If they work on this concept, it could go a long way towards providing a much more immersive virtual reality. You could walk however you please in order to control your avatar, and the robots would keep you from walking into things in real life.
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Link I found off of Neatorama
Scandalous behavior by school children.
Everyone wants New York’s Governor to go. They should be careful about what they wish for.
This is why you can’t escape from black bears by climbing a tree.
As a matter of policy, we don’t report on movie stars and the like. But rules were made to be broken.
Everyone is talking about this story, so you should read it just so you know what the fuss is about.
Edit: Forgot this one. Probably everyone knew that crayons were not vegetarian anyway.
Hang Gliding, Yosemite 2008 from Dan H on Vimeo.
You might want to watch on a wider format.
When manufacturers start adding new features to their products–especially “new technology” or “digital”–it is usually wise to let your neighbors buy it and try it out before you buy it yourself.
This is especially true of items that are particularly valuable or potentially dangerous, should some malfunction occur. Remote car starters, for example. Or electronically controlled ovens.
H/T Dave Barry’s Blog.
Wired has an article that demonstrates why Indy races are–or at least were–lame. The drivers considered it too dangerous to race side-by-side. It is dangerous. If you want to drive safely please visit the public highways. We could always use more safe drivers out there.
Things are beginning to improve. Indy racers now have a power-up button. It is a nifty trick based on telling the engine to stop wasting power on the alternator for a few seconds. The system still needs work, however. Rather than awarding a set number of these power-ups based on timing alone, they need to activate this ability based on a driver passing over a specific part of the track. There needs to also be a chance to acquire the ability to selectively target and slow down another driver. And an electromagnetic accelerator that just takes a car that passes into it and accelerates it another 100 mph or so. And missiles would be cool, tool.
This is what happens when Halo and Warcraft have a baby. It is hard to believe that it is legal to take advantage of geeks in this way.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.