Archive for June, 2008

Controlling Robot from Silverlight

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

What's that you say?  A robot that is actually controled via a web site?  Oh, not just any website but a Silverlight application on a website.   I'm so excited I could explode! Control Robot from Microsoft Silverlight website using Tomy i-Sobot + infrared blaster + Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft Health CUI Demonstrator

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Here are two videos that show the user experience of Microsoft's new Health Common User Interface (MSCUI). The Patient Journey Demonstrator is a vehicle for Microsoft to showcase their state-of-the-art User Experience for Healthcare applications. Part 1 Part 2

Siftables

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Siftables aims to enable people to interact with information and media in physical, natural ways that approach interactions with physical objects in our everyday lives. Check out the video or go and learn more about Siftables from David Merrill's site.

ARIAL Laboratory of Robotics

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Check out this very cool prototype robot Made by ARIAL Laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano

Toshiba Protype Robot Controls Devices In Your Livingroom

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Toshiba's prototype robot can control devices in your living room. The robot, called ApriPoco, learns from users and then can act on their command. Toshiba hopes to commercialize ApriPoco one day.