Smart guitar maker launches quick and easy music creation machine

Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber acoustic/smart guitars. Now the company has taken a bit of a left turn for its first Kickstarter, with a string-free touch-enabled digital … Continue reading Smart guitar maker launches quick and easy music creation machine

Roli Airwave brings piano learning to the third dimension

Learning to play piano is a hard slog, and many people – myself included – tend to start well, and then lose momentum before giving up entirely. Roli is hoping to keeping students engaged with a gesture-tracking AI teacher called the Airwave.Continue R… Continue reading Roli Airwave brings piano learning to the third dimension

Review: Learning to glide with the InMotion E20 electric unicycle

Though it might be tempting to stump up serious cash for a crazy powerful electric unicycle, learning on such a beast is probably the wrong move. InMotion’s beginner-friendly E20 promises to have you gliding in minutes, and won’t cost a packet.Continue… Continue reading Review: Learning to glide with the InMotion E20 electric unicycle

Ride-on Unicorn could be the “killer app” for kids

The latent potential for personal robotics became very real for me while I was strolling the halls of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show this week. There are always good ideas at motor shows, except the good ideas at motor shows in developing re… Continue reading Ride-on Unicorn could be the “killer app” for kids

MIT takes a hands-on approach to tactile learning

Some folks prefer to get a grip on things to better understand concepts. Researchers have developed smart gloves for tactile learners that use haptic feedback and AI to teach users new skills, fast-track precision training and control robots remotely.C… Continue reading MIT takes a hands-on approach to tactile learning

Car Driving Simulators for Students, or: When Simulators Make Sense

There are many benefits to learning to fly an airplane, drive a racing car, or operate some complex piece of machinery. Ideally, you’d do so in a perfectly safe environment, …read more Continue reading Car Driving Simulators for Students, or: When Simulators Make Sense

Adorable buddy bot aims for the hearts and minds of future roboticists

A desktop companion. An open-source education platform. An AI-powered robotics lab. Doly is all that and more. Technology startup Limibit out of Ontario, Canada, has launched on Kickstarter to bring the cute lil buddy bot to life.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Adorable buddy bot aims for the hearts and minds of future roboticists