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NEXTfest: Media Mirror


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The Media Mirror, developed by NYU, is a pop culture mosaic composed of over 200 channels of live cable TV in real-tme, that tries to mimic your picture. The ...

NEXTfest: Lifestraw


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The Lifestraw, developed by Vestergaard Frandsen, hopes to help eliminate waterborne illness like diarrhea and typhoid, which claim the lives of more then 6,000 people a day. For the ...

Near-instant gadget gratification


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Engadget had the scoop no an interesting gadget delivery service which promises to get the gadgets of your dreams to your door step in four hours or less. The four ...

NEXTfest: Virtual Canoe


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The Virtual Canoe, developed by the Technology Institute of Tokyo, is designed for city dwellers who are unable to actually partake in the white water rafting trip of their dreams. ...

NEXTfest: Pebbles


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Pebbles, designed by Telbotics, is designed for children that are too ill to attend school. From bed, a child uses a joystick to swivel the robots head and raise ...

NEXTfest: CosmoBot


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Move over Aibo, The CosmoBot by Anthrotronix "walks" on two feet and responds to remote control, voice commands, and body movements (with body sensors). Its got the heart of ...

OS X Perian plugin – Quicktime Swiss-Army knife


Posted in AV, Tech by Derek | 5 Comments

Want to make Quicktime a more robust video player? Check out the Perian plugin [via] (OS X only) which will add support for the following video formats: Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI MS-MPEG4 ...

NEXTfest: Power Assist Suit


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Designed for nurses in Japan, the Power Assist uses its compressed air lifting action to transfer patients from one bed to another. The suit, which calculates how much air ...

NEXTfest: Alex HUBO


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Alex HUBO, built by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, is the first-ever walking robot with an expressive face. Korean research adapted a human-like robotic head of Albert ...

NEXTfest: Robonaut


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The Robonaut is a prototype humanoid robotic system designed by the Robotic Systems Technology Branch at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Originally designed to assist crew during spacewalks, its mechanical ...

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