CamiApp Lets You Digitize Notes On Paper Notepads With Your Smartphone (Video)

Japanese stationery maker Kokuyo has come up with an easy way to digitize and permanently store what you jot down on paper notepads: all you need is a an iPhone (or soon Android handset), a special app called CamiApp (available for free and in English on the App Store), and notepads made by Kokuyo.

The company says that taking pictures of the notes is enough: CamiApp adjusts the quality through using AR markers or a black frame before it lets you tag, edit, email or store your notes on Evernote or Dropbox (as JPEGs).

Kokuyo is currently preparing an Android version and thinks about exporting their CamiApp-optimized notepads.

This video (in English, shot by Diginfonews in Tokyo) provides more insight:

Hot, Flat, And Widescreen: The Rise Of The Minitabs

Mini Keepon

Carlitos’ Projects: Speech-Controlled Arduino Robot

You may be thinking that making such a robot must be a very complex task. After all, humans take many years before they can understand speech properly. Well, it is not as difficult as you may think and it is definitely lots of fun. The video below illustrates how to make your own speech-controlled Arduino rover.

Heather Knight! She runs Marilyn Monrobot, which creates socially intelligent robot performances and sensor-based electronic art.

The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the song "Don't You Evah" by the band Spoon. Keepon and Spoon reunited at WIRED NextFest in LA September 10, 2007 for Creative Commons.

Cast (in order of appearance): Keepon, Hideki Kozima, Jim Eno, Britt Daniel
Keepon Wrangler/Programmer: Marek Michalowski
Executive Producers: Melanie Cornwell, Scott Dadich
Producers: Melanie Cornwell, Zana Woods
Director: Jeff Nichols
Concept by: Melanie Cornwell, Laura Eldeiry, Nancy Miller
Written by: Jeff Nichols, Adam Stone, Chris Walldorf
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Adam Stone (Mortimer Jones)
Editor: Chris Walldorf (Mortimer Jones)
Graphics and Effects: Joey Beason (Edit at Joes)
Additional Color Correction: Joe Murray (Edit at Joes)
Tokyo Production Managers: Heath Cozens, Sawako Imai

Which Asian language sounds the best in your POV? (Final)

Musculoskeletal Simulation-based Study of Biped Locomotion

Paper Abstract:
Researchers have hypothesized that animal locomotory patterns seen are consistent with the resonant frequencies endowed by their musculoskeletal structures. Further it is posited that systems succeed in minimizing their energy expenditure by moving at this resonant frequency. We choose to systematically study this hypothesis in the specific context of bipedal locomotion.

Researchers have sought to correlate the preferred strike frequency with the resonant frequencies of the model or used indirect measurement such as oxygen consumption, electromyography (EMG) to assess expended effort. In our study, we employed virtual prototyping with a capable musculoskeletal simulation model to study the same hypothesis. We benchmark against the available literature and demonstrate that valuable insights can be obtained that can complement the current knowledge-base in biped locomotion.

*This paper won the "Best Poster Award" at the conference.

Ptolemy and Homer, or the power of epicycles.

Keepon on The Works

The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the song "Don't You Evah" by the band Spoon. Keepon and Spoon reunited at WIRED NextFest in LA September 10, 2007 for Creative Commons.

Cast (in order of appearance): Keepon, Hideki Kozima, Jim Eno, Britt Daniel
Keepon Wrangler/Programmer: Marek Michalowski
Executive Producers: Melanie Cornwell, Scott Dadich
Producers: Melanie Cornwell, Zana Woods
Director: Jeff Nichols
Concept by: Melanie Cornwell, Laura Eldeiry, Nancy Miller
Written by: Jeff Nichols, Adam Stone, Chris Walldorf
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Adam Stone (Mortimer Jones)
Editor: Chris Walldorf (Mortimer Jones)
Graphics and Effects: Joey Beason (Edit at Joes)
Additional Color Correction: Joe Murray (Edit at Joes)
Tokyo Production Managers: Heath Cozens, Sawako Imai

Keepon robot

We've been having a torrid affair with the Keepon robot since 2007, his simple yellow shape and unflappable adherence to the beat capturing our hearts. But, sadly, this has been an unrequited love, as the little guy has only been available to research institutions (and, apparently, rock bands) at the tear-inducing price of $30,000. Now there's a version we can finally bring home to mother, the $40 My Keepon. It's being dubbed a "toy," so we have our doubts that it can bust the same sort of moves its Pro predecessor puts down (embedded after the break), but we're certainly going to be first in line to find out when they hit stores. No, we don't know when that is just yet, but we're told all will be revealed on February 14th. Yes, Valentine's Day.

Barobo iMobot teddy bear learns from your commands, will definitely make varsity (video)

Barobo's iMobot modular robotics system just launched earlier this year, and the folks behind it just started shipping the first kits last month. Turns out, they were on hand here at NEXT Aarhus with a bona fide demo, and we couldn't resist a quick demo. The actual kit is being hawked primarily to universities -- we're told that each $2,000 robot can be programmed to do just about anything, and if you stock up on a couple, you can produce full-on humanoids, a camera-toting rescue snake or something else that'll undoubtedly take over the world in just a few centuries. Each robotic piece is equipped with WiFi and Bluetooth, and aside from mounting points used for connecting family members, there's a couple of sensor ports that allow for rangefinders and proximity modules to be stacked on as well.

The real show, however, happened when Elmo's long-lost cousin made an appearance. We're told that the creature is strictly a prototype using miniaturized versions of the robotic pieces that are on sale now. Those minis aren't up for order per se, but cutting the right check might land you with more than a smile. As you'll see in the video past the break, the software program written for the bear allowed it to "learn" movements that were dictated by the human holding it, and once the latest cheer was burned into its cotton-filled brain, a simple button press played things out in fantastical fashion. Have a look. You won't be disappointed.

Video: “Der Kritzler,” An Automatic Scribbling Machine

Der Kritzler - scribbling "The Chancellor" from tinkerlog on Vimeo.

An automatic scribbling machine sounds less than useful, admittedly, but it’s really just the style of line created by this motorized drawing machine. It’s reminiscent of ASCII art, in which heavier characters are used to create darker tones; in this case, the more jiggle added to the drawing platform, the more ink is put on the drawing surface. It’s kind of mesmerizing.

Der Kritzler - scribbling "TFOE" from tinkerlog on Vimeo.

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SOUP KITCHENS IN U.S. RISE AS ECONOMY COLLAPSES?

99 weeks is 5 shy of TWO YEARS. These people aren't unemployed. They are UNEMPLOYABLE.

They lack marketable skills to sell to those who buy skills. In short, their skills set is worthless.

They need to train themselves for work that is available and growing or the need to resign themselves to menial labor jobs, which are jobs that do not need skills.

Millenials: A Disappointed Generation?

Members of Generation Y are starting their careers in perhaps the worst job market since the Great Depression. Experts say the experience creates both immediate and long-term negative impacts, including lower salaries now and in the future. While their reduced spending power will not have a lasting drag on the U.S. economy -- one cohort with reduced consumption does not hold tremendous weight amidst a very broad population, economists say -- it does have significant repercussions for how these young people conduct their adult lives and careers.

How iPads are helping build Disney World expansion

Samsung Unveils Dual-Core Galaxy Tab 7.7 And 5.3-Inch Galaxy Note

Samsung Unveils Dual-Core Galaxy Tab 7.7 And 5.3-Inch Galaxy Note




Samsung understands this, and has thus tried to build a tablet for just about any size pocket or backpack you may own. We all know about the GalTab 10.1 and 8.9, but today even smaller models join the pack. At the IFA conference in Berlin, Samsung today announced the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note.

Reinventing the lead-acid battery to help power the developing world

Kids learn to make their own mobile apps at summer camp

At ID Tech Camp, kids as young as 7 years old can start learning how to program their own smartphone apps. SmartPlanet correspondent Priya David Clemens meets some kids who just might be the Silicon Valley giants of tomorrow.

2011 IBM Global Utility Consumer Survey - What do consumers really think about energy?

100 YEARS / STYLE / EAST LONDON

100 years of East London style in 100 seconds. Sept 13th 1911 - Sept 13th 2011.