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Dean Kamen\ Dean Kamen's Robotic "Luke" Arm
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Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his "test pilots," to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker's articficial limb) in action.
Maker Faire 2008: R2-D2 Builders Maker Faire 2008: R2-D2 Builders
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It's everyone's favorite droid! IEEE Spectrum talked with R2-D2 builder Steve Simmons at Maker Faire to find out how the Star Wars droids work. (For more, check out http://www.artoo-det oo.net/)
NYC Soldering Championship NYC Soldering Championship
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Video duration: 302 seconds

IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee .org stopped by Ignite NYC, where Bre Pettis and the NYC Resistor hacker collective hosted a contest to see who had the fastest soldering iron in the city. The contestants all raced to build a TV-B-Gone kit http://www.makershed .com/ProductDetails. asp?ProductCode=MKAD 4, and the first to turn off the TV won.
KOTA: When Pleo Just Isn\ KOTA: When Pleo Just Isn't Big Enough
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Video duration: 153 seconds

Two kid testers get a sneak peek at KOTA, Hasbro's dinosaur that you can ride (sort of-it doesn't actually go anywhere). Although it doesn't really buck or move, the kids weren't too disappointed.
Warehouse Robots at Work Warehouse Robots at Work
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Video duration: 231 seconds

IEEE spectrum (http://spectrum.iee e.org) takes you inside Kiva Systems' robotic warehouse, where orange robots make inventory move instead of workers. Over time the system becomes increasingly efficient, with the robots learning from the wisdom of the crowd.
To read more about Kiva Systems and how their robots work, check out the article at http://www.spectrum. ieee.org/jul08/6380.
Maker Faire 2008: Guitar Zeros Maker Faire 2008: Guitar Zeros
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Video duration: 367 seconds

The Guitar Zeros use Guitar Hero controllers to produce a range of synthesized sounds.
Maker Faire 2008: Voxhead, the Babbling Robot Maker Faire 2008: Voxhead, the Babbling Robot
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Video duration: 204 seconds

Anyone can hook up a speaker to make a robot talk, but Mike Brady wants his Voxhead to use it's own vocal cavity. What's more, he really made Voxhead to explore learning, so the bot has to listen to itself to correct its speech (which, at this point, is more like singing).
For more info, visit http://www.fluidbase .com/mike/projects/V oxHead
Maker Faire: Life Size Mouse Trap Maker Faire: Life Size Mouse Trap
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Video duration: 183 seconds

It's hard enough to get the mouse trap to work right in the board game, but the San Francisco crew at Maker Faire managed to pull it off on a human scale several times over the weekend. The rig apparently took 10 years to build.