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Open source DARwIn-OP bot can be yours for just $12,000

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hwDHVYYFq_clnH-GdRxOER5yaiirl098Za8r0zBTmE17vVhom8XkDSMIsY8e9sIWhwbUYVNvZcM8IyFNWIFX8BtMsn1P3Z94PMpmCN8VD70LwIKb-BTz75WJ7iAUWk3-sOAnNRH6cy8/s1600/robotisdarwinopsm-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hwDHVYYFq_clnH-GdRxOER5yaiirl098Za8r0zBTmE17vVhom8XkDSMIsY8e9sIWhwbUYVNvZcM8IyFNWIFX8BtMsn1P3Z94PMpmCN8VD70LwIKb-BTz75WJ7iAUWk3-sOAnNRH6cy8/s1600/robotisdarwinopsm-1.jpg" /></a></div>A few weeks back we caught our first glimpse of the open source, modular DARwIn-OP developed at Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, also known as RoMeLa. Well, there's more information available now about the upcoming little bot, so here's what we know. Korean company Robotis is making available the bot's open source software, schematics, CAD and fabrication manuals, in addition to selling the fully assembled robots. DARwin-OP was unveiled recently at the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, and is built on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530-based FitPC2i which boasts a 4GB SSD, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 802.11n WiFi. Shipments of the 17.9-inch tall humanoid robots are being sent to universities first at a price of $9,600, and will run $12,000 at full retail. Hit up the source links for a far more detailed look at DARwin-OP's specs, and there's a video after the break.

Open source DARwIn-OP bot can be yours for just $12,000

A few weeks back we caught our first glimpse of the open source, modular DARwIn-OP developed at Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms ...

Intex Launches Projector Phone; Costs Rs. 12,000

<img alt="Intex Launches Projector Phone; Costs Rs. 12,000" border="0" height="150" src="/113553matter.jpg" width="200"> Intex has announced its next-generation dual-SIM mobile phone - V Show IN8810 with built-in projector in India. Samsung already has a pico projector based handset - Beam GT-i8520 with Super AMOLED touchscreen. Full touchscreen bearing V Show IN8810 will be made available in India from December 1 for Rs. 12,000. On the other hand, the Beam i8520 with pico projector is available for Rs. 38,000. Of course there's vast difference between both the phones right from the hardware to the software bit. New V Show IN8810 handset can support 36-inch screen size for projection and offers up to 3 hours of projection time. Means you can watch one Hindi movie in a single charge. The LED technology based projection lamp has life of 20,000 hours so after that, the quality will drop or deteriorate. This dual-SIM smartphone supports two GSM+GSM connections. <img align="baseline" border="0" hspace="0" src="/113553intex.jpg"> Its 3.2-inch touchscreen can be used to enjoy multimedia since it carries a video player with a recorder. With mere 64MB internal memory, one can add up to 16GB of memory card to it. Intex has packed a camera in back panel with LED flash to record video at 25 frames per second. A front facing camera is also placed for video chat. The price seems pretty interesting for an LED projector lamp bearing mobile phone. Amongst the recent Android and Symbian based models, this new V Show will hopefully manage to make a room for itself.

Intex Launches Projector Phone; Costs Rs. 12,000

Intex has announced its next-generation dual-SIM mobile phone - V Show IN8810 with built-in projector in India. Samsung already has a pico p...