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Newest Kinect hack: a grocery cart that loyally follows disabled shoppers (video)

Microsoft’s Kinect is the gift that keeps on giving for hackers, spawning everything from glasses-free teleconferencing to Tesla coil manipulation to uh, well, Android dance parties. But Luis de Matos’s wi-Go project is one of the most socially conscious we’ve seen: it adds a laptop and (despite its name) a Kinect to a shopping cart, enabling the cart to follow a wheelchair user. Improving on the B.O.S.S. bot we saw a half-decade ago, the wi-Go could allow anyone — including the disabled or elderly — to shop independently, regardless of physical capability. De Matos doesn’t offer many technical details, but see the video above for a before-and-after demonstration.

Newest Kinect hack: a grocery cart that loyally follows disabled shoppers (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Soon You Can Play Games on Your Roku Box [Video]

Roku is branching outside its video streaming roots and bringing casual games to its set-top boxes this summer. More »

Sony Bloggie 3D camera available now

The Sony Bloggie 3D camera that was unveiled at CES, and then put up for pre-order a few weeks later is now available for purchase online. The consumer-level camera introduces 3D video recording and image capture to users who are looking to dip their toes into the 3D image market without wanting to fork out tons of cash for a high-end 3D camera.

The handy little camera can shoot 3D videos at 1080p and take 3D still shots at 5 megapixels. Its Exmor- CMOS sensor ensures beautiful pictures even in low light conditions and has the ability to capture photos while you’re shooting a video at the same time. It even packs a 2.4″ glasses-free 3D screen so you can preview your masterpieces on the spot. The Sony Bloggie 3D has 8GB of internal storage for you to record up to 4 hours of footage and HDMI output lets you share your videos and images on the big screen.

The Sony Bloggie 3D is available now on Amazon for $249.99.

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HECTOR insect-inspired hexapod walking robot is a smooth operator (video)

We’ve seen some rather nightmare-inducing robots inspired by insects, but, once again, the folks at Germany’s Bielefeld University have managed to turn something inherently creepy into a rather lighthearted affair. HECTOR, or hexapod cognitive autonomously operating robot, was designed to help its creators understand how exactly real animals manage to move so gracefully. Physically speaking, HECTOR sports six legs, with 18 joints in total, that protrude from an exoskeleton made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Its legs are given a rather life-like range of motion provided by a special set of “elastic joint drives” and a series of “biologically inspired” algorithms, and its exoskeleton can carry a load weighing 30 kilograms — the robot itself weighs a mere 12 kilograms. What’s more, HECTOR’s built to learn from its experiences. Okay, so a three foot robotic insect that can carry nearly three times its weight does sound kind of creepy in retrospect, but HECTOR really does have some smooth moves. You can see for yourself in the video after the break.

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HECTOR insect-inspired hexapod walking robot is a smooth operator (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Minicaster: the pocket-sized hardware-based H.264 live streaming encoder

It’s not that you need a hardware-based H.264 live streaming encoder hanging around in your fifth pocket, but if you’re looking to capture more of life’s moments, why not? Scheduled for a proper introduction at NAB Show 2011, the Minicaster is capable of encoding and delivering a number of streams while also recording at the same time, and those settings can be tweaked directly on the unit itself. The company recommends using it with Wowza Media Server, and if you’re looking to become the world’s next Ustream star, investing in one of these may not be such a bad idea. Emphasis on may, given that the asking price is eluding us at the moment.

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Minicaster: the pocket-sized hardware-based H.264 live streaming encoder originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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