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Routerbot v3

I just published a new video and a new article about “The most hacked router in the world ever” project. Guess what? It is called Routerbot v3 for some reason
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DIY: Pleo battery pack

DIY Pleo Power Pack

Pleo is back

Those missing the green pal should get relieved - it’s back. Not-so-well-known company Jetta Company Limited bought some Ugobe intellectual property including Pleo and plans to bring it back to the market soon. If you think Jetta is a no-namer that’s not quite true. Despite Ugobe is much better marketed brand it was actually Jetta, not Ugobe who was owning the plants and producing Pleo. I talked to Jetta guys on CES-09 and they claimed that they also produce toy robots of many other brands. In fact they manufacture almost all kinds of robots you can find on amazon or other major retailers. The website doesn’t provide many details about the company and its partners but if the guys will do things right we might be seeing a new star being born in the sky of famous brands.

Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation is coming (well, to some places it already came), so I published couple new robots from the previous Terminator movies. Enjoy:

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T-600

The T-600 is a line of fictional robots in the Terminator series. It can be considered a prototype to the more well-known T-800 terminator robots in the series.
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