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I found an interesting concept car a-la Apple from Anthony Jannarelly – a student at MA Automotive Design Coventry University. It’s actually a transport robot called iMo. It could carry up to three people. There’s no pedals or steering wheel present on board — the car moves by itself — you just have to tell it where you need to be delivered. There’s a way to switch to manual control though, then you can direct the car with a flick of your wrist. This robot could pick up your kids from school, etc. But would you trust your kids to the robot?

Anyway, pretty cool concept! Check it out at http://www.imoconcept.com/

What do you get by merging a half-a-century-old technology (as in rotary dial phone) with a modern technology (as in GSM)? You get a Portable Rotary Cellular Phone or Port-O-Rotary for short. And this is what guys from SparkFun offer at a modest price of $200 (or $250 for a fire-brigade-red model).

They describe their invention in details (along with schematics and programming code) on their website at SparkFun Electronics. It’s a fun and educational read, so head there and read it. There’s a lot of fine pictures there too! (continue reading this article and leave comments here…)