Perhaps in response to iRobot’s recent Wireless Command Center, Sharp has introduced a new Android app that lets you remotely control the company’s little Cocorobo while you’re out of the house. You can map out your floor plan so that it’ll know what objects to avoid, specify cleaning patterns and even receive carpet-view photos so you can admire the robot vacuum’s handiwork. If you attach an optional Navi controller to its USB port, you can even use the app to control other Sharp devices like televisions, air conditioning systems and LED lights. Sharp also introduced a smaller version of the Cocorobo, the RX-V60, which measures about 4.7cm less than the original. Designed to fit in tighter spaces, the RX-V60 will be available in Japan for 75,000 yen ($900) starting December 13th. Check out the video after the break to peek at the new smartphone app and miniaturized vacuum ‘bot.
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Source: Cocorobo Square (Google Play), DigInfo TV, Slashgear
It looks like Facebook is on a path that might not go down well with many people, as the social network giant proposes to ditch its policy which enables members to vote on changes that it makes in terms of data use policy. Facebook Vice President for Communications, Public Policy and Marketing Elliot Schrage promised that the company still values user input on company policy, but declared that the “voting mechanism, which is triggered by a specific number of comments, actually resulted in a system that incentivized the quantity of comments over their quality.”
Hmmm, if you are a huge fan of survival horror games such as the Resident Evil series, then surely you would be interested to know that Resident Evil Revelations has already been listed for home consoles by the Korean ratings board (South Korea, that is, maybe the North has just received their shipment of SNES consoles by now). Assuming this listing is correct and is not in error in any way, then we are looking at the probability of a Nintendo 3DS game being ported over to the home based consoles – something which does not happen all too often.
which you hold in your hand is smart? Well, entrepreneurial entertainer Will.i.am thinks so, but he also figured out that life could be a whole lot better by transforming smartphones into, in his own words, ‘genius phones’. This is his new plan for a range of consumer electronics as well as app venture which is simply known as i.am+. In fact, it is just next week when we will be privy to the global launch of his iPhone hardware that he touts will be able to transform the humble smartphone into a genius phone.
