#droid

Angelo Casimiro, the same student who made shoes that charge smartphones, is at it once again and this time, he builds a fully-functioning BB-8 droid from the latest Star Wars movie. The droid replica is phone-controlled and was made with household materials and Arduino circuitry. With Angelo's know-how on electronics and robotics, doing this project was fairly simple for him and he even posted a detailed tutorial on instructables.com where you can follow his steps on making your own working droid just like in the movie. Although Angelo is the brains behind this project, his family helped him in some areas like painting the body and designing it to be faithful to the markings of the droid in the movie. It's also reported that he is currently making some improvements on the droid before its scheduled TV appearance. Google has just announced a new version of Android 12 that is catered to larger screen sizes called, Android 12L. Android 12L will focus on tablets, foldables, and ChromeOS devices. The new android version also introduces a new taskbar that allows users to switch between different apps. Read more in our articles including "This 17-year old Filipino built a working BB-8 droid" and "Google previews Android 12L for tablets, foldables, ChromeOS devices".