Sequencer made of pipes seems more authentic 9. May 2008
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This Sequential Resonation Machine by Joseph Casbarian routs any amplified sound source through a twelve position switch positioned at the top of the device. Each of the 12 valves contain a speaker, turning this steampunk looking device into a sequencer of sorts that uses pipe resonance to produce pitch.
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//Mukana - mobile system for visually impaired
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/MUKANA (the Finnish for aboard, along, in, on, part, with and within) is a piece of cutting-edge smart clothing for the visually impaired. It connects technology with textiles and thus promotes new approaches to dressing up. Users were given the main focus in the design. A group of visually impaired participated throughout the process of development. The final prototype was thoroughly tested by them.
..includes a cell phone, a wireless headset, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module and voice recognition software. The system takes account of the special needs of the visually impaired. Users can ask //MUKANA to tell them their location, to give information on what route to take to their destination or on the timetables of public transportation.
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David Bowen: Growth Rendering Device
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This is an amazing robot created by David Bowen. Here is how he explains his Growth Rendering Device:
This system provides light and food in the form of hydroponic solution for the plant. The plant reacts to the device by growing. The device in-turn reacts to the plant by producing a rasterized inkjet drawing of the plant every twenty-four hours. After a new drawing is produced the system scrolls the roll of paper approximately four inches so a new drawing can be produced during the next cycle. This system is allowed two run indefinitely and the final outcome is not predetermined.
Read more about the Growth rendering device - via ComputerLove
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Call of Duty 5 tilbake til 2. verdenskrig?
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Chief Cook Robot learns by doing 8. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : SiliconValley , add a commentIt’s always nice to see ‘darn cute’ & ‘genuinely interesting’ join forces - especially when it demonstrates autonomous extraction of task constraints (to the Benny Hill theme) -
The Chief Cook Robot learning to cook an omelet by whipping eggs, cutting ham and grating cheese.Through the use of a probabilistic model using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) and Gaussian Mixture Regression (GMR), the robot progressively learns to generalize the skill to various situations. It is then possible to reproduce the skill by being robust to dynamic perturbations (e.g. by moving the bowl while the robot whip the eggs). This video is part of the Cogniron project.
This method makes AI development look uncommonly simple and familiar, endearing even.
Exercise your learning algorithm by ingesting more relevant data here - Research on robot learning by imitation
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Hitachi slips past Fujitsu with speedy 320GB laptop drive
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Hitachi is updating its TravelStar laptop hard drive range with a more capacious 320GB disk that spins at 7,200rpm.
FTC: Kids Finding It Harder to Buy M-rated Video Games (PC World)
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Free software takes on Microsoft Office (Reuters)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : SiliconValley , add a comment<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080508/i/r3241511433.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CRT7mh3H.iqp2Mml.ke1aw–” align=”left” height=”86″ width=”130″ alt=”People use computers at an internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province September 25, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does
not believe in paying for software.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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Surprise, surprise: F5 is doing something
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According to an IT man from Arizona, F5 is up to something, something good. We’ve been wondering what it has been doing now that it has acquired Acopia and its file virtualising ARX switch. Well, according to this Arizonan who is familiar with the situation, F5 is developing a single box to replace two that people would need now.
Why Microhoo! is like, so, totally dead
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Blog 0.2 Those of you au fait with my traditional morning ritual will know that I normally rise at 5.43am, dip an Indonesian virgin-thigh-rolled organic sesame seed crunch power bar into a cup of sea urchin and gauva infusion, do fifteen minutes Pilates, ensure my beachside condo is feng shui compliant before parsing the latest declaration from a besuited Beastmaster of Redmond currently jollying it up abroad.
Interpol appeal unmasks US actor as child abuse suspect
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A man matching the description of a suspected child abuser who became the target of an international manhunt earlier this week has been arrested in the US.
Canadian filmmaker turns to Internet to finance movie (Reuters)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : SiliconValley , add a comment<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/wr_nm/walker_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t132330_450×300_us_walker.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iZXfsAB8_Nf_vohwg9q4uA–” align=”left” height=”86″ width=”130″ alt=”Canadian filmmaker Casey Walker is seen in this publicity photo handout. (Marc Duchemin/Word of Mouth PR/Handout/Reuters)” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - A Canadian filmmaker is asking
people to help fund his film project, one frame at a time.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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Pioneer Refreshes Blu-ray Player Line-up
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Should be paired up with a Kuro for best results apparently.
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ITV fined millions for phone fraud
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ITV must pay £5.67m in fines for misleading viewers using its premium rate phonelines - the largest fine regulator Ofcom has ever imposed.
O2: iPhone “No Longer Available” In UK
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Now we’ll have to wait patiently until June.
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Id <em>Dooms</em> gamers to new shoot-’em-up sequel
Posted by Nerdmaster in : SiliconValley , add a commentDive into the melee. Deploy superior firepower. Endure
Grand Theft Auto IV may have soaked up 90 per cent of gaming headlines for the past few weeks, but classic first-person shoot-‘em-up Doom is set to make a comeback. Version 4 is now in development.
Oracle ignores BEA out of existence
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JavaOne US vice president Dick Cheney’s 2003 Christmas card was a curious thing. The message? “If a sparrow can fall to the ground without His notice, it is likely that an empire can rise without His help?” This prompted the question: did Cheney and other neocons now view the US as an empire?
Firefox language pack provides adware back-door
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Mozilla has warned that the Vietnamese language pack of Firefox 2 was compromised as a result of a viral infection.
iPhone Carrier Exclusivity Looks Set To End 7. May 2008
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Two Italian telcos confirm iPhone deals, other two confirm they are in talks with Apple.
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FBI withdraws secret Internet Archive probe
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The FBI has withdrawn a secret order that used new anti-terrorism powers to demand information about a user of the Internet Archive without a court order after attorneys challenged it as an unconstitutional abuse of power.