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Anna Konda, the robotic firefighter

In fact, Anna Konda is a robotic fire hose moving like a snake. This robot, which has been developed in Norway by SINTEF, is 3 m long and weighs 70 kg. The snake contains 20 water hydraulic motors that move the robotic joints. And the energy needed to power these...

Tags: joint, snake, Anna Konda, SINTEF

Blog posts 2006-07-22

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Election coverage sets Web record; Facebook releases data

updated: Facebook releases Election Night traffic data. see below Right around the time that Barack Obama was being declared the winner of Tuesday's historic election, an Internet usage record was being broken. At the peak, there were more than 8.5 million visitors per minute visiting news sites...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Election Day, Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"

Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"upgrade tax?all the mac laptops are upgradable in terms of ram and hard disk. what else do you need to upgrade on a laptop?I think MS should push for Apple salesThe first piece of software that gets installed on a Mac is Windows and at...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Apple Inc., tax, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

CA Dems: Scrutiny of Yahoo-Google deal threatens competition

Seeing as how Google and Yahoo are both California companies, California House members have taken it upon themselves to tell the Dept. of Justice to butt out of the advertising swap between the two Internet honchos. In a letter of Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the Democratic reps said: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Computer Associates International Inc., D, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Fashion Apprentice (exe)

Instead of attending law school like her father wanted, Anna has decided to follow her own path and work for her aunt in the exciting world of fashion. Help Anna complete day-to-day tasks for her aunt as she works her way up the fashion ladder. Design outfits and build Anna's...

Tags: Aunt, SpinTop Games, Anna, Workforce Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2008-09-11

Obama sex tape? Not exactly

Obama sex tape? Not exactlywe believei am still laughing about Anna.kournikova.jpg.vbs, a few hundred sailors believing, their commander sent them a picture of her.priceless

Tags: sex tape, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

The House Bunny Movie Screensaver (exe)

Photos and music from the move "The House Bunny" featuring Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Katharine McPhee, Kiely Williams, and Rumer Willis. Lots of fun to watch these beautiful girls scroll across your screen. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Screen Saver Mania

Software downloads 2008-09-03

IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments

Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...

Tags: IKEA, Information Technology, IT Investment, David Meerman Scott, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Gymnasts ranked by online buzz

Athlete Country Index 1.Shawn Johnson United States 100 2.Nastia Liukin United States 43 3.Jiang Yuyuan China 16 4.Anna Pavlova Russia 11 5.Yang Yilin China 11 6.Steliana Nistor Romania 8 7.Ksenia Semenova Russia 3 Source:...

Tags: Buzz, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Gymnasts ranked by online buzz

Athlete Country Index 1.Shawn Johnson United States 100 2.Nastia Liukin United States 43 3.Jiang Yuyuan China 16 4.Anna Pavlova Russia 11 5.Yang Yilin China 11 6.Steliana Nistor Romania 8 7.Ksenia Semenova Russia 3 Source:...

Tags: Buzz, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Are CIOs adopting the iPhone?

At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, CIOs discuss the iPhone and whether they plan to use them across their companies. They also talk about the difficulty in supporting new platforms and in keeping company confidentiality. Panelists include Colleen Berube of Adobe Systems, Russ Daniels of Hewlett-Packard, Anna Ewing of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, iphone, AlwaysOn, Stanford, tech

Videos 2008-07-31

Cuil trips over its Web index in early going

Cuil, a Menlo Park-based search startup, has launched with an interesting hook: It has indexed 120 billion Web pages. It claims that tally is three times larger than any search engine, but the first impression didn't go over too well. Why? I can't find my archived posts...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Search Engine, Cuil, Search, Channel Management, Federal Government, Marketing, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Gallery: iPhone 3G launch at the Apple Store in Atlantic City

Atlantic City -- I arrived at the Apple Store at The Pier here today with Rob Parker at about 7:30am and we were given wrist band numbers 49 and 50 and took our places in line. I talked with the first 10 people in line and Matthew Diullio...

Tags: 3G, Apple Inc., Atlantic City, Business Operations, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Wireless, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-11

AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies

AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers "a guaranteed CPM" for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry. However, there are a few caveats: CPM rates on social networking sites are notoriously...

Tags: Bebo, Developer, Facebook, Advertisement, Penny, America Online Inc., Platform, CPM, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Simple TTS Reader (zip)

Simple TTS Reader is a small clipboard reader. Simply copy any text, and it will be read aloud. You can choose any installed speech engine, e.g. Microsoft Anna. This text-to-speech utility can also be minimized to tray. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Open Source

Software downloads 2008-06-24

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

The Wall Street Journal says in an editorial that FCC chair Kevin Martin is about to screw things up again on the public wireless Internet front. The first time around Martin tried to rig the D block auction to hand 700MHz spectrum over to Frontline Wireless, formed by former commissioner...

Tags: FCC, Auction, Journal, M2Z, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Commonwealth Fund finds wide disparities in kids' health care

The non-partisan Commonwealth Health Fund, founded 90 years ago by Standard Oil heiress Anna M. Harkness, has a new study out on childrens' health care which makes great reading. The fund ranked all the states, and the District of Columbia, based on how kids make out on...

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Animal Agents (exe)

When Sarah goes out one morning to feed the family rabbit, she discovers to her horror that Fridolin has disappeared! Has she really forgotten to lock the cage door? Though Sarah discovers suspicious footprints, nobody wants to believe her, except for Justin and Anna. Together they want to find out...

Tags: Animal, Agent, Cerasus.Media, Real Estate, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Nanoemulsion vaccines effective against HIV?

Nanoemulsions are non-toxic lipid droplets approved for human consumption and common food substances that are defined as 'Generally Recognized as Safe' GRAS by the FDA. But they also can be used for medical applications. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed nasal nanoemulsion vaccines for influenza which were successfully...

Tags: Vaccine, Particle, HIV, Nanoemulsions, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Stop the Kindle hype!

Stop the Kindle hype!Scared much?!?I know you "Cupertino Crack" addicts sometimes have trouble separating reality from the RDF, but seriously, this post smacks of defend the queen!Anyone would think that Amazon had just declared war on Apple!Chill out David, your "cult" of products will not be affected by anything that...

Tags: Digital media, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital music, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-14