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Robot Stock News -- All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: The German military, the Bundeswehr, is refusing to allow any U.S.-based robot companies such as iRobot Corporation to compete in their competition featuring bomb-disposal robots in a move questioned by Spiegel Magazine in this article: The March of the Steel Soldiers. Our erstwhile allies will be hosting a four-day European Land Robot Exhibition (Elrob 2006), the first event of its kind in Europe, featuring 33 companies and 14 scientific organizations from nine European countries, showing off their robots, including the pictured Asendro, to a professional audience consisting of military, fire department and civil protection personnel. (via Cosmos)
Erik Emery Hanberg: An interesting op-ed in the NYT today comparing the Spelling Bee and the Geography Bee. I think its author is dead-on about both the relevance of the Geography Bee and its ability to challenge students far more than the Spelling Bee. (via Cosmos)
Knight Science Journalism Tracker: But they are far cheaper and way tougher than astronauts. Designers hope they will know enough to avoid hazards, and to take and radio home pix of the most interesting stuff such as any–as the joke goes–dinosaur bones they might wander past. (via Cosmos)
appletree: Police in Stumptown are still looking for a person who cut down 20 trees in a public park. Police believe the culprit was a nearby homeowner who wanted to improve the view from his home (if it turns out that the culprit was a woman, I’ll run some kind of contest on this website and send $100 to the winner). (via Cosmos)
Daniel Belanger Online: (Another recently revealed Apple patent describes using voice commands to control the iPod the way voice controls are used by current car-navigation systems. Maybe Apple has an iPod Car Kit in the works?) The wireless accelerometer used in the Apple/Nike Sport Kit might also be incorporated into different kinds of sports equipment, measuring the swing of a baseball bat, the height of a basketball player’s jump or the number and ferocity of punches delivered by a boxing glove.” (via Cosmos)
PAXALLES: The New York Times reports that as NASA goes further into space, smart drone type spacecraft are being designed that can make decisions literally on the fly. Because of the amount of time it takes to send messages back and forth in the far reaches of space, it is becoming necessary to design smart craft to make decisions. (via Cosmos)
[Aaai.org] AI in the news: "James Albus, a senior fellow and founder of the Intelligent Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, made the most convincing case for why the era of 'engineering the mind' is here. He also proposed a national program for developing a scientific theory of the mind.
[Generation5.org] generation5 - At the forefront of Artificial Intelligence: NERO integrates cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning research into a commercial-grade video game to produce an entirely novel gaming experience. It is the result of almost two years of work by a mostly volunteer team of over 30 student programmers, artists, and researchers at the University.
[Moskalyuk.com] Toys with artificial intelligence: Roomba Diagnostic Mode - Assuming you’ve already cleaned your Roomba and are still seeing problems, here’s how to access the diagnostic mode. Hold down all S-M-L buttons at once with power off.
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