‘Make’ editor tempts fates with handgun-embossed carry-on bag Tue, Mar 4th, 2008 posted by admin 06:03 PM One of my favorite people in the world of tech culture has always been Make magazine senior editor Phil Torrone. Over the years, I’ve done a number of stories about his various exploits, including Roomba Frogger at South by Southwest 2006, his laser-etching business, his jamming of TVs at a hotel in Austin, Texas, and his work in helping organize Maker Faires. Beyond that, I’ve
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There are some new bots called OSP on the drawing board. Using advance robotics, these guys autonomously work together to contain an oil spill by surrounding it with an inflatable barrier. Once contained, clean-up crews can jump in and suck the oil out. After reading this, my Roomba just quit. Designer: Ji-hoon Kim With the help of its simple and modular structure, OSP unit can be transported to the accident site rapidly and commence its mission immediately. Like a torpedo and mine o
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iRobot Verro Bottom Feeding Robot Now here’s a robot that has a lowly occupation (literally) as it scours the depths of your swimming pool in order to rid it of sand, dirt and other undesirable items which will otherwise spoil a fun experience in your pool. The Verro line of pool cleaning robots now welcome the Verro 500 and Verro 100, with the former targeting in-ground pools while the latter was specially designed to clean above ground pools. The Verro 100 and 500 will retail for $399 and
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March 5, 2008 Most notably known to consumers for its Roomba robot vacuum range and an assortment of home help bots, iRobot has received an award under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LANdroids program to develop a small, mobile communications relay robot that would empower US warfighters with communications… Tags: DARPA, iRobot, Military, Robot Related Articles: iRobot unveils US$130 programmable robot for developers and students New technology for simultaneous con
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Wow, check out this Oil Roomba that will clean up any oil spills. Get bunch of these together and they look like ants! There are some new bots called OSP on the drawing board. Using advanced robotics, these guys autonomously work together to contain an oil spill by surrounding it with an inflatable barrier. Once contained, clean-up crews can jump in and suck the oil out. Designer Ji-hoon Kim, must have come up with this idea after cleaning his house with bunch of Roombas… [via] Y
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Clean Up: OSP Robot Is Human Sized Roomba For Oil Spills Now, this is one cool piece of technology. My parents have a Roomba, you know one of those robot vacuum cleaners. How about the same technology for oil spills? This definitely has a neat use for oil spill management. 73
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OSP Robot Is Human Sized Roomba For Oil Spills Designer Ji-hoon Kim has come up with an ingenuous idea for cleaning up oil spills. Using various features such as boom control modules, solar panels, oil protection boom, communication modules, boom connectors, and propulsion modules the OSP robots work together to surround an oil spill site with an inflatable barrier. Once the site has been contained the cleaning crews can easily remove the oil from the water. If saving the planet wasn’t cool
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OSP Robot Is Human Sized Roomba For Oil Spills Designer Ji-hoon Kim has come up with an ingenuous idea for cleaning up oil spills. Using various features such as boom control modules, solar panels, oil protection boom, communication modules, boom connectors, and propulsion modules the OSP robots work together to surround an oil spill site with an inflatable barrier. Once the site has been contained the cleaning crews can easily remove the oil from the water. If saving the planet wasn’t cool eno
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Aqua-Roombas to clean up oil spills using teamwork Written by Devin Coldewey March 4th, 2008 No Comments This is a cool idea, although I’m skeptical of it being cost effective. And considering you’ll have to clean off every one of those expensive robots after each spill, it’s a messy proposition as well. Still, it’s a great idea and could provide a nice boost to spill containment efforts. It’s still a concept at this point, but feel free to DIY one in your garage (but maybe add longer arm
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Latest Signals from iRobot: One If By Land, Two If By Pool Xconomy, MA - 20 hours ago Last April, iRobot introduced its Verro 300 and Verro 600 pool-cleaning robots, which were developed by Aquajet and Aquatron and brought to market under the …

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