New Android OS Project Can Move Balls
Google's mobile platform gets into the robotics scene.
From the folks at The Gearbox Project: magic courtesy of Google's mobile OS. Watch the video here to see a user control a robot ball's direction through an Android smartphone's accelerometer. Tilting the phone forward makes the ball move forward, and tilting to the side makes the wireless robotic sphere turn. You get the idea.
Gearbox plans to make its "smart toy" control scheme available via open-source APIs. The robotic ball runs on a 9-volt battery, receives control signals via Bluetooth, and relies on a bunch of servo motors to forge its own path.
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That is so cool! Now imagine having hundreds of these controlled with the same device, a wave of balls under your control!
I would honestly buy those robot ball things!
The title to this story can be taken way out of context =)
Omg...
The title to this story can be taken way out of context =)
That's exactly what I thought, haha. Then the user above yours, talking about a wave of balls under your control... Interesting dream, buddy.
An iPhone app to stop premature ejaculation and an Android app to move balls. Android move a little to the left. iPhone: wait, wait. Damn it Android you moved to much. iPhone: if you held it right it would have worked.
"Check this out, I can move my balls with the phone!!"
Oh shit, here comes a lawsuit from Jobs. "APPLE INVENTED THIS!!!!"
If they make the balls vibrate they will be very popular...they should name them gerballs.
How about a miniture Android char that can be moved and made to talk with an Android phone?
Maybe make it better with some pre-written iPhone, Apple and Steve Jobs insults?
First one that springs to mind...
Apple rarely invent, but they copy and then sell well.
Oh wait that's not an insult... It's the truth.
Try moving THESE balls..
They should name them iBalls
Good night and Big Balls ( Big Android moving Balls .. )
I would like to have a camera on that ball that will show on the android screen. Then I could steer it and have a peek in places where I'm not allowed to enter!