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FULL VIDEO: Star Wars' BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO arrive at the Oscars 2016

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Star Wars film's droids BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO have arrived at the Oscars 2016 ceremony Sunday night (Monday in Philippine time) to honor the American epic space opera franchise's composer John Williams, who recently received his 50th Oscar nomination.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAR81Jpk9cAA_c4h-ERodQXXgvqjmBe4qTXVLjG828uqBTvWXJLRpo_9g_Bqk2HG1Tp6ugA7ISgaZq4q8A8rsFFoOIK-qsWihYyPHJGOaymTX0Yjzod0MhACUPtn-yC6HsxKs0ycBELse/s1600/star-wars-c3-po-oscars.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Star Wars' BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO arrive at the Oscars 2016" border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAR81Jpk9cAA_c4h-ERodQXXgvqjmBe4qTXVLjG828uqBTvWXJLRpo_9g_Bqk2HG1Tp6ugA7ISgaZq4q8A8rsFFoOIK-qsWihYyPHJGOaymTX0Yjzod0MhACUPtn-yC6HsxKs0ycBELse/s640/star-wars-c3-po-oscars.JPG" title="Star Wars' BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO arrive at the Oscars 2016" width="560" /></a></div><br />Even the young Room star Jacob Tremblay was excited to see the Star Wars robots on stage. Netizens and top websites caught his priceless reaction seeing the adorable characters.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">In that moment we were all <a href="https://twitter.com/JacobTremblay" rel="nofollow">@JacobTremblay</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#Oscars</a> <a href="https://t.co/A4WY7xXeGE" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/A4WY7xXeGE</a></div>— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) <a href="https://twitter.com/EW/status/704139325991227393" rel="nofollow">February 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JacobTremblay" rel="nofollow">@JacobTremblay</a> loves R2D2, BB-8 and C3PO! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#Oscars</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheForceAwakens?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#TheForceAwakens</a> <a href="https://t.co/YL69TKFUzt" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/YL69TKFUzt</a></div>— Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/704139547261562880" rel="nofollow">February 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The three droids wandered on to the stage while looking for their seats and stopped to muse over C-3PO’s resemblance to the Oscar statuette. <br /><br />“He has already won five Oscars for composing. No wonder he has a good seat,”  C-3PO said.<br /><br />Here's the full video of BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO visit to Oscars event:<br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/starwars" rel="nofollow">@StarWars</a>' BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO take center stage at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#Oscars</a> presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/SamsungMobileUS" rel="nofollow">@SamsungMobileUS</a>.<a href="https://t.co/MOOOVoj1XN" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/MOOOVoj1XN</a></div>— ABC Network (@ABCNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCNetwork/status/704146513476235264" rel="nofollow">February 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>READ: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/02/full-list-oscars-2016-winners-are.html" rel="nofollow">FULL LIST: The Oscars 2016 Winners</a></div>

FULL VIDEO: Star Wars' BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO arrive at the Oscars 2016

Star Wars film's droids BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO have arrived at the Oscars 2016 ceremony Sunday night (Monday in Philippine time) to honor...

VIDEO: Pinoy student builds life-size BB-8 from household materials

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - A 17-year-old Physics student from De La Salle University (DLSU) successfully recreated a smartphone-controlled life-size BB-8 using household items and Arduino circuitry.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHohmtK49cn6k__RiOP0GduBLeu5iQtKcQRDiO0p1KAIN00nDpL_PSdes8SfNDRuI8Y0TSmUoyeiZNoRm4h5Q3VgEVjADSF4x9BaA_9cW3vDMyqtTmn7D19mQwZDgqWnrA9kxoTed0IzK3/s1600/bb8-by-pinoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Angelo Casimiro with his latest project: a smartphone-controlled life-size BB-8" border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHohmtK49cn6k__RiOP0GduBLeu5iQtKcQRDiO0p1KAIN00nDpL_PSdes8SfNDRuI8Y0TSmUoyeiZNoRm4h5Q3VgEVjADSF4x9BaA_9cW3vDMyqtTmn7D19mQwZDgqWnrA9kxoTed0IzK3/s640/bb8-by-pinoy.jpg" title="Angelo Casimiro with his latest project: a smartphone-controlled life-size BB-8" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Angelo Casimiro with his latest project: a smartphone-controlled life-size BB-8.</div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;">PHOTO CREDIT: YouTube/Techbuilder</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>According to a report by <a href="http://www.gadgetmatch.com/diy-bb8-filipino-angelo-casimiro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gadget Match</a>, the young Filipino behind the fully functional BB-8 is Angelo Casimiro. He wasn’t much of a Star Wars fanatic yet the latest movie, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, inspired his latest project.<br /><br />“When I saw BB-8 in the movie, it was like love at first sight. He was just so adorable! BB8’s spherical design also intrigued me, how it worked,” he told Gadget Match.<br /><br />Coming from a family of scientists, Casimiro became interested in electronics because of his grandfather. Since the age of 4, Casimiro has been building DIY gizmos and gadgets and has been making DIY tutorial YouTube videos for almost 5 years. A National Robotics champion, Casimiro has participated in several international competitions such as the International Robotics Olympiad and the Google Science Fair.<br /><br />In order to build BB-8, he used some items commonly found in the house such as a Christmas ball for the eye, an old router antenna for the antenna, a deodorant cap for the mic as well as roll-on deodorant balls for BB-8’s mechanisms. Casimiro had to shell out $120 for the project, which is still cheaper compared to Sphero’s miniature BB-8 Droid.<br /><br />Casimiro’s creation rolls, patrols and makes droid sounds similar to the one in the movie and its Sphero counterparts. However, it doesn’t respond to voice commands yet and doesn’t have hologram capabilities. <br /><br />Compared to his other projects, the droid isn’t as useful and practical yet it can be used to make spherical vehicles. Since his creation will be featured on TV soon, Casimiro is working to improve the droid’s stability.<br /><br />The young Filipino inventor considers BB-8 as his favorite project yet he still has projects lined up for his channel including The Portable Fridge Lunchbox, The DIY Bluetooth Boombox and The Portaverter (220v power bank). In the future, Casimiro intends to mass manufacture a Filipino-made solar-powered car.<br /><br />“I get the ideas from things around me. I’m just thankful God gave me a mind creative enough for the knowledge I have for making things,” he added.<br /><br />Here’s the full DIY tutorial to build BB-8.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QbFvDIyy1k" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><b><i>-Mini/The Summit Express</i></b></div>

VIDEO: Pinoy student builds life-size BB-8 from household materials

MANILA, Philippines - A 17-year-old Physics student from De La Salle University (DLSU) successfully recreated a smartphone-controlled life-s...