evoMouse

I have shown a few different computer mice on here and now I've found one that you don't even have to move. This device that looks like a dog watches your hand and moves the arrow according to your hand gestures. You can buy one here:

http://www.celluon.com/products/laserkey1_4.htm?sm=2_1

R2D2 XBOX 360 Projector

In 1977 hundreds of people watched R2D2 show Obi Wan Kenobi a message from Princess Leia in Star Wars. Now you can play video games with him. Mark Bongo is the creator of this. You can use the projector to play XBOX 360 games on a wall instead of a tv or if you don't want an XBOX 360 you can connect the Wii or PS3 to it instead. You can buy one here:

http://marksmods.webs.com/

Geminoid DK

A while ago I showed Geminoid F the robot actress on here and now I have found Geminoid DK that is being used to to research emotional affordances in human-robot interaction. Unlike some of the robots I've seen, this one can simulate breathing, blinking and a few other things. And he's also the first robot I've seen that has facial hair and hasn't been made in Japan. He was made in Denmark. He's made to look like Henrik Scharfe of Alborg University in Denmark.

Elfoid

Elfoid is a humanoid cellphone that was made by people at Osaka University. It isn't for sale yet but they hope it will be within 5 years. This phone has a camera and a motion capture system inside so the head can make the same facial expressions as you. The buttons are inside it's chest and they glow green so you can see them.

Watson

If you watched Jeopardy lastnight you might have noticed something odd. One of the people playing was a robot. A few years ago IBM started making a robot that would be able to play on Jeopardy. Unfortunately the robot is too big so you didn't get to actually see it on Jeopardy. All you got to see was it's avatar.

Television Remote Control Wristwatch

If you keep forgetting where you put the remote control than you might want this remote. Just enter in the three digit code for each device and it's ready to use. Or if you don't want it as a remote you can also use it as a digital watch. You can buy one here:

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/79710?source=CJ&cm_mmc=CJ-_-2296962-_-2868751-_-Hammacher+Product+Catalog

Target Alarm Clock

Some days when you get up you feel like you just want to shoot your clock. Well now you can. When the alarm clock goes off you have to get a bullseye on the target for it to stop. The gun doesn't actually fire anything it just makes noises. You can buy one here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044YZNDW?ie=UTF8&ref_=sr_1_1&qid=1297415259&sr=8-1&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393173&tag=theawes-20

For those of you that didn't notice, it's been one year today since I started this blog.