Aldebaran Robotics designs robots called Nao. Nao is a humanoid robot that responds to sound and has solid artificial intelligence going for it. Now Nao has gotten its hands on a Microsoft Surface and has learned how to interact with the device. The robot zoomed in and move around stacks of photos. The best part I like about this video is the opening when the robot first responds to the lady’s request.
As many of you are aware, Microsoft has been manufacturing a PC that is the size of a table. Currently it is being used at several casinos and has multitouch capabilities. However the price tag of the Microsoft Surface is $12,000. Maximum PC did not like the idea of spending that much so they put together a table PC of their own.
Maximum PC used LEDs, a PS3 Eye camera, a projector, and acrylic to build this set-up. They also used a wood cabinet and an old PC that they had lying around. Total cost: $350. The whole project took about 2 weeks. Check out the video demo below:
Authorities in Tampa has been using the Microsoft Surface to visualize safety information for Raymond James Stadium, the spot for Super Bowl Sunday. The Surface will be displaying Microsoft Virtual Earth map for region tracking events, incidents, resources, and real-time tasks. All of the tracking using Virtual Earth will be done in real-time.
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