ArduinoArts is animating an inexpensive Ikea lamp as a contest entry. Seeed Studio’s Toy Hacking Contest calls for the competitors to work their magic using the Grove Toy Kit, which is an extensible ...

Pixar's adorable hopping lamp has been brought to life – and he could soon be lighting up your own desk at home. Developed by California firm Interaction Labs, Ongo the robotic smart lamp can move, ...

Reinforcement learning is a subset of machine learning where the machine is scored on their performance (“evaluation function”). Over the course of a training session, behavior that improved final ...

Industrial engineer Javier Lander has taken a €5 lamp purchased from Ikea and transformed it into a voice-activated moving lamp, creating a real-life version of the Pixar Animation Studio logo lamp.

Luxo Jr, the adorable little lamp that appears in the Disney Pixar logo, illustrates how animators can breathe life into mundane inanimate objects. Now, robotics technology allows us to do the same ...

A floor lamp isn’t typically a place you’d expect to find a lot of personality, but this one showcased at the Milan furniture fair has plenty of it. You’d half expect to see it prancing around on ...

Here's some great news for creative types who are into 3D rendering-- Pixar is getting ready to offer up a completely free version of its RenderMan 3D software for non-commercial use. This will be a ...