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This would be another amazing breakthrough for robotic aviation industry. Videos below will show you how a mini robo-chopper controlled using a plain language command to fly around a GPS denied environment.

In below video, you’ll witness a quad-copter robochopper under a voice control. And the robot-quad-copter responds to natural language, such as “take off and fly forward six feet”, rather than rely on a cryptic command set.

During the demonstration it shows both an iPhone and a headset are used as input microphone. Language is parsed by a computer and the resulting commands sent to the four-rotor UAV.

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Lenovo L2461x is a widescreen 23.6-inch multitouch LCD monitor. The L2461x offers a 300nits brightness and 120Hz MEMC technology. It comes with a 2MP built in webcam and 4x usb ports.

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Other LCD monitor from Lenovo going to be released are L2261, a 21.5-inch Wide Monitor with 1920×1080p resolution without any HDMI connector, another one would be the L2361P, a 23-inch Wide monitor that comes with 0.3MP webcam, HDMI input and a ‘TV stand’.

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Smart Grid Technology Prototype From Solar Roadways – EE Times 2010 ACE Awards Finalist

March 19, 2010
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Solar Roadways is a alternative energy company that designed the unique system called smart grid technology. The smart grid technology is system of solar-powered panels for roads, but also applicable for driveways, parking lots, walkways, playgrounds and even bike paths sometime down the road.

Last year, Solar Roadways received a USD100,000.- grant from United States Department [...]

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LED Tube Lamp – RGB LED Lights In Acrylic Tube

March 19, 2010
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Imagine you could switch a lamp or desk light’s colors according to your mood, would that be something interesting?
The LED tube lamp was introduced  as a handmade accent lamp that was created by Joe Federer of Kaanjo. It has multi-color LEDs inside the frosted acrylic tube, the lamp base is made of solid block of [...]

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JVC And Ikelite: GC-FM1 Compact Waterproof Video Package

March 19, 2010
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Speaking of waterproof camera, JVC Victor Picsio GC-FM1 and Ikelite Compact Video Package would allow you to dive 200 feet underwater and still be able to use the function properly.
This compact video package from Aiko Trading will allow for your JVC Picsio GC-FM1 camcorder to go down to the underwater world. It comes [...]

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Bloom Light Concept – Patrick Jouin Design

March 19, 2010
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What do you think, is it resembling a water lilies or lotus? Bloom Light was designed by Patric Jouin, it is merely a concept for now, but it could means an artistic lamp for your reading room in near future.

It looks like an ordinary bulb in the bud shape, but when it blooms, it [...]

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Shuttle XPC X50V2: All In One PC

March 19, 2010
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The new version of Shuttle X50 all-in-one-pc is XPC X50V2. This XPC X50V2 comes with 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core processor, integrated Intel GMA3150 graphics card, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 1.3MP webcam, 4-in-1 card reader and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity.

With reference to above picture, On the left side, you could find:

power button,
stylus pen,
USB port [...]

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G182 Robot Vacuum Cleaner With IP WiFi Digital Camera

March 19, 2010
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Chinavasion is releasing its new robot vacuum, the G182 is a wireless robot vacuum cleaner with remote control and IP WiFi camera attached on the vacuum’s top.
Besides, this G182 vacuum robot is a neat spy gadget for your corporate environment. Taking regard that you are the business owner that loves to do ‘Monitoring By [...]

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Ion Audio Discover DJ: USB DJ Controller For Your Computer

March 19, 2010
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A neat DJ machine called Discover DJ from Ion Audio is capable to turn your PC or Mac into a full-on DK rig. It has a high-tech plug and play turntable and twin deck USB DJ controller. You could do spinning, mixing, looping, cross-fading, scratching and tempo matching with no problem with this Discover DJ.

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Intersection Signalétique: When Night Lights Could Tell You About Many Things!

March 18, 2010
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Streets’ intersections are getting more colorful these days! A creative nightlights project named as Intersection Signalétique is coloring two major streets’ intersection in Montreal right now. It could plays as advertisement, navigation, or simply an intersection’s decoration.

This is one of the Quartier Des Spectacles‘ experimental projects, the lights shinning up in the sky, down to [...]

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