Robots Race Across Mojave for $2M Prize – Yahoo! News PRIMM, Nev. – Three robotic vehicles cruised past the finish line Saturday in a Pentagon-sponsored race across the rugged Mojave desert, giving scientists hope that robots could one day wage battles without endangering soldiers. … The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, plans […]
Read more "Robots Race Across Mojave for $2M Prize"via Spectrum IEEE Rise of the Body Bots .. Today, in Japan and the United States, engineers are finally putting some practical exoskeletons through their paces outside of laboratories. But don’t look for these remarkable new systems to bust bricks or spew lightning. The very first commercially available exoskeleton, scheduled to hit the market in […]
Read more "functional exoskeletons coming soon?"Biologically inspired by the common carp, the new designs can avoid objects and swim around a specially designed tank entirely of their own accord.
Read more "release the fish-bots"In-game ads work, study says | CNET News.com A new study released on Monday found that in-game ad campaigns resulted in a 60 percent increase in awareness of new brands. The study, commissioned by in-game ad creators Double Fusion and carried out by Nielsen Interactive Entertainment, tested various forms of ads in the PC game […]
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Read more "Prayer Rug that points to Mecca.."It’s Not TV, It’s Yahoo – New York Times There will be elaborate attention-grabbing events and video-heavy programs in nearly every category of content Yahoo offers, from sports to health. The first is called “Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone,” an audio-video-photo-blog-chat room, run by Mr. Sites, an experienced foreign correspondent, who plans to visit […]
Read more "more on Yahoo!’s plans for TV on da Web"man, those guys at Google don’t pause for breath, do they? Google confirms Ames plan / Search engine plans offices, partnership with space agency Google Inc. confirmed Wednesday that it will build up to 1 million square feet of offices at NASA Ames Research Center and collaborate with the space agency on research surrounding topics […]
Read more "Google partners with NASA"So, last night we got caught a freaking rain storm, and headed for shelter at this bus stop. And what do we find there? But a free ringtone!! Very cool form of advertising, I reckon. Give the ringtone away, as loss-leader to sell the single.
Read more "free Gorillaz ringtone at the BusStop"This is so freaking cool. Google have beaten everyone else to the game and will be releasing their own IP TV. I’m guessing this is what all the secret, 1337 only, meetings have been about lately. Obviously, someone’s talked though: Watch shows through Google TV | This is Money Watch shows through Google TV Mark […]
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