Artistically these machines or robots may be not so attractive, but they may soon and already have put people out of work. Mainly used for building cars, these robots are very useful to keep costs low. So if you ever start an auto company, you may want to think about getting one of these bad…

James Clar, an interactive lighting designer, is developing an LED mesh structure that will eventually be installed on a hotel in Barcelona, Spain. During the day, individual nodes within the mesh collect and read sunlight amplitude. At night, the structure processes the light collected by the nodes to emit different color patterns with numerous LEDs….

The University of Washington has designed three robotic fish. These fish are a great example of automata. They can swim seperatley on their own, but are also beginnig to work together and swim in schools. Eventually they will be set out into open waters and used to track such things as underwater pollution source, whales,…

Train by John Klima is set up so it can be used both on a real life and virtual basis. The 15×23 scale model train is controlled by game boys, cell phones, etc. to go around and pick up passengers along the way. People are visible in detail and interact with each other on the…

This flying manta ray is just a mylar balloon stretched around a skeleton and filled with helium. I’m sure the machine is not very complicated at all, considering that it has to be lighter enough to be carried by helium. The mechanical parts probably aren’t much more complicated than the toys we took apart last…

The Pharoah’s Serpent is a firework made of Mercury Thiocyanate. While this is extremely dangerous due to the release of toxic mercury fumes, it is one of the most interesting things I’ve ever seen. The snakes are made of foamed carbon. This chemical is also listed as a class 6 poison by the US DOT,…

Getup blocks is a machine that automatically rebuilds a block tower that has been knocked over. The blocks examine whether a child a still remains intrested when knocking over the towers that are not built by a person. The blocks want to know if the interaction with the material or the person or both.In the…

Robopanda is one of the playful robot who loves to talk, he loves to share stories and singing. Robopanda talks with the childrens. He jokes around the house. For the Robopanda, you dont have to use remote control. Robopanda is basically a playing material for the childrens. Instead of using remote control Robopanda control by…

LaserGames is a means of controlling games and applications on any scale using a laser pointer. From information I’ve gathered, in this clip you see a 2000 lumens projector and the typical 5mw red diode keychain variety laser pointer. How amazing is that. With such simple and commonly available hardware you can have so much…

This is a collaborative photo project from Flickr.com that really caught my eye. The clip above begins with talking about how photos these days can be made into extremely high resolutions to do ridiculous things, like putting a chapter per column and make an entire book a single photo. One of the pictures he references…

This robot dog can do what most dogs can do. It can run, climb, and walk on rough terrain. The dog can also carry heavy loads. So this dog is kind of like a real dog, but it can also do things that regular dogs can’t do like carry heavy things. The dog has a…

4-D Pixel takes architecture to a new level with it’s human-interactive wall. This “wall” is made up of hundreds of physical pixels. When a person’s activity is sensed, this wall responds and adapts to the human presence. Depending on the behavior of its surroundings, this wall can be aggressive or sensual and displays relievo letters…