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Beer Fetching Robot

ArielBambino — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:07:21 +0000

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It’s exactly what it sounds like. Baller.

Robotics firm Willow Garage developed a robot that will not only get your beer for you, but also has beer brand and face recognition abilities. “Order” a beer online and the robot will go to the refrigerator, select the correct brand, bring you the beer, and, most importantly, won’t let go of it until it sees your face. So if your bros are stealing your beers, those days are over.

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Wizard of Oz 2?

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:28:41 +0000

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Make a Phone Call like Obi-Wan and Leia!

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:19:13 +0000

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From 3D to AR (Augmented Reality) to mist projection, telepresence, and even this holographic display: (*) The holy grail of dimensionalized viewing has always been to create a digital display, that includes both interactivity for the end user, and ultimately display free.

The days of communicating like old Ben Kenobi are just around the corner. Many of us have dreamed of a day when we can call up a friend, or vidy a film, and feel truly immersed in the experience.

Though name conjours images of a freakishly well know director in the west, Burton Inc will be presenting it’s equally strangely named Aerial Burton.

As I understand it, the 3D of this device is very similar in theory to something I’ve long thought to be true: you should, Dr. Venkman, cross the streams.

If you imagine one source of light, let’s say a laser, to be a projected stream with a beginning and an end, and then use a second laser and send it’s stream at a perpendicular angle then the collision point of the two streams will generate an intensified “point” of light. Multiply that out 100 times, and the light becomes visible at a single point in space.

By turning each beam on and off at a specific interval, you then have the equivalent of a single floating pixel, in true, volumetric 3d space.

Repeat this process, until you have enough points to define an object, and voila!

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