Showing posts with label prototype. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prototype. Show all posts

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Swumanoid, the Japanese robot could replace the lifeguards

  Scientists at the Institute of Technology in Tokyo have been very busy lately Swumanoid in developing a humanoid robot capable of swimming and one day could be the replacement of the lifeguards. Swumanoid The prototype is able to swim and crawl to 0.64 meters per second, you can swim back and even butterfly swimming style that many regard as the most difficult because it is the most stressful, but being a robot, fatigue is not a problem....

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Project Holodeck: the future of gaming is the 3D virtual reality

  Researchers and scientists at the University of Southern California are working on a new project called Project Holodeck to be a system of video games and virtual reality 360 degrees, thanks to modern technology used. Project Holodeck take virtual reality to levels never seen before where the player will be part of a large space, but actually moves in a small space. The system uses a 3D display which is mounted Oculus Rift in our heads...