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Teaching language to robots: For a project scheduled to end in 2011, Plymouth University researchers will build two robots using software allowing them to interact with each other to exchange learned information like humans. The team will use language-learning techniques designed for children. According to The Engineer, the goal of the project is to...; Tags: project, concept, neck, belpaeme, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-07
News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel: Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...; Tags: apple iphone, comcast corp., yahoo! inc., computer science, broadband, computer, intel corp., robots, corporate governance, digital cameras, federal government, monitors & displays, broadband internet, network technology, emerging technologies, business operations, corporate law, consumer electronics, personal technology, government, hardware, components, telecommunications, networking, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Robot buoy to track oil spills: Yesterday, Japan Today reported about a prototype of robotic buoy developed at Osaka University to fight sea pollution in the event of an environmental disaster caused by an oil spill. The current prototype, dubbed SOTAB (short for 'Spilled Oil Tracking Autonomous Buoy') is a 110-kilogram GPS-equipped robot. The cylindrical buoy...; Tags: oil, buoy, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-03
A robot that really will make you smile: And I mean it -- literally. An article from Vaughan Today, Canada, reports about robots which help straighten smiles. According to this paper, 'Dr. Kevin Davis and his team are the first and only in Canada to offer SureSmile, a high-tech, digital method of producing precision braces.' Davis says that...; Tags: brace, vaughan today, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-01
Toyota tinkers with baby Segways: Toyota on Friday announced that it is tinkering with a robot called the Winglet, which technically is "a personal transport assistance robot ridden in a standing position." Translation: Toyota may be eyeballing Segway's turf. The automaker said in a statement that the Winglet is still being refined,...; Tags: toyota motor corp., robots, emerging technologies, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-01

AutoClickExtreme (exe): I'm the developer of AutoClickExtreme - an automatizing program. I frequently hear negative answers to the question: "Do You often have to do the same actions at computer?" Surely, some part of work is unique and can not be done by robots. But the rest can and should be automatized....; Tags: action, realsofts, productivity, robots, engineering, emerging technologies; Software downloads 2008-07-30
Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs: Publicly and privately, Microsoft officials have been making much of the company's myriad multi-touch input projects (especially with Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7). But Microsoft's view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that. Instead of allowing users...; Tags: receptionist, user interface, microsoft corp., robots, microsoft windows, operating systems, emerging technologies, software, mary jo foley; Blog posts 2008-07-28
PicsGet (exe): There are millions of free pictures on the Internet, when we found a site that contain thousand of free pictures that we interest in and we want to save them to hard disk, we must click through hundred of pages click each picture to save it, it will spend many...; Tags: picture, wsgsoft, picsget, internet, robots, microsoft windows, web browsers, emerging technologies, operating systems, software; Software downloads 2008-07-17
End of the hero-doctor era: Thanks in part to DeBakey's headline-raising prowess critical care medicine is now a big-money industry, driven far more by institutions and teams rather than individuals. There can be no one like him again. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: era, surgery, robots, team management, workforce management, healthcare, emerging technologies, management, human resources, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-12
Care-O-Bot, your future robotic butler: German researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute have introduced their third generation of household robots, the Care-O-Bot 3. The previous generations of this mobile robot assistant were designed to assist elderly or handicapped people in daily life activities. But now, this new 1.45 meter-high robot is intended to be an artificial...; Tags: tray, household article, system resource, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-11
An history of bilateral teleoperation: In case you're not familiar with the concept of bilateral teleoperation, this is just a way to remotely control robots. Two researchers have written a technical paper which covers more than 50 years of history of bilateral teleoperation. This paper has just received the 'Automatica Best Paper' in the survey/tutorial...; Tags: moon, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Pssst! ... wanna save up to 40 percent on a robotic massage chair?: Okay, I know I'm going to get flamed for furthering ethnic stereotypes, but I have to admit, us Jews love a good bargain. So I'm going to risk getting my butt chewed because I feel compelled to play yiddische consumer advocate. As some of you may know,...; Tags: chair, sharper image corp., robots, productivity, emerging technologies, jason perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer: So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...; Tags: thinking machines, massachusetts institute of technology, computer, astronaut, productivity, robots, emerging technologies, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-01
WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al Gore: Since it's summertime, this column will have the occasional off-topic diversion. Today, I have to take a few minutes to talk about the new Disney-Pixar film, WALL-E. Don't worry, no spoilers here, but I will try and tie in education. I took my kids and a good...; Tags: steve jobs, earth, disney corp., movie, pixar animation studios inc., al gore, wall-e, robots, emerging technologies, christopher dawson; Blog posts 2008-06-30
We heart robots: "Robots: Evolution of a cultural icon" is the name of a new exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi pays a visit to learn how and why artists have used robots to mirror society and why they're beloved the world over.; Tags: emerging technologies, news, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, robots, art, san jose museum or art; Videos 2008-06-20
Robots working 6,000 meters below sea level: MercoPress, a news agency based in Uruguay, reports that German engineers are using an aquatic robot able to work 6,000 meters below sea level. This remotely operated vehicle ROV, dubbed Kiel-6000, is operated by the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences from the University of Kiel. The robot weighs 3.5 tons...; Tags: carbon dioxide, remotely operated vehicle, kiel-6000, colin devey, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-17
RoboGames: a fight 'til the death: It's the Robot Fighting League's largest contest and CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi has a look at the action. Teams from Australia, Brazil, and elsewhere around the world battle for robot glory.; Tags: emerging technologies, news, kara tsuboi, robogames, fort mason, robots, death match, robotics; Videos 2008-06-16
Photos: Heavy metal at RoboGames: Thousands of robots from dozens of countries fight their way through competitions at the International RoboGames in San Francisco. by CNET News.com; Tags: metal, photograph, robots, emerging technologies, cnet news.com; Image galleries 2008-06-13
Photos: Intel's future tech for robots, health care, PCs: Company researchers showcase intelligent robotic hands, sensors for senior care, and next-gen PC tech this week during Research@Intel Day. by CNET News.com; Tags: pc, tech, health care, photograph, intel corp., robots, desktops, emerging technologies, hardware, cnet news.com; Image galleries 2008-06-13
SimCity Societies demo (exe): Featuring an all-new feature set, SimCity Societies allows you to create your own kinds of cities and shape their cultures and environments. Make your cities green or polluted, contemporary or futuristic, rural or urban. Create an artistic society or a police state, an industrial city or a spiritual community or...; Tags: city, games, robots, personal technology, emerging technologies; Software downloads 2008-06-13