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NoOpe! Do Not Want: Japan's Single-seat Electric Helicopter (w/ video)

NoOpe! Do Not Want: Japan's Single-seat Electric Helicopter (w/ video) | Heron | Scoop.it
Hirobo's electric helicopter is based on those small RC helicopters that you give to boys and boys-at-heart at Christmas when you don't really know them.
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Ex-Valve estão desenvolvendo óculos de realidade aumentada

Ex-Valve estão desenvolvendo óculos de realidade aumentada | Heron | Scoop.it
Após deixarem a Valve, dupla dá continuidade à criação de óculos de realidade aumentada.
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A Terrible But Fun Waste Of $140,000 Is This F1 Simulator

A Terrible But Fun Waste Of $140,000 Is This F1 Simulator | Heron | Scoop.it
Racing video games are quite fun. Some are more realistic than others but all of them are usually filled with enough action to satiate the average enthusiast. Track rats, however, might want something a bit more realistic.
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Un robot collant pour escalader des falaises abruptes

Un robot collant pour escalader des falaises abruptes | Heron | Scoop.it
Développé en Suisse par l'équipe de Fumiya Iida à l'ETH (Institut Fédéral des Technologies), voici un robot capable de grimper des falaises tout en transportant 5 fois sa propre masse. Doté de cous...
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New Automata : Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

New Automata : Cabaret Mechanical Theatre | Heron | Scoop.it
Fingers Mk III Four new pieces of automata have been added to the shop today. A new edition of Fingers by Nik Ramage, a mustache portrait by new artist Gary Schott & two new flying steampunk pieces by Keith Newstead.
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Wooden Legos from Japan!

Wooden Legos from Japan! | Heron | Scoop.it
The Wall Breakers (Wooden Legos from Japan - http://t.co/RmGstR6iEO)
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Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass?

It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? ...
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The Latest Hardware Hacking Tool: A Machines for Custom Circuit Boards | MIT Technology Review

The Latest Hardware Hacking Tool: A Machines for Custom Circuit Boards | MIT Technology Review | Heron | Scoop.it
Otherfab’s Kickstarter project offers an easy way to make custom circuit boards at home.
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Jet : les concurrentes des Google Glass

Jet : les concurrentes des Google Glass | Heron | Scoop.it
Les Google Glass font beaucoup parler d'elles, mais elles ne sont pas seules sur le marché des lunettes connectées. La dernière invention du Canadien Recon Instrument, connu pour ses produits high-...
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Análise à Ion Air Pro

Análise à Ion Air Pro | Heron | Scoop.it

Desde que experimentei algumas das câmaras "radicais" (já por cá passaram a Go Pro HD Hero2 e a Contour +2) que tenho estado curioso em saber que tal se comportam as opções mais económicas que têm surgido no mercado

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Arduino - Robot - the first official Arduino on wheels

Arduino - Robot - the first official Arduino on wheels | Heron | Scoop.it

The Arduino Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels. The robot has two processors, one on each of its two boards. The Motor Board controls the motors, and the Control Board reads sensors and decides how to operate. Each of the boards is a full Arduino board programmable using the Arduino IDE


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The Self Balancing Electric Unicycle

The Self Balancing Electric Unicycle | Heron | Scoop.it

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Maquete Eletrônica's curator insight, May 17, 12:52 PM

 monociclo elétrico---$2,700

Anake Goodall's comment, May 18, 7:52 AM
and a variant from Aotearoa New Zealand, in a range of fashion colours! ...
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, May 19, 3:49 AM

This briefcase-sized electric unicycle that keeps a rider perfectly balanced at all times with gyroscopic sensors. The unicycle’s 500-watt electric motor hat can push a 160lbs man at 13mph for up to two hours on a three hour charge.


What a Gadget and you can actually buy this one from here:

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=12208


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DARPA’s Robotic Hand Can Unlock and Open Your Door

DARPA’s Robotic Hand Can Unlock and Open Your Door | Heron | Scoop.it
Engineers often turn to nature for inspiration, but working from evolutionary blueprints isn’t always necessary.
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3ders.org - Introducing Tumaker Voladora Desktop 3D printer | 3D Printer & 3D Printing News

3ders.org - Introducing Tumaker Voladora Desktop 3D printer | 3D Printer & 3D Printing News | Heron | Scoop.it
Tumaker Voladora is a new 3D printer designed and built by the Basque Country based Tumaker.
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YikeBike - The world's first super light folding electric bike. | Urban Freedom

YikeBike - The world's first super light folding electric bike. | Urban Freedom | Heron | Scoop.it
The world's first super light folding electric bike.
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Twitter / HybridVigorFilm: A Wireless Follow Focus made ...

Twitter / HybridVigorFilm: A Wireless Follow Focus made ... | Heron | Scoop.it
RT @HybridVigorFilm: A Wireless Follow Focus made from LEGOS. by @Kalibr_Prod #cinematography #r3d #filmmaking http://t.co/vGeMvPMTZ9
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Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept Revealed: Video

Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept Revealed: Video | Heron | Scoop.it
Aston Martin has released full details for its CC100 Speedster based on the V12 Vantage, following the striking concept’s debut at the Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend where the automaker is competing.
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Cool Mom Picks - Swoop bags for LEGOS get more portable. Whoo!

Cool Mom Picks - Swoop bags for LEGOS get more portable. Whoo! | Heron | Scoop.it
One of our favorite toy storage solutions, in travel size. Meet the Swoop Mini bag, for storing LEGOs and more on the go.
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The Best Sci-Fi Cars Of All Time

The Best Sci-Fi Cars Of All Time | Heron | Scoop.it
You're living in the future, but nobody goes by foot anymore. You need a car. But what car do you get? And which dystopian future are you in? These are the best cars in all of sci-fi.
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Pro Tech Toolkit - iFixit

Pro Tech Toolkit - iFixit | Heron | Scoop.it
Pro Tech Toolkit: Repair your Mac or iPod yourself. iFixit sells
parts and upgrades for your iPod, PowerBook, iBook, or MacBook with free
Fixit Guides. The base for our extensive toolkit collection.
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Flocking behavior using Mindstorm robots

Flocking behavior using Mindstorm robots | Heron | Scoop.it
Do you ever wonder why geese always fly together in a V-shape? We're not asking about the fact that it makes the work load much less for all but the lead goose.
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Google Sensors Are Data Mining I/O Attendees - And They Don't Care

Google Sensors Are Data Mining I/O Attendees - And They Don't Care | Heron | Scoop.it
The thousands of attendees at the Google I/O developers conference this week are unwitting guinea pigs for the company's latest Big Data experiment. And they don't seem to have a problem with that.
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Homebrew GPS gets ±1 meter resolution with a Raspberry Pi

Homebrew GPS gets ±1 meter resolution with a Raspberry Pi | Heron | Scoop.it
We've been following the work of [Andrew Holme] and his homebrew GPS receiver for a while now. A few years ago, [Andrew] built a four-channel GPS receiver from scratch, but apparently that wasn't enough for him.
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‘Robo Raven’ is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles | U Maryland

‘Robo Raven’ is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles | U Maryland | Heron | Scoop.it

"How hard could it be to make a robot bird whose wings can flap independently of each other?" Institute for Systems Research, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland


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When Romeo Is a Robot

When Romeo Is a Robot | Heron | Scoop.it
Two sensor-laden machines explore love in the time of automata. (love in the time of automata
http://t.co/DXYCsVnmK4)
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L4zWiz Versus 16 Bots [Alliance of Valiant Arms]

Shader 2.0 is Terrible FIND ME ON FACEBOOK: New page https://www.facebook.com/pages/L4zWiz/534458986578184 Twitter: https://twitter.com/L4zWiz (#Latest_videos L4zWiz Versus 16 Bots http://t.co/VaeRXwO9IU)...
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