September 16, 2015
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amazon, business, Business News, gadgets, Hotels, hoverboard, hovertrax, human-rights, inventist, lawsuit, medicine, mental-health, patents, research, Science, Science News, Segway, Tech, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation
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Those two-wheeled “hoverboards” that you’ve been seeing under the feet of NBA players and various celebs may be grounded by legal trouble as Segway has filed a lawsuit against their manufacturer.
Segway, the company founded over a decade ago by Dean Kamen, which pioneered two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicles, launched the lawsuit against Inventist, the maker of the Hovertrax, the balance board some are referring to as a hoverboard.
Revealed in a report by the Hollywood Reporter, the patent lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, also takes aim at Inventist’s other self-balancing device, the one-wheeled Solowheel.
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March 13, 2015
Mohenjo
Technical
3D printed humanoid robot, 3d printed robotics, 3d printer, 3d printing, 4yfn, amazon, business, Business News, custom robots, Hotels, human-rights, Humanoid Robot, Makerbot, makerbot replicator 2x, medicine, mental-health, Oculus Rift, oculus rift robot, printed robot, research, roboSavvy, Robot, Robotics, robots, Samantha Mehditash, Science, Science News, Segway, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, virtually any human-like task
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I have said it once, and I’ll say it again. 3D printing and robots will continue their inevitable convergence, leading to completely custom robots which can perform virtually any human-like task, and feature an appearance tailored to our individual preferences. We aren’t all the way there yet, but with 3D printing, we are getting ever so close.
One company, called RoboSavvy, is probably as close as any other company out there though, with their latest creation of a 3D printed humanoid robot. This robot is unlike any other robot you have seen before, and it is built mostly of 3D printed parts.
“The hands, fingers, forearms, head, chest shell, and several internal supports as well as the custom handle on the Segway are 3D printed,” Samantha Mehditash of RoboSavvy tells 3DPrint.com. “[The parts were printed on a] Makerbot Replicator 2X 3D Printer and our custom made large size 3D printer.”
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RoboSavvy’s Amazing New 3D Printed Humanoid Robot Utilizes Oculus Rift and a Segway for Control
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August 21, 2014
Mohenjo
Technical
Acton's RocketSkates, amazon, Apps and Software, business, Business News, Chocolate Factory, Dev & Design, gadgets, Hotels, human-rights, Judge Dredd, kickstarter, medicine, mental-health, middle ground, mobile, recreational, research, RocketSkates, Science, Science News, Segway, skates, sports, Tamagotchi, Tech, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Vehicles, Wearable Tech, Willy Wonka
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In the space between somewhat practical vehicles like the Segway and completely fad-driven curios like the Tamagotchi, there exists a middle ground of outlandish gadget that almost seems to make sense, but is weird enough that you might be too embarrassed to use it in public.
It’s still early days, but that appears to be the case with Acton’s RocketSkates, which look like a joint creation by the art departments of Judge Dredd and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Offering to motorize your feet, they are a recent Kickstarter success story. And depending on your temperament, the RocketSkates either look like a glimpse at the future, or an expensive prank.
Do they work as described? A demonstration video indicates that, yes, you can use the RocketSkates to traverse the city at fairly rapid speeds. But there are limitations.
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