Many of you iPhone owners will not be able to control yourself when you see the new Rovio by WowWee on store shelves. This radio controlled beast is more for adults and offers many fantastic features such as live video camera and even allows you to speak through it. With no physical remote control, sitting at the computer controlling the Rovio can sometimes be a pain. WowWee has done us a huge favor and made one of our favorite devices an optional controller for the Rovio! Now you can control your Rovio from your iPhone with an application called the...
If you have enjoyed using the built-in iPhone application on WowWee's three-wheelin' Rovio robot, then head on over to the App Store because "Rovio Driver" looks like a major upgrade. The free app adds head position / rotation controls and the camera view appears to be much larger than the standard version. Damn, I might have to put this one on the Christmas list myself. [Robo Community via I4U News]...
The Holodeck is a holographic simulation room made popular by the show Star Trek: The Next Generation. Basically, it allowed humans to interact with virtual environments in the ways we interact with the real world: Our senses. While we’re nowhere near that level of computing yet, Apple has a patent that could be considered an early step. The patent, dubbed “Multitouch Data Fusion” basically takes the concept of multi-touch computing — that is, using multiple contact points to manipulate something on a screen — and fuses it with other means of input. For example, in the diagram below you can...
