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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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Code is law

Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...

Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-02

I think I like Sid the Science Kid

PBS has a new show, Sid the Science Kid, handled in large part by Jim Henson's daughter. This digital puppetry was given a fairly luke-warm review by the New York Times: His show, done in that hyperactive style that adults have determined is what the very...

Tags: SID, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-02

See the heart beat in real time from outside

See the heart beat in real time from outsideUltrasound has gone a long wayBack in '71, when my wife was about 6 months along carrying our first born the hospital where she worked got the first ultrasound in the state. The Dr. (a friend of my wife's) came running...

Tags: Ultrasound, patient

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

My father, the casemodder

I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Exploit code published for Apache Tomcat flaw

Exploit code published for Apache Tomcat flawand just how long will it take to get 98% of these servers patched?When I read the % of un-patched open source machines out there..... All I can say is, where is the FUDGuess what, it's software, it'll FUBARSoftware is NOT a Religion!!!!How many...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Application servers, Middleware, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, Apache Tomcat, exploit code

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

The Magic Toy Chest Demo (exe)

The Magic Toy Chest is a physics based puzzle game for the whole family. It is inspired by classic retro 2D games such as The Incredible Machine. Use 16 wacky and zany toys to create crazy sequences of events that get the desired toy into the Magic Toy Chest. Build...

Tags: Graduate Games, Magic Toy Chest, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-08-21

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse

Microsoft's new SideWinder X5 Mouse is a stripped-down version of last year's Editors' Choice-winning SideWinder Gaming Mouse. Where the original model was a packed-to-the-gills gaming powerhouse, the X5 feels flimsy and expensive for the $60 Microsoft wants you to spend. We're willing to accept a more basic version of a...

Tags: Mice, SideWinder X5, mouse, Logitech, SideWinder X5 Mouse, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-08-20

Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and Ubuntu

Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and UbuntuIt's also interesting that......[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112885]A third of new PCs are being downgraded from Vista to XP[/url].Why do you suppose that is? ;)At this price point, I just might buy my first small computer. Though, Imight wait for them to offer a little...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Ubuntu, Dell Inspiron 910, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, Dell Inspiron 910 customer, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Swaddled in air-conditioned comfort, sipping a Diet Coke I hardly noticed the late afternoon thunderstorm that blew in last Friday. They're a common occurrence in central North Carolina in the summer time; so I continued with my work secure in my technological web. In the background I could hear the...

Tags: Lightning, Tree, Mississippi, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDs

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDsactually, you are wrong...HD dvd has the higher capacity, and better technology, like BetaMax in the past was superior to VHS but still lost the war. I would love to be able to use HD DVD rather than blue ray for data backupsThis is a first...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, toshiba, wat, Broadcast TV, Toshiba Corp., DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

William Shatner signs off on video autographs

Customers of Live Autographs get not just a signed photograph, book or napkin; they receive a customized video clip with a short personal message from the star. LOS ANGELES--William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to...

Tags: Autograph, TV, Star Trek, William Shatner, Julien, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, video, personalized greetings, Live Autographs

News items 2008-08-15

Yahoo launches Fire Eagle: Gauging my personal ROI

Yahoo has launched Fire Eagle, a location management service that is the latest step in the company's effort to add social networking features to its portfolio of sites and open its platform. The company describes Fire Eagle as a way "to store and manage information about their...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., ROI, Service, Yahoo Launch, Roi/Tco, Desktops, Social Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple

Linux, user interfaces and copying AppleIt makes sense[i]He also stated that they have to clone less the look and feel of desktop Windows, even going so far as to state they would do better to clone the look and feel of Mac applications if they are writing applications for the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Linux Interface, Linux, Apple Inc., Linux User, KDE, Microsoft Windows, desktop, PC

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!

No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!Why LiMo? Interested in your reasons.[i]Roll on LiMo. My next cellphone will, without a doubt, be a LiMo.[/i]Can I ask why? No ulterior motives, I'm just wondering why I should hold off on buying an HTC Touch Diamond, hold off on Android, and...

Tags: Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, LiMo Foundation, Apple iPhone, D'oh, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans

For the Linux laptop to be more than a hobbyist toy it needs a wider channel. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: microsoft corp., hardware, laptop computer, ibm corp., linux, microsoft windows, operating systems, unix, open source, software, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Jaybot's Catchy Cadence (exe)

Tired of Tapping on that Tiny Toy Telecaster. It's no wonder. Because Escaping from Sharks, Chopping Wood as a Lumberjack, acing a Dance Competition, Jumping Robots in a futuristic society, Sword Swinging, playing Tennis, making Sandwiches and simply Marching to the Beatplus many more things are way more fun than...

Tags: PDAmill, Cadence Design Systems Inc., Jaybot, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-08-04