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We love keeping track of new interaction technologies and this new touchscreen by Stantum looks especially promising. Engadget shot a hands-on video with it at the Mobile World Conference. It's a resistive screen, so it can be used with both fingers and styluses (unlike capacitive screens). It's sensitive enough that you could use a brush too. The screen supports any number of multitouch points … [Read more...]
[Kerry] is building a segway type vehicle for a senior project. Though it doesn't appear to be done yet, there is some good work finished. As with any balancing bot, it relies heavily on input from a gyroscope, and at least in this case, an accelerometer. That data can be very messy. The sensitivity of the sensor means that people often end up with vibrating or drifting in their projects. [Kerry] … [Read more...]
When the Bristlebots were released back in 2007 by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, we all thought they were pretty cool. Apparently someone at Klutz did too. They have released a book, with the title "Invasion of the BristleBots". The bots seem to be identical and the name is identical. There is no mention of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories anywhere in it. [Phillip Torrone] has attempted to … [Read more...]
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