EPFL – Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) – Prof. Dario Floreano The SMAVNET project aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers. Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast, can easily overcome difficult terrain, and benefit from line-of-sight [...]
Up and Down the River is a drinking game. An excellent game with a potentially very high buzz factor. What you Need to Play many people and at least two decks of cards A good rule of thumb is one deck for six people, than an additional deck for every additional eight to ten people. [...]
Syzygryd, A 2.5 Ton Collaborative Music, Light, and Fire Sculpture Syzygryd is an interactive metal sculpture measuring 60 feet in diameter and 13 feet tall at its highest point. It consists of three giant spiraling metal arms that join into a tornado of cubes in the center of the space. At the outer edges of [...]
The Price of Weed, Marijuana, Cannabis – PriceOfWeed.com We want to crowdsource the street value of marijuana from the most accurate source possible: you, the consumer. Help by anonymously submitting data on the latest transaction you've made. (tags: stats marijuana)
UnderOver 7 is a dice game. One of the simplest dice betting games there is. The only thing that I can think of that is simpler is Hi Low. What you Need to Play 2 dice How to Play the Game A player bets on whether the outcome of rolling two dice will be higher [...]
YouTube – Autonomous Multi-Floor Indoor Navigation with a Computationally Constrained MAV This video shows our results on autonomous multi-floor indoor navigation with a quadrotor. We designed a system that is capable of autonomous navigation with real-time performance on a mobile processor using only onboard sensors. Specifically, we address multi-floor mapping with loop closure, localization, planning, [...]
TangibleK: Part of the DevTech research Group CHERP's wooden blocks contain no embedded electronics or power supplies. Instead CHERP uses a standard webcam connected to a desktop or laptop computer to take a picture of your program, which it then converts into digital code using the TopCodes computer vision library. (tags: education lego programming robotics [...]
LightPainting.org Light painting, or painting with light is the art of lighting a photograph with a hand-held light – usually a flashlight. If you've ever written your name in the air with a sparkler, you've got the general idea. (tags: lightpainting painting photography howto camera) Nils Völker – Media Art and Machines – Light Drawing [...]
Twenty Six is a dice game. This is a banking game that was popular in the Midwest USA between the 1930s and 1950s. It was often played in taverns, which would make payoffs in drinks, until anti-gambling legislation virtually killed the game off. An operator will often provide a score sheet which states the rules [...]
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Twenty-One Aces is a dice drinking game. What you Need to Play 5 dice 2 or more players A few different types of liquor (you can play with one but its not as fun) How to Play the Game Each player takes a turn rolling five dice. The number of Aces (1s) are counted. Once [...]