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The Robot Olympics NEW by Victor II Appleton
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WowWee Huge 32" Long Roboraptor Remote Control Dinosaur. Very cool
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WIRELESS RC SPIDER ROBOT #18144 ACADEMY SCIENCE MODEL KIT w/IR REMOTE CONTROLLER
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NEW VEX Robotics Design System Transmitter and Receiver Kit - with torn box.
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Lot of 4 Tom Swift Hardcover Books by Victor Appleton 1950′s Rocket Ship Robot
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Video: iPhone 4 Native Support for Braille Displays
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Musician and geek Victor Tsaran is blind. He also runs the accessibility program at Yahoo, so you might say he knows something about using gadgets without actually seeing them. Victor has hooked up a Braille display/controller to the iPhone 4, and this video shows just what he can do with it.
The iPhone OS has a lot of accessibility built-in. Voice-over reads out what is on the screen, and you can control the handset and its apps via voice. Talking to a cellphone gets dorky fast, so Victor simply paired a Bluetooth Brailliant 32 display with the iPhone and he was off. It all just works.
The biggest takeaway (once you have managed to calm the nausea induced by the pitching, rolling camera) is just how much information there is on a screen. When presented one item at a time through voice instead of all at once on a screen, the items run together in an overwhelming rat-a-tat of announcements. The second thing you notice is just how well the Brailliant works with the iPhone, offering fast and easy access to everything without any hacks or drivers.
While the iPhone’s retina display is getting all the headlines, this kind of under-the-hood attention to detail will also sell a lot of phones. And that Braille display is pretty neat, too: the buttons consist of dots that pop up to spell out different letters. It’s kind of like an Art Lebedev Optimus Maximus for the blind.
There’s another big advantage of using the iPhone 4 like this: You don’t touch the big metal antenna, so you shouldn’t experience the iPhone Hand of Death.
Using iPhone 4 with a Braille Display [Victor Tsaran via Mac Stories, iSpazio and Recombu]
See Also:
- Hydraulics Could Enable Fullscreen Braille Display
- Pulsing Touchscreen Tech Spells Out Braille
- Tattoos for the Blind
- Electronic Braille Book
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What a shock! Victor builds a better mouse trap
Author: Stacey Cook
There are two types of mice in the world. Firstly, there’s the Mickey, Speedy Gonzales, Stuart Little and Despereaux type of mouse, which are mostly harmless and a bit of fun. Then there’s the filthy rodent type that causes much damage and spreads disease. Pest control specialist Victor is hoping the saying “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door” rings true as it releases its “Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap”, a device that zaps mice dead in less than three seconds and reloads almost instantly to execute the next victim…
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Props to Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
