PC World’s Gadget Freak column is coming to an end after a five year run. And in his farewell post, Gadget Freak columnist Dan Tynan calls out the five best gadgets he’s encountered over the course of writing the column: The best gadgets have certain qualities in common. They solve difficult problems simply and elegantly. They’re constantly ahead of the curve, adding new features before you realize you need them. And most important, they put you in control of your own digital destiny–so that y
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This enterprising fellow turned a lifeless Wall-E toy into an actual Wall-E robot. He’s written an Instructable documenting the process. I like the boneyard of Roomba parts in the second half of the video. Build an autonomous Wall-E Robot Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Robotics | Digg this!
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We’ll be looking at four of Mr. Smith’s movies… iRobot, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, and Hancock. Should be fun!!! It all starts this week @ 6pm if you are in Austin.
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Oct 29 2008 Matt 8 comments Latest by Mike D The first time I saw my baby nephew crawling around all over my place I thought, “Wow, I should put some Swiffer pads on this kid and turn him into a human Roomba.” Looks like someone beat me to it with “Baby Mops” (above). Love the little horsey on the outfit too. Of course this is a joke…right?
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