Archive for August 16th, 2008
IRO- part 4- My robot this year
Posted by: ♪Åκšhαt♪ on: 16 August, 2008
- In: Robotics
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Hey! This is my first password protected post. If you’re viewing this post, count yourself lucky as very few will be privileged enough to get the password to this post. It is a video of my robot for the IRO 2008.
P.S. to see the video, you must add me in my [...]
IRO – part 3 – My playfield
Posted by: ♪Åκšhαt♪ on: 16 August, 2008
- In: Robotics
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I’m going crazy. This is my third post today. And yes, this too is on robotics. The following is a video of the playfield which I made at home. Its not great but I think I did a pretty neat job.
Here’s a snap:
IRO – part 2 – IRO 2007
Posted by: ♪Åκšhαt♪ on: 16 August, 2008
For those of you who don’t know, my group won the IRO last year. There were two challenges then- Robo Puzzle Race and Robo Rally.
Here is a clip of my robot which I made for Robo Puzzle Race-
And this one is the robot for the second challenge (Robo Rally)- [...]
IRO – part 1
Posted by: ♪Åκšhαt♪ on: 16 August, 2008
I’ve decided to keep updating my viewers on my progress through the IRO. But since I am especially paranoid, most of my posts will be kept private until the IRO is over. So remember guys, my confidential data (videos of my bot, programs, etc.) will be right under your noses but you won’t be able [...]
Ak|Bo Tech News- courtesy Yahoo!
- Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $100-and-under favorites.
- AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com
(AP)
5 December, 2009AP - Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application.
- FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.
- Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.
- GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory filing Friday.
- Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.
- Google buys online collaboration startup
(AFP)
5 December, 2009AFP - Online collaboration startup AppJet said that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating.
- iGo Green Power Charger
(PC World)
5 December, 2009PC World - The latest charger from iGo aims to make it easy to be green. The $100 iGo Green Charger uses only the precise amount of energy your laptop requires, and can automatically shut off if need be when not in use.
- Dell to Set up Mobile Business Unit
(PC World)
4 December, 2009PC World - Dell is setting up a new business unit surrounding mobile products as it tries to expand its presence in the communications market, the company said on Friday.
- Apple mute on Lala plans
(Reuters)
5 December, 2009Reuters - Apple Inc has acquired digital music service Lala, as the dominant online music retailer explores new models for selling songs.
- Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares plunge
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. plunged ahead of the regular session Friday after the video game maker lowered its financial outlook again and said it probably won't meet its profitability goals for next year.
- New Droid Ad Has a Blast at iPhone's Expense
(NewsFactor)
4 December, 2009NewsFactor - Verizon is ramping up the testosterone in its newest ad campaign against the Big Man on Campus, Apple's iPhone. Falling just short of saying other phones are for girlie-men, Verizon's ads tout their phone's "racehorse taped to a Scud missile" speed as opposed to that of a "digitally clueless beauty pageant queen. […]
- HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data
(PC World)
5 December, 2009PC World - HSBC Bank says a bug in its imaging software inadvertently exposed sensitive data about some of its customers going through bankruptcy proceedings.
- Canada OKs Avaya purchase of Nortel unit
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - Telephone and computer software company Avaya Inc. said Friday that Canada's minister of industry approved its acquisition of the enterprise solutions unit of Nortel Networks Corp.
- Thanksgiving Webcam Promo Leads to Malware
(PC World)
4 December, 2009PC World - The US$10 webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that's too good to be true. And for her, it was.
Odd news from around the world
- Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring
(Reuters)
3 December, 2009Reuters - Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain's competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play.
- Groom creates viral storm twittering from altar
(Reuters)
3 December, 2009Reuters - A Maryland groom has created an viral story storm after he interrupted his wedding last month to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts from the altar.
- Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower
(Reuters)
2 December, 2009Reuters - An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris Tuesday.
- Snap-happy Vienna orangutan opens Facebook gallery
(Reuters)
3 December, 2009Reuters - A 33-year-old furry photographer is winning fans on social networking website Facebook for pictures of her daily life as an orangutan in a Vienna zoo.
- Police knock escaped killer off getaway bike
(Reuters)
1 December, 2009Reuters - Germany's most wanted fugitive was captured Tuesday after a five-day manhunt, when police knocked the escaped murderer off the woman's bicycle he was riding along a rural road near the Dutch border.
- N. Korea's first designer jeans on sale in Sweden
(Reuters)
1 December, 2009Reuters - Designer jeans labeled "Made in North Korea" will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state.
- Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs
(Reuters)
1 December, 2009Reuters - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
- Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up
(Reuters)
1 December, 2009Reuters - Parents used to save for their children's weddings but now there's another major rite of passage to fund before they even leave home -- the school formal or prom, a booming industry which seems recession-proof.
- Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award
(Reuters)
30 November, 2009Reuters - Jonathan Littell, who won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for "The Kindly Ones," has picked up another prize for the same work -- the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
- Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams
(Reuters)
30 November, 2009Reuters - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world's best loved cities.
Ak|Bo Science feed- courtesy Yahoo!
- Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes
(AP)
5 December, 2009AP - In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said.
- Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, an Obama administration adviser said Friday.
- Study: Slowdown in warming last year not permanent
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - Climate researchers say cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing.
- Copenhagen Climate Summit: What You Need to Know
(LiveScience.com)
4 December, 2009LiveScience.com - The question of how to address global climate change is one of the most confounding on the planet. Experts and world leaders plan to wrestle with the scientific, political and social issues surrounding the topic at an upcoming conference in the Danish city of Copenhagen next week. Here's what you need to know.
- Obama boosts climate talks with change of plans
(AFP)
5 December, 2009AFP - US President Barack Obama has delivered a boost to UN climate talks in Copenhagen, agreeing to delay his visit until the end of the meeting, when the drive for a global warming pact will climax.
- OPEC should maintain output: Arab oil ministers
(AFP)
4 December, 2009AFP - Arab oil ministers of OPEC said on Friday that the cartel should keep production unchanged when it meets later this month as crude prices are close to the target of 80 dollars a barrel.
- First Photo Taken of Object Around Sun-Like Star, Scientists Say
(SPACE.com)
3 December, 2009SPACE.com - Astronomers say they have taken the first direct image of a planet-like object orbiting a star much like our own sun.
- Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes
(HealthDay)
4 December, 2009HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease.
- Obama shifts Copenhagen trip as prospects brighten
(AP)
5 December, 2009AP - President Barack Obama is shifting the timing of his visit to an international climate summit in Copenhagen as prospects for a political agreement at the event seem more likely.
- Beloved panda born at National Zoo headed to China
(AP)
4 December, 2009AP - A young giant panda who became a major attraction after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
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