Dog E-Minder is Like a Scheduling Assistant for your Pooch

Dog E-Minder is Like a Scheduling Assistant for your Pooch

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The Dog E-Minder is the ultimate dog tag for your pooch. It has a digital display which shows your dog’s name and your phone number just like a regular dog ID tag would. But it also has three reminder buttons for you. Use these buttons to keep track of the last time your dog was walked, fed, and had his medications. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-04-12 09:17:30.

ZMP’s RoboCar is Linux-based, cute as hell

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It looks like ZMP, a Tokyo-based robotics company that’s graced the (figurative) pages of Engadget from time to time, has just introduced a Linux-based RoboCar for testing autonomous auto technologies. Which only makes sense, we suppose — better to test all of those autonomous algorithms you’ve been crankin’ out on a six pound model before moving up to a three thousand pound family sedan (if a lot less fun). … Read More

Originally posted 2009-07-05 00:07:32.

14 Wacky To Tacky Restaurant Restrooms

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Tacky washrooms seem to be popping up everywhere around the world. Some bizarre bathrooms are outdoors while many are in hotels. Would you, however, feel compelled to go out to eat mostly to visit the restroom? Strangely themed restaurants have been appealing to clientele for years, but some restaurant owners are applying a new mind-blowing marketing technique to bring curious customers in their door. From plush powder rooms to voyeuristic lavatories, visitors come not to dine but to check out the restrooms. Here are 14 tasteful or tacky toilet themed restaurants. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-09-03 22:40:58.

Gesture sensing interface: Phone conversation with hand gestures

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A gesture sensing interface is on its way, if we believe the news mongers. Being developed by Patrick Baudisch, professor of computer science at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Postdam, Germany, and his research student, Sean Gustafson, the gesture sensing interface will require no physical input device like touch screen or a keyboard. Instead, a small video recorder and a microprocessor attached to the user’s clothing will capture and analyze all the hand gestures. When all the gestures are analyzed the outline of each gesture is sent to a computer display, allowing an equally good phone conversation.

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Originally posted 2010-07-26 08:34:12.