Wikipedia Search Results combined with an AI Query and Data-mining Engine integrated with a High Quality Text-to-Speech; can help people hear Answers to Questions they ask. Optional pictures and video on a concealed LCD Screen, Packed into a Feather Bag called "Dolly the Know-all Dodo". A witty, impertinent, extra-smart Bird-Bot. 

These are some sites that help you read out wikipedia.

Pediaphon App in the Android Market!MP3 files, play lists and podcast automatically generated from Wikipedia!

Wiki Out Loud: Wikipedia Entries on Audio
"A few nights ago I was at the office and the ol' brain was fried. I decide to take a couple of hours "off" and record some Wikipedia entries on audio."

Idea -

Make a AI Robot in the form of a Cartoon Parakeet. Something like polly the techno parrot below. When you ask a question or a unique term like "Solar Energy" or "Vitamin C" it can use its AI - Artificial Intelligence to read out a Wikipedia Page and if not Satisfied browse the web internally and suggest alternative pages to read out. It can have a Dockable Tablet Interface too for Visualizing its AI and Articles.

Polly - Tekno Parrot Manley Toy Quest

 "Direct from the Institute of Robotic Technology comes this amazing interactive robot pet-- POLLY THE TEKNO PARROT! Polly talks with people he senses around him just like a real parrot. Polly's electronic cuircuits can detect motion, sound, light and even touch. He will snore off to sleep at night and wake up in the morning. If you pet him, he will "coo" and move his wings.

Who made Polly  - Rob and Roberta Radtek

Invent something like Satellite Software/Media Download DTH Service - Small dish on Roof, A Stand alone Box with One Tera Byte HDD and USB.

This has a Tiny LCD Touch Screen, Key in the URL & Press Get, Wait. Media ready beep will come in a few secs. Satellite Delays don't matter.

Either you connect the USB of this Download-Box to Router to make a media server for your Netbooks & Tablets or plug it to your Desktop PC.

Then i now test new ubuntu and i found a cherry. Merry Men make a switch to a better OS. (Also seen is Docky for more icons)

If you wanted the best of both KDE and Ubuntu, then check out  Kubuntu open-source OS with App Suite.

I just assembled a Part New Part old computer. It was a P4 HT 2.6. It had donated all organs to other PCs and even the cabinet was scrapped.

First a Cooler Master Tuxedo, then put the RAM of same matched Speeds, i got two 512 MB and 256 MB of 266 Mhz from my Memory Dump. A 40 GB HDD and a Sony CD writer which has lasted a decade. The cabinet i got can be placed Horizontally like the Old IBM PC with 8086.

Now this System Moves like a Space Shuttle.    

I was able to install Xubuntu on a hp Pavilion which had xp. Now the computer is working very smoothly and very adroit.

This hp computer was giving a lot of trouble, HDD crash and CDROM, DVD problems. Only the motherboard was working well. I almost gave it a muli-organ transplant and it continued to move on xp.

Now on xubuntu and new parts including a SATA HDD, it is like a computer from 2022.

Lubuntu is a fast and lightweight operating system developed by a community of Free and Open Source enthusiasts. The core of the system is based on Linux and Ubuntu . Lubuntu uses the minimal desktop LXDE, and a selection of light applications.

Many people give up on Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo after a few months of "Novelty". This is due to the chore of replacing batteries and also the cost and wastage (carbon foot).

Then i have long been suggesting, nineties, ferrite smps coupled charger docks. This is like RFID, but more like RF power transfer. One half of Ferrite E-Core is in the Gadget and the other half is in the Dock. When the Gadget is docked it is sensed and power transfer just like in SMPS. Rechargeable batteries in the gadget.

How-To Convert Wireless to Pseudo-Wired 

Now you got a Wireless Combo, it can be converted into wired yet wireless, it is simple the wires will now carry 3V power to the Keyboard and Mouse, so no batteries. A little gentle and smart drilling is needed for the Mouse.

Get a 5V Adapter, the ones used for charging phones and music players. If you cannot get 5V use a 7805 to derive a 5V from 6 or 9. Use two 1N4007 in series on the positive line to drop 1.5V - test out with a dummy load of 10K and 100uF cap. Now use this to power both the mouse and keyboard with thin dual-core wires leading to the battery terminals. Soldering this may be a delicate job. Now you got a Perpetual Wired Keyboard Mouse Combo. The Interface still remains Wireless.

Another way is use Rechargeable Batteries for both. The wires will carry exactly a regulated 3.3V from a LM317 circuit which can be tweaked. The Mains adapter can be any 6V or 9V raw DC. You can have a Connector for the power wires when you want it to be wire free. This may require greater Gadget Opening and Drilling Expertise.

Reuse - Be Earth Friendly - Keep your Carbon Footprint smaller than that of a Yeti. 

The Keyboard and Mouse combo from Logitech i am converting and using looks like this, the audio controls work only with RhythmBox in Ubuntu and The other buttons serve no purpose. I save on Batteries and do not create eWaste.

Wired Combo is Green, rechargeable combo is green, the other ways are mean.

When your Bot has outgrown your Arduino, it wants to talk, an urge to communicate and Network(Social). A larger brain over the smaller control system is the need. Then a Networked Drove of Bots ! is possible.

Use the Arduino for emulating the role of the Spine and an Android System for the Big Networked brain. You can hack an Economy Android Phone to make your Robot an Einstein.

Now for Simulating the Soul, which even the most Advanced Robotic Scientist is unaware of; All you need is Cloud.

Bakelite, Thermosetting or Phenolic Knobs with or without dial; can be used to fix many kitchen utensils. These knobs are mostly used for Potentiometers and Rotary switches/encoders. You may find more of these in electronics surplus stores. Keep some handy. Ensure the knob has one or two Grub Screws (set screws). Fix the vessels that hold your Grub.