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  • Roomba + Kinect = Gesture-Controlled, 3-D–Mapping Robot


    Wired Mods — Authority Authority: 767
    Philipp Robbel, a student at MIT’s Personal Robotics Group, uses a hacked Xbox Kinect camera and an iRobot Create kit to make a Roomba-esque KinectBot that can recognize human beings and respond to their gestural commands.
    1 day ago

  • iRobot Hacked With Kinect Motion Controller (video)


    Geeky-Gadgets — Authority Authority: 715
    MIT Personal Robotics Group has been busy hacking Microsofts Kinect system and combining it with an iRobot to create some fantastic results. MIT have created a low cost localisation and mapping hardware system that allows them to control the iRobot with great effect. Check out the system after the jump in a demo ...
    2 days ago

  • Fluid Dress is knit from plastic tubing


    MAKE Magazine — Authority Authority: 723
    Fluid Dress 2.0 ! Lovely video of blacklight-reactive fluid being pumped through the 600 ft of plastic tubing comprising this dress by Casual Profanity . We saw an earlier prototype at Maker Faire Bay Area 2009. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | ...
    2 days ago

  • Make an App for Your Small Business — Without Hiring a Developer


    Mashable! — Authority Authority: 887
    The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . Name: MobiFlex Quick Pitch: Build your own complex apps without hiring a developer. Genius ...
    3 days ago

  • 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk Turned Into USB Drive


    Geeky-Gadgets — Authority Authority: 715
    If you have some old floppy disks lying around, then you may want to check out this fun DIY USB drive which was made using an old 3.5 inch floppy. This fun USB drive was made by Charles Mangin from Option8 , and he managed to get a USB drive inside a 3.5 inch floppy. This might be a cool  DIY protect, ...
    5 days ago

  • ANNOUNCING the Inhabitat Green Halloween Contest Winners!


    INHABITAT — Authority Authority: 751
    DRUMROLL PLEASE… You came, you crafted , you voted , and now we have a grand prize winner for this year’s  Green Halloween Costume Contest ! After narrowing down what seemed like and endless number of awesome homemade Halloween costumes to just 18 finalists , we left if up to you readers to decide which ...
    5 days ago

  • LAST CHANCE to Vote for Your Favorite Green Halloween Costume!


    INHABITAT — Authority Authority: 751
    Our Green Halloween Costume Contest closes TODAY at 6pm EST! There is less than 1 hour left to vote for your favorite  Green Halloween Costume Contest and the competition is heating up!  Right now, this incredibly intricate  Monty Python Black Knight made of actual soda can tabs is almost neck and neck with the ...
    1 week ago

  • DIY Goody Bags


    swissmiss — Authority Authority: 724
    What a refreshing new take on Birthday Party Goodie Bags . Use pages from an old magazine with imagery you like, cut out squares about 15×15 cm (6″x6″) and glue the outer ends together to make a tube. Then sew together one end, fill it with a surprise, turn it 90 degrees and sew together the other end. Presto!
    1 week ago

  • The Daily Slash: November 11 2010


    SlashGear — Authority Authority: 794
    Double Slash! Today is the first day we’ve ever run a post by the name of “SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up” for those of you who just can’t wait until nighttime to get your daily dosage of technological gear news in list form. Then, it was a day just bursting at the seams with information about one phone: Nexus S ...
    1 week ago

  • LAST CHANCE to Vote for Your Favorite Green Halloween Costume!


    INHABITAT — Authority Authority: 751
    Our Green Halloween Costume Contest closes Friday at 5pm EST! This year our Green Halloween Costume Contest received tons of awesome entries, but sadly only one can be the grand prize winner — so whether you love the incredible craftmanship of this floating house from the movie “UP ” or the hilarious ...
    1 week ago

  • Let Them Eat Cake


    SlashGear — Authority Authority: 794
    It is inevitable. A columnist will post a thoughtful article on a polarizing topic, and the comments section will explode. Whether the column was sensationalizing one side or the other, or if the columnist took a more moderate stance, it doesn’t matter. Often, the commenters have obviously not even read past the ...
    1 week ago

  • Livestream For Facebook Lets You DIY Live Stream Video On Fan Pages


    TechCrunch — Authority Authority: 896
    Livestream , the live video streaming service that has hooked up with Facebook in the past for  Facebook Live , is launching another partnership with the social networking giant. From today onward brands with a Facebook fan page can manually link up their Livestream channel to their page and host live video on ...
    1 week ago