Qbo music player robot responds to hand gestures, challenges DJ Roomba to a dance-off (video)

What's a good way to impress your friends? With a robot boom box that responds to your every hand movement, that's how. Meet Qbo, TheCorpora's open-source Linux robot who we've gotten to know over the years, even through his awkward phase. Nowadays, this full grown cutie has stereoscopic "eyes" and a face-identifying system that's capable of learning, recognizing faces, and responding. With his new hand gesture recognition skills, Qbo will start playing music the moment you hold up a fist. Putting your hand out in a "halt" position stops the song and pointing left or right jumps to different tracks in your playlist. Giving Qbo the peace sign increases the volume (yeah, seriously!), while pointing the peace sign down tells him to take it down a few notches. The ultimate party mate and wing man is even so kind as to announce the name and title of the track. The video after the break best explains what hanging with this fellow is like, but if you're keen on textual explanations, just imagine yourself awkwardly doing the robot to control your stereo. Go on, we won't look.

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The Dark Side temps in 'Star Wars' game

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BioWare has released a 13-minute video showing off "Star Wars: The Old Republic's" dialog and combat systems ... as well as some of the difficult choices players will have to make

By Winda Benedetti

If you're one of the many people waiting to get your hands on "Star Wars: The Old Republic" (perhaps even one of the record-breaking number of customers who've already pre-ordered the forthcoming online game) the folks at BioWare have released a lengthy new walkthrough video to whet your Jedi/Sith whistle.

The developer walkthrough?? a whopping 13 minutes in length ? offers an in-depth look at one of the game's Flashpoint missions known as the "The Esseles."


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How dark side are you?

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    Not at all, I'm a goodie goodie

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    Very, I'm evil for the greater good

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In The Esseles, a Republic transport carrying some of the most high-profile members of the Galactic Senate across the galaxy, has come under siege from the Grand Moff Kilran. Dallas Dickinson, director of production for "Star Wars: The Old Republic," takes us through the scenario as a group of Republic heroes must band together to repel the Imperial boarding parties and retake their ship.

Your character will have a chance to experience this Flashpoint after you leave your origin world around level 9.

The video offers a good look at the way the game's dialog system and group conversations work as well as a look at how the voice acting is shaping up. It also offers a look at the combat system and some of the difficult light side/dark side choices you'll be asked to make. Yeah, the Dark Side can be very tempting.

So settle in and check it out:

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Source: http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/02/7232025-the-dark-side-will-tempt-you-in-star-wars-the-old-republic

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