Judson Laippley’s ‘Evolution Of Dance’ has just under 200 million views making it one of the most watched YouTube videos online. Valentin Bertrand of Aldebaran Robotics recreates the ‘Evolution of Dance’ by programming a NAO robot to perform Judson Laipply’s dance moves. [...]
Researchers at Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology have injected a little fun into robotics with their newest creation. Their one-foot-tall 'Shimi' robot is a smart-phone enabled DJ that gets into the music with you.
True to its name, Shimi dances to the beat. Docking your iPhone or Android into the robot allows it access to your music library, where it can pick the music to pump up your party. Shimi can read body language, so all you have to do to let it know you don't like a song is shake your head in front of it.
Shimi creator Professor Gil Weinberg, director of Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, has founded a start-up company, named Tovbot. Plans are for the robot to be available to consumers by the 2013 holiday season.
If a user taps of claps a beat,v Shimi analyzes it, scans the phone's musical library and immediately plays the song that best matches the suggestion. Once the music starts, Shimi dances to the rhythm.[...]
The robot's 'eyes' can also follow people round a room and ensure that speakers are aimed at them.
Shimi, a musical companion developed by Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, recommends songs, dances to the beat and keeps the music pumping based on listener feedback.
Shimi is essentially a docking station with a ‘brain’ powered by an Android phone. Once docked, the robot gains the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the user's mobile device. In other words, if there's an ‘app for that,’ Shimi is ready.
For instance, by using the phone's camera and face-detecting software, the bot can follow a listener around the room and position its ‘ears,’ or speakers, for optimal sound.
[...] It's about time engineers built a robot "with the intention to party," says Lee Rannals at RedOrbit. "A dancing robot that follows you around is pretty cool," says Elise Moreau at Slashgear, "but it looks like Shimi still has a bit of growing up to do." Call me when they've built apps that let you shake your head or wave your hand to get the bot to skip lousy songs. Well, "I'm not a huge fan of desktop toys that flap around," says Technabob. But there's something endearing about watching a little robotic DJ "get its groove on to your music." See for yourself:
Clipped from: InChairTV for Desperate Housewives at The Dentist's - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
InChairTV is a company that's trying to popularize the use of display goggles during dental procedures, for the benefit of both the anxious patient and the dentist who's tired of holding one way conversations. Instead the patient can watch TV shows interrupted by advertising for the dentist's "high margin services".
Clipped from: YouTube - InChairTV 1 Minute pitch
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What is InChairTV?
InChairTV is a way to accomplish the two most important goals of any dental practice: to provide great service to your patients, and to maximize the income of your business as a result.InChairTV is simply the best way to provide TV for patients to watch “in the chair” during dental procedures.
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The American Dental Association performed a clinical study on patients using video headsets during dental procedures. It found that watching a show on a headset significantly reduced patient stress and procedure times, and over 75% of patients chose to use the headset again at their next appointment. Click here to read the article.
Clipped from: Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cards - CNET News.comComing soon: Movies on flash memory cards
PortoMedia is setting up kiosks that will let consumers download movies to a flash memory card or portable hard drive.The kiosks will be packed with hard drives that can hold 350 to 5,000 titles. Users then plug in a memory device from the company, enter a PIN code, and buy or rent a movie. When consumers get home, they simply slide the memory device into a dock connected to a TV.
PortoMedia's small flash key sits in the
company's discount dock. This hardware
will sell for around $50 in the U.S.
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Download in seconds
Sample and then down-load movies, TV Programmes and music videos, from your local store kiosk to your flash memory card, and enjoy them anywhere you want!On the move...
Watch your downloaded content on a portable media player on the go, on a train or plane, or while waiting in the airport for that delayed flight, wherever you are!Home entertainment
At home watch on your TV screen in full DVD quality and relax, you don’t have to return that DVD to the video store anymore.Your entertainment
Kiosks have all the latest Hollywood movies, Independent film, Art House, TV dramas, documentaries and music videos along with a large back catalog of the greatest movies, providing a wide range of content to download.
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Lincor has developed and patented MEDIVistaTM
– a solution for the provision of bedside entertainment services and to enable secure, point of care access to clinical applications for medical professionals.
MEDIVistaTM Brochure: http://www.lincor.com/uploads/MEDIVistaBrochure.pdf
Entertainment, Information and Education Services:
A typical hospital installation would look like this.
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