Gadget Friday

Robot Prisons Guards in South Korea Over the next month, South Korea’s prison service will engage in a trial testing the feasibility of robot wardens in its prisons. Developers say the robots will help reduce the workload of the guards. The five-foot tall robots developed by the Asian Forum for Corrections (AFC) are equipped with facial sensors that the robots' developers say can “detect abnormal behavior among inmates, such as suicidal behavior and violence,” Yonhap News reported. The robots would then report the behavior to human supervisors. http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/south-korea-testing-out-robotic-prison-guards-009299 Introducing the Twine Twine is the simplest possible way to get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. A durable 2.5" square provides WiFi connectivity, internal and external sensors, and two AAA batteries that keep it running for months. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/twine-listen-to-your-world-talk-to-the-internet China's Tianmen Mountain Glass Skywalk This is a glass skywalk located on the side of Tianmen mountain in Zhangjiajie. http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20111130/chinas-tianmen-mountain-glass-skywalk/ Tetra-shed office cubicle The Tetra Shed, designed by London’s David Ajasa-Adekunle of the Innovation Imperative studio, is a modern spin on the lackluster cubicle. With the Tetra-Shed, you can transform your office space into a fun and enjoyable nook of creativity and productivity. http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/tetra-shedthink-outside-the-box-and-work-in-a-much-cooler-one/ eSleeper lets your cat tweet! This is no ordinary cat bed however, as the eSleeper will comprise of an eMac shell, where the innards have been removed only to be replaced by lights and cozy blankets. Not only that, there is also infrared beam that is monitored by an Ethernet-connected Arduino. Simply put, whenever the cat enters the eSleeper, the lights will turn on, the startup chime sounds, and the entry time is recorded. When the cat leaves, a random phrase will be tweeted to @eSleeper1 while the lights go off – now how about that? http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/elseeper-tweets/