Why is linux better? Well first it doesnt get viruses, doesn’t need ctl+alt+del buttons, runs stable!

more reasons why here

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Interesting wine testing robot from Japan…

The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese would seem to be about as human a skill as there is. In Japan, robots are doing it. Researchers at NEC System Technologies and Mie University have designed a robot that can taste — an electromechanical sommelier able to identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d’oeuvres. “There are all kinds of robots out there doing many different things,” said Hideo Shimazu, director of the NEC System Technology Research Laboratory and a joint-leader of the robot project. “But we decided to focus on wine because that seemed like a real challenge.” Last month, they unveiled the fruits of their two-year effort — a green-and-white prototype with eyes, a head that swivels and a mouth that lights up whenever the robot talks.

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Here’s another cool bionic arm being developed by  Darpa!

Darpa, the Pentagon’s blue-sky research division, now wants to ratchet that work up about ten notches, by developing a “neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore full motor and sensory capability to upper extremity amputee patients. This revolutionary prosthesis will be controlled, feel, look and perform like the native limb.”

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The Wireless show is held in Munich, Germany

Register now to take full advantage of the opportunity to meet face-to-face with technical gurus, strategical visionaries, colleagues and leading wireless technology providers.

Conference Sessions:

ZigBee – Design & Technology
M2M, Industrial Automation
Wireless Sensor Networks
Bluetooth & Ultrawideband Technology
WiMAX Technology
RFID & NFC Technology
RF Test & Measurement Engineering
Regulation, Certification
Mobile Networking & Wireless Components
WLAN

DC from SpaceElevator came by the other day at my work to pick up some XPORT and XPORT Dongles. Well, he told me about some cool sites that build space elevators! The competition will be held at the X-PRIZE Cup in Las Cruces, NM on October 20-21. Thanks DC for the info!

Elevator:2010 is designed to address the “social engineering” of the Space Elevator. Taking our cue from the X-prize, solar car races, and various other competitive ventures, we use engineering competitions as a tool to capture mindshare in academia, space enthusiast community, and the general public.In the days of airships, the advocates of planes devised a new way to promote their (obviously impractical…) inventions. It was called an “air show”, and it had a dual purpose: First, these pioneers knew that they could explain airplanes all they wanted using equations and diagrams - it was not until they showed them flying that they really got their message across. Second, they recognized the power of competition - by bringing together airplane enthusiasts in a competitive environment, they were able to accelerate the rate of development beyond what was likely in the isolated confines of their shops.

Our goal is to infect the engineering and science community with our passion for building the Space Elevator, thus making them ambassadors to our cause. As the fruits of their efforts take to the air every year, we will have demonstrated the feasibility and sheer simplicity of the Space Elevator concept, and will have brought it closer to reality.

Elevator 2010 Competition web site link

Tickets to Elevator 2010 via www.spaceelevatorblog

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Wow check these underground photos of human rocket from Make!

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Wine HQ v.0.9.22 is available now, the latest version for running your programs in Linux.

Now let see, I do have some programs that need to run on my Fedora FC5…

Awesome balbot w/ segway structure!

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