Tag Archives: techy

Friday, March 16th, 2012

lighting choreographer

This is a video demonstration of a system that uses LEDs to create light effects on the user’s body and can synchronize with the motion or the sound. [VIA]

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

lego beer machine

If you are a bit lazy and have a few minutes to spare, maybe this beer machine is for you. It is made with Lego Mindstorms NXT and uses bluetooth and other fancy things to summon your beer and chill … Continue reading →

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

3d paper waveforms

This is Paper Note – a program that will allow for the physical representation of wave forms via paper. You basically record a message, and the sound is analyzed to be transformed into a tangible waveform made from paper. Neat! … Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

swarm of nano quadrotors

Here is a little swarm of nano quadrotors flying around and showing just how awesome they are. They also totally sound like bees. [VIA]

Friday, January 13th, 2012

digital rug

This is a video showing a prototype of a digital rug that changes patterns as someone walks over this. This is pretty neat. [VIA]

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

big ideas (don’t get any)

This is a “cover” of Radiohead’s “Nude” aka “Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any)” using old electronic items. Not only does this sound neat, it looks pretty too. [VIA]

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

robot snare drum and scanner perform little drummer boy

A robot snare drum and an HP scanner perform their rendition of the holiday classic “Little Drummer Boy.” Totally festive.

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

little printer

Say hello to the Little Printer. You send it subscriptions from your smartphone and it will print things for you in its own cute little way. Aww. [VIA]

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

robots!

Here is a compilation of the robots you will see being developed at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – through members of their Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science divisions. Anyways, Robots! Snakes! Crawly things! Things that look … Continue reading →

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

microsoft concept video from 1999

This is a concept video from Microsoft in 1999 called “Meet the Family” and it shows what technology will be like in the future. 12 years later, much of this technology has been developed- albeit in a prettier presentation. [VIA]