couple of optical sensors to track movement on a device such as an MP3 player. By moving the device around, various menu functions can be accessed. By using optical sensors on a device such as an MP3 player or mobile phone, it gives you the option to use the device as its own computer mouse.

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Visa officially announces their case that turns your iPhone into a credit card

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:15:56 +0000

DeviceFidelity, Inc. today announced the availability of its In2Pay™ solution for iPhone, designed to enable iPhone users to make contactless transactions, such as Visa mobile payments, by simply waving the iPhone in front of a contactless payment terminal. The solution combines DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay microSD technology with a specially designed, patent-pending protective case that adds mobile contactless capability and works with iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.

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Apple Patent Application Uses Heart Rhythm to ID Users

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:21:30 +0000

Apple has filed a patent application that shows an interesting way the firm is looking at telling if the user holding a future iPhone is authorized to use it. The app shows an iPhone with sensors in the case that reads the users heart rhythm.

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Future iPhone Could Gain Sense Of Smell with sensor

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:38:31 +0000

In about a year, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) hopes to have prototype phones from Apple, LG, Qualcomm, and Samsung that can sense carbon monoxide and fire.

On Friday, the S&T said that it has begun actively funding a project that has been in the research phase since 2007 to develop cell phones equipped with sensors capable to detecting dangerous chemicals.

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