Francois Vautier installed an ant colony and scanned it each week for five years. Now it depends on your point of view if it's awe or cringe-worthy. "Five years ago, I installed an ant colony inside my old scanner that allowed me to scan in high definition this ever-evolving microcosm (animal, … [Read more...] about Time Lapse of Ants Invading a Document Scanner
Archives for March 2012
World’s Largest Slingshot is for Shooting Hoops
All it took are strips of garter and a well-shaped tree for some sporty geeks to build the world's largest slingshot to be used for playing... basketball. The guys from Dude Perfect, who have attracted Internet attention before for their ridiculous shotgun basketball idea, make a comeback with … [Read more...] about World’s Largest Slingshot is for Shooting Hoops
Classy Scrabble Set out this August
Now Scrabble just got a little classier. Last year, this wonderful Scrabble set was designed by Andrew Capener. The set featured a minimalist wooden board and used different intricate fonts on the tiles. This unique design brought a fresh and sophisticated look to the classic game, making it a … [Read more...] about Classy Scrabble Set out this August
Action Trackchair is Wheelchair for Active Patients
The dreadful, ordinary wheelchair gets a much-needed upgrade with the Action Trackchair, now (unofficially) the world's most badass wheelchair. So what does the Trackchair have that the boring wheelchair does not? For starters, it comes in camouflage. It has available slots, racks, and mounts for … [Read more...] about Action Trackchair is Wheelchair for Active Patients
Find All Your Gadgets With Ugrokit
When we misplace our phones, it's easy to ring them, but what about all our other stuff? The Ugrokit now lets you tag your gadgets with a thin radio frequency identification (RFID) so you can find them with a sensor. Finders like these, such as Click N' Dig, have been available before, but they … [Read more...] about Find All Your Gadgets With Ugrokit
Take your iPad Outdoors with CampFire
The iPad and its friends have got our moms yelling over our heads, "Go out and play outdoors!" With X-Doria's CampFire, you might just get your iPad out and play outdoors. Haha! X-Doria developed CampFire to protect your iPad 2 from the harsh outdoors. It is a custom sleeping bag that protects … [Read more...] about Take your iPad Outdoors with CampFire
Startram is Cheap Alternative to Rocket-based Space Travel
Rocket propulsion is no longer the only way to get into space. Other existing technology like magnetic levitation can be utilized, and that is what the Startram orbital launch system maximizes for space travel. Startram is basically a maglev (magnetic levitation) launch system, by which a train … [Read more...] about Startram is Cheap Alternative to Rocket-based Space Travel
Toshiba to Release Copier with Erasable Prints
Toshiba Tec takes earth friendliness to the next level with their latest innovation: a copier that uses erasable toner. Using a color erasing device (which is also built-in feature of the revolutionary copier), the print disappears, allowing the paper to be reused for up to multiple times. "The … [Read more...] about Toshiba to Release Copier with Erasable Prints
Engineers Develop Optimal Path Predictor for Underwater Robots
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed groundbreaking software designed to predict the fastest and most efficient routes for underwater vehicles to travel from one point to another. Interestingly, the optimal path might not always be a straight line. The breakthrough … [Read more...] about Engineers Develop Optimal Path Predictor for Underwater Robots
Robotic Refueling With Space Station Robotics
NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) began on the International Space Station with the Canadian Dextre Robot and RRM tools last March 7-9, 2012. This is a milestone for the world since the Canadian Robot will be declared as the coolest gas buddy... in the universe. (kidding!) RRM is a joint … [Read more...] about Robotic Refueling With Space Station Robotics
SAFFiR to be Navy’s Shipboard Robot Firefighter
Shipboard fires? U.S. Naval Research Laboratory got that handled with humanoid firefighter robots, now in the design stage. NRL formed a team of researchers coming from their group and from various universities like Virginia Tech and University of Pennsylvania to design the robot called SAFFiR or … [Read more...] about SAFFiR to be Navy’s Shipboard Robot Firefighter
Tether App for iPhone is Back
Award-winning app Tether continues to solve WiFi connectivity problems with its relaunched version specifically for iPhones. According to Tether CEO Tim Burke, the demand for a tethering app for Apple devices was apparent when they first launched the app, aptly named iTether, but was removed from … [Read more...] about Tether App for iPhone is Back
