Tech Wizard

Paul carries ‘Libby’ in his hand luggage. Try explaining that to customs!

Lib-b is a hexapod Paul built and recently exhibited to demonstrate his passion for technology and what can be done with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. Technology is all around us but our awareness of how we can use it to make life simple, richer and more fun is very low. The purpose of Paul’s wotudo blog is to shout out stuff you can do, and show you how to do it.

Hear more from Paul at http://www.ilivetocode.com/paul.

Also, don’t miss out on RoboChamps, a series of 3-D simulated challenges that makes robotics available to a lot more people, http://www.robochamps.com/.

Can anyone imagine electronic designs in shoes? Yeah, technology has not even spared your shoes. As you can all see, this shoe named “Pioneer” has a headlight in front to facilitate or even amuse you while walking or jogging. This shoe converts kinetic walk when we walk to electrical energy, which powers its headlight. The electrical energy generated is stored in a small battery which keeps on charging as long as we walk or jog. It can keep the headlight running for around 12 hours while covering an area of 1.5m ahead you.

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