My weekly web-crawler popped up with this interesting link not long ago. Nicely put together, nice photos, nice group of 'bots! Simon Fraser's Robots
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November 21, 2012
If I could choose a super power, I would pick the ability to erase people's memory. And lucky for me, I've just been granted a free wish from The Magic Taco. Get ready, everyone. Pew! Done! Whew, now we never have to write a new post again. Check out these "new" links we prepared for you today:
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Fans wear cosplay, superhero and manga costumes at London Comic Con 2012 Although the time of dressing up is almost a month away, these look darn cool. Save the ideas for next year! |
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Vanishing Spirits: The Beautiful Dried Remains of Single-Malt Scotch by Ernie Button These are not the planetary hallucinations you will get after consuming large amounts of single-malt scotch. Instead, this is what the bottom of the glass would look like after said scotch is consumed. That is, assuming you are a talented photographer named Ernie Button who produced these macro images. If not, just enjoy the photos. |
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Mine Kafon | Callum Cooper One of Mark Tilden's original ideas for "survivable robots" was for this built for the purpose of detonating landmines. This solution, albeit only wind-driven, is pretty clever and inexpensive. |
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Iris Camera Concept Shoots Just What You See This is a prototype of a camera that uses biometric iris tracking to control the frame and capture photographs. Just double blink to snap a photo! Then, insert a USB stick into your nostril to transfer files, press bellybutton to activate WiFi... Hm, that might be a bit much... |
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Skittles sorting machine sorts Skittles, keeps the band happy Never put your teeth on a brown Skittle again! If you're like Van Halen, we have a solution for you that uses a TAOS RGB color sensor to sort this rainbow jumble into neat piles, for no particular reason at all. |
If I could choose a super power, I would pick the ability to erase people's memory... Wait, was that a mirror in front of me? Woops.
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