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- A UMan robotic arm
- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile robotic arm which can manipulate objects by 'seeing' its environment through a digital camera. This robotic arm, dubbed UMan, or UMass Mobile Manipulator, can 'approach unfamiliar objects, such as scissors, garden shears and jointed wooden toys -- and learn...
- Tags: Environment, UMan, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Two radically opposed views of global warming bill: fighting it will bring health and welfare, or end our currently blessed state of being. You get to watch the battle.
- The US Senate is the first national battleground for an attempt to get the federal government to take action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. We already know the attempt by more than a dozen states to raise auto emission standards was stopped by the EPA earlier this year. ...
- Tags: America, Health Care, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- University of Massachusetts enters online degree deal with China
- The University of Massachusetts announced today that it would be the first foreign university to offer courses and degrees via the Internet in China. Plans call for UMassOnline to offer credit and non-credit courses, certificate programs, and degree programs from all five UMass campuses -- through online...
- Tags: China, University Of Massachusetts, Internet, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Using bacteria as medical robots
- Does the idea of turning bacteria into cancer-fighting robots sound like science fiction? Maybe today, but not in a near future. A researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the feasibility of...
- Tags: Mouse, Forbes, Bacteria, Salmonella, Mice, Robots, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- A vest to hug you
- In "New vest offers wearer a portable hug," the Boston Globe reports that engineers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have designed a vest to help people suffering from autism or high anxiety. This inflatable vest has pockets that hold air bladders and is powered by 10 AA batteries....
- Tags: vest
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- SAP, Accenture team up on health care software
- SAP, Accenture team up on health care softwareVistA Medical Imagining/ RecordsAccenture is the former Andersen Consulting, of Arthur Andersen Enron shredding infamy. When I worked at Arthur Andersen, it had the largest health care IT consulting practice in the US, and wasn't married to any one vendor. I worked as...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, team, health care, Accenture Ltd., MUMPS, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-09-20
- Proposal: Amherst Community Wireless Project
- The Amherst Community Wireless project is a cooperative effort between UMass Amherst and the Town of Amherst. The goal of the project is to deploy a municipal wireless network covering the Town's 17 square miles of roads and facilities with wireless devices. This communication network will provide several major benefits...
- Tags: University Of Massachusetts, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2006-03-09
- Microsoft aims for search on its own terms
- Microsoft aims for search on its own termsSophisticated TechnologyWhat is the big deal with searching the hard drives of one's PCs? The file-viewer already knows the type of the files and their other attributes. Will this search mechanism allow remote parties (e.g., MS) to peek into the contents of one's...
- Tags: hard drive, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2003-11-24
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