It looks like anything and everything can be done with the iPhone. Some of the modded iPhones have metamorphosed into intelligent plant watering devices, surveillance iPhone kit, and adult toys among many others. The latest mod made possible is a robot which uses Lego pieces, an iphone and the software required to give life to the robot. The fact that iPhone’s new versions are being launched very frequently has encouraged users of earlier models to modify those phones into something innovative, like a Lego robot. The modder has incorporated the Lego Mindstorm’s light sensor which scans the iPhone screen sitting in its cradle. In the mean time, the user sends commands from another iPhone via Safari, which changes the gray scale on the screen telling the Lego Mindstorm’s sensor what command to execute. Do check out the video below.
Step1:Build the robot
Step2:Program the lego NXT robot using NXJ
Step3:Write a Safari web app to drive the robot using Google’s web toolkit
Step4:Have fun driving the Iphone lego robot!
It’s been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware — Apple’s taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they’re also making sure it’s available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps… and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 — and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data. Battery life isn’t getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio. GPS is also a go. Apple is using A-GPS, which supplements regular satellite GPS data with info from cellular towers. WiFi data is also worked into the mix, which should give users a pretty solid lock on where the heck they are on this planet. Unfortunately, there’s no front-facing cam, which syncs with what we were hearing, but is still a little disappointing. Apple hopes to launch in 70 countries this year. 8GB is available for $199, 16GB for $299 — and the 16GB comes in white. Both pricepoints require a contract. Apple will be hitting the 22 biggest markets, including the US, on July 11th. More info after the break.
