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- Robot plane ready to connect your call?
- Robot plane ready to connect your call?The WiMAX blimp?At 13 miles high, the WiMAX range of 30 miles makes this a tad underpowered. If you won't use WiMAX, you'll never get off the ground . . .Whats Next?Sounds kind of cool that now we have a new less expensive way...
- Tags: Robots, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Telecom & Utilities, solar energy, WiMAX, robot, Robot Plane, government
- Discussion threads 2005-04-13
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- On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins
- Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?
- While the world gets excited over Google's new open-source browser, Chrome, a new story is emerging about one of the Web's next-generation utilities: Cuil, the search engine heralded as a "Google killer," might just be taking out the entire Internet, one site at a time. As...
- Tags: Site, Cuil, Internet, Robots, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- 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
- Follow that robot!
- Three years after the development of robots that act like rats, UC Davis engineers have designed a control system for robots allowing them to pick up on cues that the leader is about to turn, predict where it is going and follow it. This system mimics the human ability to...
- Tags: Cue, Leader, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Intel's research into robotics
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner and Joshua Smith talk about advancements in robotics. The research involves dexterous robots with new sensory abilities. In the demo, Rattner grabs an apple from the grasp of a robot hand that can sense objects purely by changes...
- Tags: Robotics, Intel Corp., Robots, Emerging Technologies, Intel
- Videos 2008-08-22
- Vizio SV470XVT
- Budget flat-panel powerhouse Vizio is breaking into the lucrative realm of high-end HDTVs with its XVT line, comprised of a 50-inch plasma we detailed at CES and a pair of LCDs, including the model reviewed here, the 47-inch SV470XVT. Equipped with a lot of glossy black, a slicker menu system,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, button layout, Vizio, Vizio SV470XVT
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- Words from the Woz
- Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Electronics, Apple Inc., Computer, Intel Developer Forum, Productivity, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
- TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?The existing rules are a pain......but everyone knows what they are and there's no guesswork or interpretation required. As you describe them, the new rules appear to be a step backwards from that point of view.TSA is a jokeIt's a response to...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Transportation Security Administration
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- (Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge)
- (Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge)i see a problemwhat about my rights to the inovations i make?who has access big bussiness government contractors no one will give you an answer!i have ask before on other government contracts and challenges.
- Tags: Baby Step, NASA, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brainThe begining of the Cylon race? nt:(probably meant "you're" funnyDoesnt' change my opinion at all.Well, if this isn't the most immoral thing ever...it's gotta be kinda close.Cool but. could open a can of worms later...Did anyone else get a chill up the back of...
- Tags: Robots, biological brain, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain
- University of Reading scientists have developed a robot controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. And this is a world's premiere. Other research teams have tried to control robots with 'brains,' but there was always a computer in the loop. This new project is the first one to...
- Tags: Project, Brain, Multi Electrode Array, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone
- Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, NVidia Corp., Patch Management, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, 3G, E-books, Web Browsers, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge
- Last weekend's General Aviation Challenge in Sonoma County, Calif., is meant to encourage the development of tech that could one day get commuter air cars to takeoff. by CNET News.com
- Tags: NASA, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-08-11
- News to know: Microsoft's Fiji; Apple; Green IT
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally speaks out on 'Fiji' Zack Whittaker: Windows Fiji: a world class failure Gallery: Windows Fiji - Screenshots right Gallery: Windows Fiji - Setup Garett Rogers: Google Translate for iPhone has...
- Tags: apple iphone, larry dignan, green it, apple inc., microsoft corp., microsoft windows, e-mail, operating systems, software, online communications
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Humanitarian Collaboration
- I was recently fascinated by presentations by Bob Iannucci (CTO, Nokia) and Ken Banks of kiwanja.net at the Supernova2008 conference in June around mobile technologies in the developing world. Ken Banks discussed how mobile minutes are a form of currency in Africa, showing...
- Tags: mobile, health care, advertising & promotion, marketing, oliver marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-10
- Robot submarine to dive deep in the Caribbean
- According to BBC News, a new UK autonomous underwater vehicle AUV, Autosub6000, will soon start to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes located in the Caribbean. Autosub6000 has a range of up to 1,000 kilometers and has a maximum operating depth of 6,000 meters. It is 5.5 meters long, has...
- Tags: researcher, meter, british broadcasting corp., species, autosub6000, nocs, robots, engineering, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-10
- ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300
- ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300LED backlit, are you sure?I got the impression the display wasn't LED backlit.Another question, why do you want a DVD in a notebook. What do you use it for on the road?Tis simple...You're in Los Angeles. You're about to...
- Tags: Notebooks, ThinkPad X200, X300, LED-backlit, IBM ThinkPad
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
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