This weekend, Sears Holdings announced the launch of AdYourWay, a revolutionary new shopping tool that gets to know customers and personalizes the shopping offers that they receive. By combining the powerful marketplace product selection with personalized content and customized recommendations, AdYourWay helps customers manage their lives to save both time and money.“We’re living in a [...]
Robot Pro wrestling excitement is building If we didn't already have enough reasons to make sure that we're excited about next Wednesday's Dekinnoka! 7 Robot Pro -- Wrestling competition, this morning's e-mail delivered two more. First, the Roboenta “Robot Entertainment” YouTube channel posted a entertaining, and funny, promotional video for...
If you are thinking about getting a ride-on toy for a child in your life, here are some great ideas. Even if you want to avoid something that is powered (and takes a large, expensive battery) there are many classic options available. From wagons to “big wheels” to other self-propelled riding toys, there are a [...]
Toys R Us recently announced the launch of its 7th annual nationwide fundraising campaign to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. The company will help spread Christmas cheer to some of the 14.1 million children in need in the United States. Building on last year’s partnership with Shaquille O’Neal, the company has once again [...]
The Great Big Christmas Book from Toys R Us begins to arrive in homes and newspapers this weekend. Overflowing with 80 pages of toys, games, bikes, electronics and more – including hundreds of items only available at Toys“R”Us – kids wait in anticipation for this holiday book so they can check off gifts they want [...]
"Best Martial Arts Screw Tournament On Earth!" What: Dekinnoka! 7 - Humanoid Robot Pro-Wrestling When: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Where: Soka, Saitama-ken URL: http://www.atamo-robot.com/dekinnnoka/scdl.html Why: The top Japanese humanoid robot hobbyists are out to completely change biped robot entertainment, and are having an absolute ball doing it. Their robots not...
Leading international robot teams vie for first place. What: VEX Robot Competition When: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Where: American School in Japan campus URL: http://community.asij.ac.jp/ Why: VEX is one of the most popular, and most well known robot competitions among high schools and educators. This is a rare chance to...
Longest continuously running micromouse event in the world What: 31st All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition Where: Tsukuba When: November 20-21st, 2010 URL: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/micromouse2010/index_EN.html Why: If you want to see the fastest, smallest, most amazing micromouse robot creations in action, this is the place to be. Although the micromouse concept originated...
Robots and donuts... and art! Who could possibly come up with a better combination. Check out the art of Eric Joyner for an inspiring perspective on three of the most important things in life. Via ChiefRobot
Steven Spielberg announced he will be directing the upcoming Robopocalypse movie. The popular director showed lots of interest for the Robopocalypse book by by Daniel H. Wilson and prepared for the production in advance as it was being written. The film is projected for shooting in January 2012 and for distribution in 2013 At the same time, Jack Black acquired the rights for “How [...]A while back we wrote about practical 3D printing technology reaching the level where it's starting to be adopted by some of the top level Japanese humanoid robot creators. Several leading builders here have been evaluating the technology, providing their feedback and experience, and it won't be long before their...
The MadeInGermany (MIG) car was developed by researchers from the Freie Universität Berlin. The Modified Volkswagen Passat uses, LiDAR, Radar, cameras, GPS and more to navigate the streets of Berlin autonomously. In the system demoed below, a human used an iPad to summon the autonomous Taxi Cab to his current location. Once the taxi arrives, he can use the iPad to tell the [...]
The University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab has been doing pretty amazing job with their quad-rotors UAVs. These robots can do pretty impressive manoeuvres that humans would have a very hard time to imitate. They fly trough free-falling hoops and small windows, they cooperate at grasping and transporting objects, they perch, and much more. Have a look at the videos below in order [...]
It is never easy finding the perfect toy for your child, especially if there are newer toys hitting the market every week and the one you want is no longer on the shelf. This can be especially true if you are trying to find Star Wars Toys for sale. Whether you are trying to find [...]