Posts Tagged ‘android’
The Body of a Tank, the Brain of an Android [Android]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 7th, 2010
We've come across plenty of robots that were controlled by phones before, but usually those phones were being controlled by human hands. Some California hackers, however, are building bots that put Android to work for their robo-brainpower.
Their first creation, the TruckBot, uses a HTC G1 as a brain and has a chassis that they made for $30 in parts. It's not too advanced yet—it can use the phone's compass to head in a particular direction—but they're working on incorporating the bot more fully with the phone and the Android software. Some ideas they're kicking around that wouldn't be possible with a dinky Arduino brain: face and voice recognition and location awareness.
If you're interested in putting together a Cellbot of your own—can you even conceive of a cooler dock for your Android phone?—the team's development blog has some more information. The possibilities here are manifold; mad scientists, feel free to share your Android-bot schemes in the comments. [Wired]
Image credit Miran Pavic / Wired.com
We Can iHandle It, AT&T Says
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Technology on January 29th, 2010
Nexus One Desktop Dock now available for $45
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 28th, 2010
The rumored desktop dock for the Nexus One has been made official today -- conveniently (and accurately) bearing the official name of Nexus One Desktop Dock -- running $45 sold separately or bundled with your phone purchase. As expected, dropping the phone into the dock triggers the Clock application to fire up to give you access to alarms, music, and weather (not unlike the Droid), but the special sauce lies out back where you'll find a 3.5mm jack that connects to your stereo system using an included 3.5mm-to-RCA cable. A charger's included to keep the phone topped off while it's resting in the cradle, too, and considering the presence of Bluetooth here, we're guessing audio is ferried via A2DP rather than a hardwired connection. Technology! The dock's available right now for purchase directly from Google.Nexus One Desktop Dock now available for $45 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nexus One News and Updates | Email this | Comments Milestone multitouch browser ported to the Droid by a user-made patch (video)
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 4th, 2010
[Thanks, Steve]
Continue reading Milestone multitouch browser ported to the Droid by a user-made patch (video)
Milestone multitouch browser ported to the Droid by a user-made patch (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AllDroid | Email this | Comments HTC testing out ‘touch tablets’ for Android and Chrome OS?
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 4th, 2010
What good would the rumor mill be if it didn't voice our innermost desires? Apparently not content with giving us the roomy 4.3-inch HD2, HTC is now said to be actively testing out fully fledged tablet devices. Slated (get it?) to be driven by Google's Android and minimalist Chrome OS, multiple varieties are currently being run through their paces and there's even word that "core HTC customers" will get to check them out at CES. Who these doyens are and whether they'll be so kind as to leak us a few photos is unknown, but word is that Qualcomm and Adobe are engaged to provide their hardware and software knowhow -- making for an impressive corporate combo if nothing else. This is still strictly uncorroborated, one-source rumormongering, but ain't it fun?HTC testing out 'touch tablets' for Android and Chrome OS? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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SmartHouse | Email this | Comments Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 2nd, 2010

Continue reading Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions
Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | CommentsMotorola Calgary / Droid Devour spotted in silver, Bluring it up
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 2nd, 2010
Motorola Calgary / Droid Devour spotted in silver, Bluring it up originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Boy Genius Report | Email this | Comments Motorola Calgary / Droid Devour Gets Shot Up In Silver, New Info [Motorola]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 2nd, 2010
Motorola making a device in more that one color? You don't say… One of our connects sent us the above photo of the Motorola Calgary / DROID Devour / Whatever, and confirmed the specifications we posted a few months back.
We're told the keyboard was "nice" and the phone itself was "easier to use" compared to the Motorola DROID. Obviously that's personal opinion, and maybe the BLUR OS simplifies things for some people, but the trackpad apparently is killer as a navigational input device. Oh? The device has Wi-Fi, GPS, a 1420mAh battery, but unfortunately no SIM card slot as it is not a global device. Whether the unit will come in multiple colors or not is not confirmed as these are still non-final units, we're told, but we'd probably bet on it being available in black as well as silver. If only they kept that RAZR-keyboard…
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