Building a door opening robot because… robots! I originally wrote this for Monsoonco.com. This is a repost. We work out of a historic bank in downtown Oakland. It’s gorgeous. There are high ceilings with gorgeous artwork, and we have not one, but two bank vaults with huge metal doors that we use as conference rooms. Unfortunately, solving simple problems in a historic… Read More
WANT! iphone ipad controlled Helicopter for $40 with shipping Nice! You can get one of those micro helicopters for around $40 that you can control with your iphone/ipad/ipad. The only thing missing is the video display. I would LOVE to see someone put a small wifi camera on this. I would buy it right now. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-helicopter/id439500840?mt=8 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/iphone-ipod-touch-ipad-controlled-rechargeable- DealExtreme, the leading online electronics retailer, unveils… Read More
RC helicoptor (drone) control using the iphone with remote camera This is so cool! I’m not at #CES yet but I will check this out. The video says it all, but basically this is a quadricoptor that you not only control using the tilt on the iphone, but also have a camera view ON the flyer itself! Normally, that would be cool enough, but wait,… Read More
Control your presentations from the new apple earphones? Well, according to macosxhints. They have not tried it, nor have I, but it seems like it could work. Since the new MacBooks now receive input from the iPhone’s headphones, you can use those headphones as a remote for running a presentation in Keynote ’09: One click starts the presentation. Two clicks moves to the… Read More