This is a free interpretation of Cracklin Rosie, played on 2 Android devices, 2 Windows Mobile devices and 1 iPod Touch. The Piano and Drum sequencers are by Steffest, Pocket Stombox is used for the real time effects and the main instruments are the fantastic iShred and Guitar apps by Frontierdesign.
Motorola’s Android powered Lego robot can solve a Rubik’s cube the fastest. Watch as this Lego technic robot solves the 3-D mechanical puzzle in under 25 seconds.
“This Rubik’s Cube solver was designed and programmed using an ARM Powered Android Motorola Droid mobile phone, a LEGO Mindstorms NXT and lots of yellow LEGO technic pieces! The Android App running on the DROID uses the phones camera to take pictures of each face of the cube and sends the solution to the LEGO NXT controller via Bluetooth.
(via Make)
Days ago we presented you a video of the Nike Music Shoe, which was flexible Nike running shoes playing music. Here is the making of the free run shoe on how the whole video was created. The engineers speaks on how everything was wired up to provide the musical results from the shoes. Check it out!
With the Crosley CR6002A Portable Record Player, you can take your favorite music any where! It’s completely battery powered, features a platter smaller than a teacup saucer, and the first with a modern, rubberized finish for on-the-go use.
Users can tote this two-speed turntable with them to vinyl swaps or to a friend’s house. Featuring a USB hookup for easy analog-to-digital transfer, the Crosley Revolution™ will allow users to free their favorites from the grooves for more convenient listening. This small but mighty turntable also features dual headphone jacks, dynamic full range stereo speakers and a carrying case.
The Devon Works Trend 1 Watch ($15,000) is super high tech and might be the only watch you’ll see that comes bulletproof. The watch features a motor and belt-drive mechanism and a rechargeable battery that can be recharged up wirelessly.
The movement of the Tread 1 is a mesmerizing display of Devonʼs patented interwoven system of time belts. This series of belts expresses hours and minutes in exacting motion, while the seconds indicator runs in continuous motion. To ensure temporal accuracy, a proprietary optical recognition system monitors each belt position at all times. The belt assemblies are mounted on a central chassis, which allows for the perfect clearance of the moving parts and also creates the illusion that the parts are floating within the case.
Sprint’s new 4G Case has padded pockets made to carry both the iPad and the Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, so you can simultaneously connect your iPad and four more Wi-Fi enabled devices at 4G speeds anywhere within 4G coverage areas. Meaning now you can use your iPad for everything it was built for, and then some. Available at Bestbuy.
What you see is the Chobi Mini Digital Camera, which is tiny enough to be able to fit in a balled up fist! At 2048 x 1536 the stills resolution, mini camera features 5 megapixels sensor.
“Ultra compact, multifunctional Pocket sized Chobi Mini Digital Camera is one of the most compact digital camera’s ever! Yet it takes incredible digital photos. Chobi Mini Digital Camera can Video at 1280 x 960 pix 30 fps AVI movies and take 2048 x 1536 pix pictures.”
(via likecool)
Medea Spirits’ Vodka bottles now come wrapped in a blue programmable LED scrolling pixel display that can be programmed with up to 6 messages, each up to 255 characters in length. The messages can be scrolled through when the display is turned on and messages can be changed using buttons on the side of the board. You can get 40 hours of scrolling display and the battery lasts up to a year.
(via luxist)
A company in Germany has developed a new piece of home furnishing that illuminates your staircase using motion sensors and LED lighting.
“The stairs detects when a person enters it and activates the integrated lighting.
(via tv.gawker)
Created by Art Lebedev, the Reflectius Clock, features sixty rotating mirrors that successively reflect a single laser beam at precise angles to draw numbers. The body of the clock has a complex triangulated surface that reminds of the complicated trajectory the beam of light travels in no time.