
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Line of chocolate

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Mouse Box


New Mouse box PC!
A Gizmag article in January describes a new compact PC in the form of a mouse. Polish engineers, have designed a normal, pocket-sized mouse which also happens to work as a fully functional and portable computer. All that is required for the mouse to work is some sort screen or monitor and it also helps to have a keyboard, of course. Though it is still a prototype, the mouse a 1.4GHz dual-core ARM CPU, 128GB of storage, two USB 3.0 ports, a micro-HDMI output, and Wi-Fi connectivity, and as of now just needs funding and a manufacturing partner to help in producing them. On top of this, the Company is working on a mouse-pad to double as a charger for the Mouse Box.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Actroids

A Dutch-themed amusement park in Nagasaki Japan, Huis Ten Bosch, is expected to open a two-story hotel run by a partially robotic staff by July 17th of 2015 and doors that may be opened using facial recognition technology instead of keys, if the guest prefers that. The Henn na Hotel, (Japanese for "strange hotel") will likely assign regular work such as, assisting guests, cleaning rooms, front desk services and other tasks to lower labor costs and to draw in business. These "Actroids," as they are called will be able to speak, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English. These robots, which were developed by the Osaka University in Japan and manufactured by Kokoro, the Japanese Robotics company, can alongside there labor capabilities, imitate certain human eye movements and facial expressions in a possibly, somewhat disturbing fashion. Regardless, the creators seem confident that this could be the future of hotel and other services in Japan and the rest of the world and single rooms will start at about ¥7000 per night(about $60 US dollars)
http://my.asiatatler.com/travel/hotel-staffed-entirely-by-robots-japan
http://www.livescience.com/49711-japanese-robot-hotel.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/28/business/huis-ten-bosch-theme-park-get-hotel-staffed-robots/#.VNQcOZ3F8pd
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