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Nurture WowWee Alive Cubs in an Online Virtual World

Community Headlines — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:09:16 GMT

WowWee has partnered with Kidscom.com to provide a virtual room where you can feed, watch, and take care of your favorite Alive Cub s in their natural habitats. All you have to do is take a few quick minutes to sign up for the Kidscom.com online community (kids, make sure to ask your parent's permission first) and head over to the Alive Cubs room (click here.) There are also games that you can play, including Concentration and "Who am I?" Have fun learning about animals and nurturing your virtual cubs! You can learn more about the real WowWee Alive Cubs here .

AndRovio Lets You Control Rovio From Your Android Phone, Only 99 Cents

Community Headlines — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:13:34 GMT

No longer are T-Mobile G1 and other Android cellphone users envious of iPhoners - now that AndRovio is available. This application by Poignant Projects, available from the Android App Store for a measly $.99, allows users of Google's mobile OS to join their iPhone brethren in mobile Rovio controlling bliss. [Via SlashGear]

Rovio Featured on CNN, WowWee's Hong Kong Offices Toured

Community Headlines — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:46:14 GMT

Rovio is featured in an exclusive interview at WowWee's Hong Kong offices with Davin Sufer, WowWee's CTO. Watch CNN’s Hong Kong correspondent, Kristie Lu Stout, as she tours WowWee's offices and gets the full scoop on Rovio! [via CNN]

WowWee Rovio Official Tutorial Videos Now Available

Community Headlines — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:46:07 GMT

Here at RoboCommunity, we hope that you're enjoying all of your robots and have no issues getting them set up. I mean, you're all robot experts, right? Well... OK, so not *all* of us are experts. In fact, MOST of us are just starting out in the world of robotics, don't know a servo from a solar cell, and couldn't program our way out of a paper bag. The Rovio has helped introduce thousands of new entrants into the field of robotics and telepresence, and WowWee themselves knows that sometimes getting things set up correctly can be a bit tricky. Now, you'll not only have our community Rovio Resources , but also official tutorial videos to help you get up and running. Check them out and let us know how your Rovio setup experience is going!

Cinemin Swivel Brings Pico Projector Spirit to Digital Graffiti Festival

Community Headlines — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:49:12 GMT

This June, digital artists from around the world will project original works onto a town's iconic white walls at the 2009 Digital Graffiti Festival, the world's first outdoor projection festival. The festival, sponsored by the sleek new Cinemin(TM) Swivel pico projector, provides filmmakers, musicians, and animators with an interactive canvas outside the constructs of boardrooms and movie theaters. Designed by WowWee Technologies, and powered by Texas Instruments' DLP(R) Technology, the Cinemin Swivel is one of the latest projection devices enabling artists to cast dynamic images onto urban structures as a means of artistic expression, referred to as "Photon Bombing,""Guerilla Projection" or "Urban Projection." The 2009 Digital Graffiti Festival will take place on June 6, 2009 at the breathtaking resort town Alys Beach, Florida. The 2009 Digital Graffiti Festival, sponsored by Cinemin Swivel, explores how design, technology and architecture can intertwine to create entirely new art forms. For one evening, Alys Beach opens its doors, courtyards and pedestrian paths to innovative, ground-breaking artists who transform the entire town into a living work of art through a variety of projected mediums including photography and animation. In its first public showing since its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2009, the...

In India, Rovio and Buddibot Keep Distributed Families in Touch

Community Headlines — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:50:39 GMT

This is one of the coolest and most practical uses we've seen of Rovio yet... to keep families abroad in touch. Buddibot , a startup with offices in the US, Australia, and India, has created a software service that is available on a yearly subscription (currently $35 USD, according to their site.) This software allows you to keep in touch using WowWee's Rovio, and features reminders, a messaging service, "remote entertainment," and a "memories manager." This product is targeted towards NRI's (non-resident Indians.) The website does not designate specifically if it is available in other countries, or what languages it supports - but it shows great promise in using Rovio as a worldwide communications tool. [Via BreakingUpdate.com]