[Tech] robots and Electronic-paper watches

poisonspider

Veteran X
http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/biomimetics/Biomimetic-robot-Hanson.mov

If the the voice is directly coming from the speaker, which i think it is, then its not impressive (correct me if im wrong-i proibably am!), but its kinda funny and creepy so watch it anyways

http://www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp/research/flute/movie/BumbleBee.mpg

A robot that likes to fiddle. lol its not that impressive because thats all it does and its preprogrammed and all that shit but its still 'neat'



**also nanos are fucking cool - I thought you should know.


http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20050401/103334/?SS=imgview_e&FD=-1278822007

E-paper watch:

Seiko Epson has been promising they’d be rocking the e-paper, and they’ve finally put out. It isn’t exactly the foldable, electronic newspaper of the future, but it’s at least something unique in the arena of timepieces. They partnered with the Seiko Watch corporate division to develop a wristwatch whose display, made of e-paper, shows a constantly changing mosaic pattern along with the conventional time display. Seiko Epson hooked up with the E Ink corporation in the US to develop the display, which combines E Ink’s electrophoretic paper with Seiko’s driver interface to produce a monochrome display with a contrast ratio of 10:1. Look for units to roll out to the public in Japan sometime this year.
 
The robot thing looks cool. If you can install a set of optical sensors and have it decode lines of music, you have a grandmaster flutist right there with perfect precision.
 
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