A Microsoft Zune / X-Box 360 / mobile phone hybrid? Could this potentially be the greatest handheld gadget in the history of the world? Well for now this is nothing but a clever concept developed the guys over at T3. It’s a beautiful design that looks like a great mix of music and gaming, although it’s going to have to become more compact if it wants to pass as a phone.

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Roofus is a radio-controlled snow plow designed to remove snow from roofs of buildings (thus, the name Roof-us) where it would be particularly risky for a human to do so.  Personally, I would like to employ it for my driveway during the winter and sit back with a warm coffee, directing it’s efforts.

Roofus also has additional attachments for use in seasons other than the winter, converting it to a remote-controlled lawnmower, or cleaning machine.

Roofus ranked in the top twenty among 300 entries at the International Design Competition 2007/JDF in Osaka.

Designer: Michal Glogowski

source: Yanko Design

Roofus seems to be an improvement over this design:

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Or this one:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VeZu3MFRGI&feature=related[/youtube]

The days of having multiple stacks of business cards are over. The new B-scanner is a little bit bigger than an actual business card. You slide your business card into the  B-scanner and it does the rest. It’ll store and display the data on an OLED screen (which is clear enough for the fine print). You’ll no longer need old school business card holders, because the B-scanner will store all the business cards you’ll need.

If they could perfect this design so you could also read the back side of business cards, if necessary, that would be great. I think this is a great design overall which would keep every businessman more organized. Don’t be surprised if you see something of this nature on shelves across the country.

via [yenkodesign]

Although the BigDog may be more durable, It won’t be able to walk the distances as Cornell’s ‘Ranger’. Just because it’s not the most beautiful bot out there, doesn’t mean it should sit the bench. The Ranger walked 45 laps nonstop around Cornell’s track which is 5.6 miles. The Ranger eventually tipped over likely due to a dieing battery.

Developed by a team of students working with Andy Ruina, Cornell professor of theoretical and applied mechanics, the robot walked (and walked) until it finally stopped and fell backward, perhaps because its battery ran down. “We need to do some careful analysis to find out for sure,” said Greg Stiesberg, a graduate student on the team.

Earlier thoughts for a $100 laptop to be used by “One Laptop per Child”(OLPC) had started to deminish until early this year. Until Group leader, Nicholas Negroponte, brought up a new concept of a keyboardless, dual touch screen, tablet called the XO-2. The combo, computer and 8.9 inch dual touch screens have been estimated a higher price then Negroponte’s acclaimed $150 ticket price. One way OLPC would save enough money to possibly reach their goal of the price set, would be by using two inexpensive Synaptics touchscreens, used by big name companies such as Apple, Dell and Sony. Would you like to see if the XO-2 is just right for your home?

Your going to have to wait until 2012, for Negroponte’s acclaimed release date.

The Earlier OLPC XO model

The New OLPC XO-2 model

Ok I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m never really too impressed with what robots can do. I always hear about millions of dollars of funding being spent on robotics, and I still haven’t found a robot that i really think could make a huge impact… until i watched this video. Boston Dynamics has built their reputation with what they have built on four legs. Their newest bot, the LittleDog can carry up to 350 pounds and is shockingly stable. The technology this robot uses I have never seen before and I’m truly impressed.

Here’s the BigDog, if you have a really short attention span, just fast forward to 35 seconds.

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