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Charles Stacy Harris III (the third!) has a new post on Coding4fun. He has implemented some home automation services using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. I don't think the hardware he has is available in the UK, but his short article does show a little of what is possible. Remember not all...

Finally, we get a retailer of the Roomba in the UK who has some high street and household presence! Lakeland are now stocking the Roomba 530 . I have been a Roomba vacuum cleaner owner for several years and even my early version is a treat to use and even fun to watch! Put it in the room you want cleaned...

Hey take a look at my latest toy. The MSN USB Missile Launcher from Dream Cheeky. This is not only a super fun USB powered missile launcher but it also includes a USB web cam installed on top. Perfect for playing with BrainTech's Volt-IQ Visual Intelligence SDK and Microsoft Robotics Studio. BrainTech...

My colleague in OZ, Mr Nick Hodge , has got hold of the new PICO-ITX bundle by ARTiGO. This builder kit is just superb. Giving you a full X86 PC in a 1.8 x 5.9 x5.3in box. Complete with 2.5in IDE Hard drive, 4x USB, VGA output,10/100 Ethernet and audio I/O it is apparently the smallest X86 PC in production...

Catching up on my Geek dad subscription I spotted this. The new Wowwee robots all look a bit tame except for Rovio(pictured) it apparently includes the NorthStar vision-based navigation system which is rather splendid. New Robots from Wowwee | Geekdad from Wired.com

27 years ago (or there abouts) as a young lad, I desperately saved to buy a Heathkit Hero Jr. Hero Jr was the little brother of the Hero 1 (which featured in an American TV serious and got me hooked on robotics). By the time I had enough money to phone Maplin and order a Hero Jr they had discontinued...

One of the disappointments of being a competition or challenge organiser is that you can never take part in the competition you have created :-( Now we have a number of other robots in the I Love Robots competition (go vote!!) I have removed A1DW's profile from the database. I'm still working...

What technology will you be playing with over Christmas? A new computer, a new home theatre set up, or maybe a new robot? Or are you just happy to be at home playing on your existing kit? Now we have comments working :-) why don't you leave a note to say what technology fun you'll be having this...

Hot on the tail of the Robot Supplement is another collaboration with Future Publishing! Together we are running the Winter Snaps competition - with some VERY cool prizes . All you have to do to enter is upload a picture that - for you - captures the spirit of the festive winter season and then get your...

Capture the fun and happiness this festive season on your video camera and use Windows MovieMaker to produce a professional quality film to share with friends and family. If you have Windows XP or Windows Vista on your PC you have Windows MovieMaker available to you. Windows MovieMaker allows you to...