Motorola Droid - They Call it a Robot

Got my hands on a new Droid from Motorola. This is the finest piece of gear from moto in a long time. (Since they layed off many software developers.) I'm pretty sure it was google's guys who put the kitchen sink in Android, the Moto and Verizon took the Android, slapped in into a very decent piece of hardware and Voila!!!

Details can be found on C What I Can Do website. Follow this link to Motorola Droid: Article >>

You've got yourself quite a little handheld computer in the Droid. And I did a writeup on CwhatIcanDo Projects. I did a little javascript based script that runs in a browser on the iphone or the droid, doesn't matter. I didn't ask the droid to ignore the screen commands, so it actually jumps around a little, but hey, it works! At least enough to tell me it is possible to control things through a web server on the phone's browser. It works.


So what am I thinking here? Is Droid possibly a brain for robot control? I don't know yet, it may not be fast enough, but the I/O port should be able to talk to a robot motor controller via serial bus.

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The big question is can you use the GPS, and all the goodies in there to actually put the Droid into the Robot and allow Bot Control via DROID. Sounds like it would make a good commercial, a little droid with some wheels to get it around...

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Video Collection

Just an update at the 6 more months mark. Things are going slower than I hoped, but the site is growing in google PR ranks.



Virtual Robot Plays Online!


I am putting up a new project every month minimum.

This Will be a Year To Remember

We have a new president, so far he seems OK, but he's only been in office for 8 days. The site is running now and doing well as far as reliability is concerned. We are beginning to get a smattering of traffic, and our videos are getting some traction now. We have reached the moment of slow growth while we work out the financial deals and partnerships. Else, this site is going to end up a glorified blog...

Our goal for this year is to go "Public" and to be able to have our creators start to generate some income through partnerships or whatever. Considering the state of the economy, a good how-to website should do well, especially if the projects are fun, cheap and easy. And for the most part, that's what we'll be doing, building up the site projects and getting our accounting software melded into the framework.

Here we come 2009!!!