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- Segway's Kamen sponors FIRST Lego League Championship
- Legos might seem on the surface to be just bunch of tiny brightly-colored plastic blocks that get stuck in the vacuum cleaner, but kids in Colorado are putting them to good use by doing research in nanotechnology and robot-building, reports Your Hub.com Eighteen students at West Middle School are...
- Tags: robot, West, K-12, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- CMU and Lego put advanced robots in Pa schools
- Are you ready for the four Rs of education - reading, writing, ritmatic and robots? In Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon is teaming up with Lego Education to put robot-building programs in over 60 schools, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. "The goal here is using the motivational...
- Tags: robot
- Blog posts 2006-08-10
- Lego robots march on Microsoft
- Lego robots march on MicrosoftMicroinovation or monopolynow ms thinks they thought of it !>"Lego was one of the motivating factors that got this started in the first place,"""Now Microsoft is hoping its robotics suite, which can...
- Tags: Robots, Microsoft Corp., robot, LEGO Co., LEGO Robot
- Discussion threads 2006-07-25
- Photos: Lego lands in Redmond
- At Microsoft, Lego shows off the latest iteration of its programmable robot technology.
- Tags: Robots, LEGO Co., iteration, robot, Redmond, Microsoft Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-07-25
- Personal Robots in LegoLand
- Could one product turn around the fortunes of a company that has been struggling?If you’ve been following the personal robot space—perhaps an aficionado of the TV show RobotWars, or the proud owner of a Sony Sebo or dependent on Roomba—you’ve got to feel a thrill at the news that Lego...
- Tags: robot, LEGO Co.
- Blog posts 2006-03-08
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-01-06
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- Robots mimic razor clams
- MIT researchers have developed a robot inspired by the razor clam. According to the engineers, this RoboClam could lead to a 'smart' anchor that burrows through the ocean floor to reposition itself and could even reverse. These small robots, which have the size of a cigarette lighter, could be used...
- Tags: Clam, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Razor Clam, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- A fully customizable home robot
- Imagine a completely customizable robot with selectable software options. Buy one component, and it will take care of your lawn. Buy another one and it will clean your toilets. With a third one, it will pick up UPS or FedEx deliveries on your porch. If you are taking some vacation,...
- Tags: Lawn, AgBot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: CES preview, Google tracks flu, NebuAd sued, Ad porn blocker
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: CES 2009 Preview: All quiet on the gadget front Sean Portnoy: Third-quarter HDTV sales pace slows, plasmas show new signs of life ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Video, Beta, Matthew Miller, Corporate Communications, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Robot helicopters flying low among obstacles
- According to New Scientist, engineers at Carnegie Mellon University CMU have modified an unmanned commercial civilian helicopter to fly fast and low while avoiding obstacles such as buildings, trees or power lines. The unmanned aerial vehicle UAV from Yamaha has been adapted to integrate a sensing system able to see...
- Tags: Obstacle, Helicopter, Powerline, Scanners, Robots, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille, Carnegie-Mellon University, Collision, Safe Navigation, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- News to know: Rigged PDFs; Obama's CTO; Android bug; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100? CNET News: Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks Ryan Naraine: Rigged PDFs...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, CTO, Adobe PDF, E-waste, Microsoft Windows, Robots, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- (Gallery: Honda's walking assist device)
- (Gallery: Honda's walking assist device)RE: (Gallery: Honda's walking assist device)The next phase will be to take those that can't use their arms or legs and are house bound to be connected by the web to a serogate android like Honda's little guy that climbs stares and such and then these...
- Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Honda Motor Co., Gallery
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- The world's heaviest robot
- The world's heaviest robotThis is wonderfulSuch repetitive and tedious jobs should be automated. I rather have miners work only in places where creative thinking is necessary.I bow to our new six-wheeled giant robotic overlords.Seriously though, improvements in safety will be good. At least for those that still have work....
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- The world's heaviest robot
- This distinction goes to a future autonomous version of the 700-tons Caterpillar mining truck. In a recent article, Discovery News reports that Caterpillar engineers and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop this autonomous truck. Japan-based Komatsu already has already delivered autonomous mining trucks to its...
- Tags: Caterpillar Inc., Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille, Truck, GPS, Benefits, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'
- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'Their kidding right?It looks rediculous, AND uncomfortable!I'll stick with my knee brace and cane,Thanks anyway!I think they are on the right track.Who thinks that being stuck in a wheel chair or a bed for that matter is healthy. The problem that puts you...
- Tags: Robots, Honda Motor Co., robotics
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'
- A bit off topic, but pretty neat nonetheless: Honda has rolled out its second experimental walking device. The contraption is for folks that can walk, but have trouble supporting their weight. Given all those Baby Boomers will be hitting retirement age in droves Honda may find a market. ...
- Tags: Robotics, Honda Motor Co., Contraption, Robots, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
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