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We Were Promised Jetpacks – It’s Thunder And It’s Lightning
We Were Promised Jetpacks is an indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland, comprising Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums). The band’s debut album, These Four Walls, was released on 15 June 2009 on Fat Cat Records. I recently just came across them while I was digging through [...]
Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius
The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length collection of original songs since 2005’s civic pop opus Illinois. This new album is probably his most unusual, first, for its lack of conceptual underpinnings, and second, for its preoccupation with Sufjan himself. Vesuvius off of The Age of Adz pulls you in right [...]
Lemolo
Lemolo followed me on twitter this last week and I noticed they were local to Seattle so I decided to check them out. When I first hit play I was honestly skeptical when a extremely simplistic electronic beat started. In hopes that it would get better I waited to see if it would build but [...]
@NickBMartin3 @katemorris let's meet up in Bellevue should be neutral for everyone - Nick you get to pick the place
Nao Next Gen robot
Aldebaran Robotics has unveiled the latest version of Nao, its very own plastic pal who’s fun to be with. Despite its toy-like appearance, it’s designed to be used for research and teaching – and, specifically, to help “serve organisations that care for autistic children and those losing their autonomy.”
Read MoreGraffiti Robot
Designed by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi, the “Senseless Drawing Robot” (that’s them calling it senseless, not me) combines random programming with even more random motion to spray paint randomness2 along whatever wall you park it next to. One thing’s for sure: humans aren’t allowed to be doing this. SENSELESS DRAWING BOT from yang02 on [...]
Read MoreThe Kinect Motion Tracking Robot Controller
I originally posted this on the Microsoft Robotics Blog The romote control has come along way from the first remote patent by Nikola Tesla in 1898 and the first wireless TV remote “The Flashmatic” that used photon cells as shown in the picture below. Fast forward 100 years and remote controls are breaking new ground [...]
Read MoreThe Party Photographer aka Roborazzi
I haven’t posted to much lately since I’m heads down in a couple different projects these days but I wanted to put this up to hear your thoughts around @ home robotics. I originally published this post on the Microsoft Robotics Blog Smile for the camera! It’s estimated that 3.5 trillion photos have been taken [...]
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