Rigger – Active Wirehead http://www.activewirehead.com Cyberpunk Web Magazine: Tech - Video Games - Sport - Entertainment Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:50:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.14 Care-O-Bot http://www.activewirehead.com/care-o-bot/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1801 “Care-O-bot® is the product vision of a mobile robot assistant to actively support humans in domestic environments. The meanwhile fourth generation of this successful development series is more agile and modular than its predecessors and offers various ways of interaction. It also stands out through the use of cost-reducing construction principles. In this way, large parts […]

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]]> Drone Technology and its Place in Transportation http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/ http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:36:07 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1177 There have been huge advancements in drone technology over the last few decades.  Drones have become smaller, faster, and much more agile, turning them from a science fiction dream into a real piece of equipment with several practical applications.  One of the more recent bi-products of the drone boom is the Quadrotor Helicopter and their […]

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]]> http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/feed/ 1 AeroMobil – The flying car http://www.activewirehead.com/aeromobil-the-flying-car/ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:23:29 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=851 Mark my words: a combination airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come Henry Ford 1940 AeroMobil 2.5 pre-prototype: A Slovakia’s flying car Meanwhile, in Slovakia, AeroMobil has made and tested a flying car with foldable wings. AeroMobil is a “flying car” that perfectly makes use of existing infrastructure created for automobiles […]

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]]> BionicKangaroo http://www.activewirehead.com/bionickangaroo/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 03:57:42 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=532 Watch FESTO, a German Corporation who creates Bionic products inspired by Nature. BionicKangaroo With the BionicKangaroo, Festo has technologically reproduced the unique way the kangaroo moves. Like its natural role model, it can recover the energy exerted when jumping, store it and retrieve it efficiently on the next jump.   Technical Specifications  

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]]> BionicOpter a.k.a. DragonFly http://www.activewirehead.com/bionicopter/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 03:42:57 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=524 Watch FESTO, a German Corporation who creates Bionic products inspired by Nature.   BionicOpter a.k.a. DragonFly With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly. Just like its model in nature, this ultralight flying object can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings.    Technical […]

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]]> ASK NAO – Autism Solution for Kids http://www.activewirehead.com/nao-autism-robot/ Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:05:53 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=326 ASK NAO : Be part of the journey NaoTherapy ASK NAO (Autism Solution for Kids) was created by Aldebaran Robotics to customize NAO, A humanoid robot, in order to support teachers with in-class tasks and help children with autism reach new levels of greatness. Since the last post about NAO on Activewirehead.com watch this commercial video […]

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]]> Nao a humanoid robot http://www.activewirehead.com/nao-humanoid-robot/ http://www.activewirehead.com/nao-humanoid-robot/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:48:42 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=318 NAO – A humanoid robot Meet Nao the cutest humanoid robot I’ve seen for a while. Nao is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics, a French robotics company head-quartered in Paris. In December 2011, Aldebaran Robotics released the Nao Next Gen, featuring enhanced software, a more powerful CPU and HD cameras and more upgrades have continued since. Nao is being […]

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]]> http://www.activewirehead.com/nao-humanoid-robot/feed/ 1 Mini Drones – Parrot http://www.activewirehead.com/mini-drones-parrot/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:53:15 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=311 Some months ago I had some pleasure to test a AR Drone 2.0 from Parrot. It was pure fun and I had quite some stress also to pilot it with a mobile phone app … Here it is a commercial video from Parrot also but for their 2 mini drones Rolling Spider Jumping Sumo Since […]

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]]> JIBO – A Family Robot http://www.activewirehead.com/meet-jibo-worlds-first-family-robot/ http://www.activewirehead.com/meet-jibo-worlds-first-family-robot/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:53:11 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=252 We need technology to transcend the world of information into a more humanized realm Dr. Cynthia Breazeal Dr Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. She is a pioneer of social […]

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