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Real Life About Wall- E Robot
Mike Senna, a computer programmer from Orange County, California, has spent the last two and a half years building a real-life Wall-E robot, from scratch. It moves around, rolls and talks, but he doesn’t collect trash.
In 2009, shortly after the movie Wall-E was launched, we featured some photos of cool Wall-E computer case mod, but that feat simply pales in comparison to Mike Senna’s awesome achievement.
The robot aficionado spend between 3,200 and 3,800 man hours building his very own version of the adorable Pixar trash-collecting hero. His computer programming skills definitely came in handy, but seeing as there were no Wall-E parts available anywhere on this planet, he had to construct the whole thing from scratch. He worked on it about 25 hours a week, after his day job, but all the hard work certainly paid off.
This isn’t Mike Senna’s first robot, either. In 2003, he created his own version of R2D2, so he’s pretty well-known in select geek circles. His latest creation has started making appearances at various events, putting a smile on children’s faces and getting praised by adult geeks. For detailed “how did he do it” information make sure you check out his blog. There are lot sof cool photos to look at, as well.
‘Oculus Rift’ | The Real World Gaming Experience
Oculus Rift can now be used to pilot an actual drone – just strap on the headset-based cockpit and go crazy. Only instead of virtual hurdles, you need to watch out for real world trees and buildings.
Erik Torkel Danielsson, co-founder of Intuitive Aerial, was the first test flyer of the Oculus Rift drone contraption. It is a spying machine which carries camera mounted on top. A laptop is connected for its control assembly and WiFi Connectivity shows on the headset. A dream come true for RC freaks everywhere.
The Real Ring to Unlock Them All !
The Near Field Communication (NFC) standard has become a super useful way of sharing things, by allowing you to interact with other devices wirelessly for communication and data sharing. Well, here is something new from John McLear which he calls “The NFC Ring”. If you are a tech geek then you would love to have this thing around your finger.
McLear developed this ring for the purpose of unlocking doors, but NFC tech is capable of doing multiple things; sure, if you have a Lockitron device (NFC equipped Door Lock) just bring it near the lock and the door will automatically open for you – but you could also use it to unlock an NFC equipped phone with just a swipe.
The ring isn’t just built for unlocking doors and phones. It can be used for Wi-Fi connectivity, video locks, unlock interfaces and much more. If this shiny tech jewelry comes into production then maybe the cumbersome task of carrying multiple conventional keys will be history.
