Saturday, March 11, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
One Got Fat - Bicycle safety 1963 (Funny and weird)
this bizarre video used to be shown in classrooms. It is perhaps the most bizarre thing I've ever seen. I wonder who the kids in it never seek help for their fallen friends. What is the real lesson here?
World of Offline Gaming
Woog is a short film depicting what would happen should online gamers take their MMORPG behavior into the real world.
It's mostly based on World of Warcraft, but gamers of all shapes and sizes should be able to enjoy it.
Monday, March 06, 2006
The Amazing Climbing Robot
RiSE is a small six-legged robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences. RiSE's feet have claws, micro-claws or sticky material, depending on the climbing surface. RiSE changes posture to conform to the curvature of the climbing surface and a fixed tail helps RiSE balance on steep ascents. RiSE is about 0.25 m long, weighs 2 kg, and travels 0.3 m/s.
Each of RiSE's six legs is powered by two electric motors. An onboard computer controls leg motion, manages communications, and services a variety of sensors. The sensors include an inertial measurement unit, joint position sensors for each leg, leg strain sensors and foot contact sensors.
Future versions of RiSE will use dry adhesion to climb sheer vertical surfaces such as glass and metal. RiSE is being developed in conjunction with researchers at University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, Stanford, and Lewis and Clark University. RiSE is funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
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