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Oxford University tests out their new self-driving car system

, Feb 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

A team of scientists at Oxford University, led by Professor Paul Newman, has developed a new self-driving car system that that is supposedly much more advanced than the one being developed by Google. The self-driving car system will be able to be implemented into existing cars. The car that the team test drove was a Nissan Leaf electric car, and it was tested on the private roads of Oxford University. Read The Full Story

MeCam delivers hovering, person-following video for $49

, Jan 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

There's a little quad-helicopter device coming to the market relatively soon known as the MeCam, developed and manufactured by the friendly folks at Always Innovating. This little chopper has its own video camera and will connect to your smartphone as well as follow you around automatically while otherwise accepting voice-commands galore. This little monster will also only cost you $49 USD. Read The Full Story

Belkin announces WeMo Baby monitor for iOS devices

, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Baby monitors certainly aren't a new technology by any means -- they've been around for years. However, they're becoming more and more advanced, and are incorporating modern technology to make them easier to use and more convenient. Belkin is taking it a step further by branching out its WeMo line of home automation switches and introducing the WeMo Baby. Read The Full Story

Microsoft unveils on{x} automation app for Android

, Jun 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has just introduced an exciting mobile automation platform called on{x}, which will be available only on Android smartphones initially, before even the company's own Windows Phones. The tool, consisting of a website and app, allows users to set automated tasks and reminders through the use of various scripts or "recipes." Read The Full Story

Microsoft testing home-automation with HomeOS

, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [3]

Sometimes companies like to give us a nice little peek behind the curtain to show us what they’re working on, and this time it's Microsoft's turn. The company has published a white paper on its Research site detailing its method of home automation using HomeOS. Devices like smartphones, laptops, lights, and air conditioners would be treated as individual peripherals connected to a centralized gateway. Read The Full Story

Honeywell announces LYNX Touch 5100 security system

, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nest may believe that Honeywell is “worse than a patent troll” and holding back theromstat innovation, but the latter company does business in other areas too. They also build security systems, and the company has announced a new one in its range: the LYNX Touch 5100. According to Honeywell, it’s the first self-contained security system that supports both WiFi and 4G. Read The Full Story

Open Education Solutions study finds computers grade essays like humans

, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [3]

If you or someone in your life is getting ready to take a standardized test that includes writing an essay, the way that test is scored may soon be antiquated. Instead of having a set of human eyes comb over thousands upon thousands of essays every year, it could soon be that the heart and soul you pour out into that perfectly printed essay paper will be spit in and spit out of a machine in a matter of seconds (or even shorter). Read The Full Story

Neato XV-21 autonomous cleaning robot released

, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

The next big thing in robot cleaners have arrived, and it comes from Neato Robotics, a group known for their ability to create strange and wonderful devices galore. This device is an automatic vacuum cleaner made specifically for pet owners as well as allergy sufferers. This robot has a bristled brush to pick up pet hair, dander, and fibers across any floor type you have to throw at it. This newest model has increased airflow and suction over past models, three times the fine dust that the company's standard model was able to pick up in fact, all of this due to its updated filter. Read The Full Story

Crestron Prodigy Home Control System: ZigBee wireless automation gets priced

, Aug 4th 2009 Discuss [1]

It's not, arguably, as exciting in pure A/V terms as the company's Procise PSPHD 7.3 previewed yesterday, but Crestron's new Prodigy Home Control System is certainly more affordable. CEPro have been behind the scenes with the new wireless automation system, which uses modular ZigBee-compatible components to manage lighting, heating, distributed A/V and more. Read The Full Story

NKK Switches OLED Rocker home-automation control

, Jun 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

NKK Switches have announced a new control that integrates a compact 96 x 64 OLED display. The OLED Rocker has a 0.92-inch monochrome OLED panel with broad 180-degree viewing angles, and offers both up/down navigation as well as push-enter functionality. The control joins NKK Switches' existing display-control range, which already features a color-OLED button.  However that control is only a push-button, and requires a far deeper panel mount. Read The Full Story

Don’t Tase Me Bro immortalized in automaton

, May 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

We like a good automaton here at SlashGear, and if it manages to reproduce an internet meme then all the better.  Jon Haddock's hand-cranked model is titled "Andrew Meyer (Don't Tase Me Bro)" and reproduces the infamous 2007 University of Florida Taser incident. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

iHouse SmartFaucet with face recognition & email

, Apr 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

We're told that water and electronics don't mix, but word obviously hasn't made it to iHouse.  The company has been demonstrating their SmartFaucet, a touchscreen-enabled tap that also includes a camera for face-recognition.  If you've ever wanted to check your email and calendar from your bathroom sink, here's the faucet for you. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story
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