Archives for June 2007
LEGO NXT Rocker-Bogie Suspension
Published on 24 Jun 2007 at 2:59 am.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Research, Robotics.
I have just uploaded three videos of a LEGO NXT rover that uses the rocker-bogie suspension system employed by the current Mars rovers. This design is based heavily on the design presented by Brian Bagnall in his book Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
I described the rocker-bogie suspension system in a previous post. The […]
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Prototyping Prosthetics with LEGOs
Published on 17 Jun 2007 at 12:16 am.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Inventions, Lego, Neuroscience, Research, Robotics, Solutions.
This morning I was surfing the web for LEGO Arm designs to try to come up with ideas for stabilizing the pretty mediocre arm I built last night for our upcoming demonstration at MAXENT 2007. I came across a blog called the Open Prosthetics Project featuring a piece titled “Articulated Hand: Low Cost Prototyping with […]
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Technorati
Published on 15 Jun 2007 at 3:28 am.
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Filed under Internet.
I am sometimes a bit behind when it comes to certain aspects of internet technology. That is the price I pay for focusing on my own research on intelligent instruments and robotics. I have been noticing that the blog search engine Technorati, keeps track of what I am posting on my blog. Not only that, […]
Data Mining in Aeronautics, Science and Exploration Systems
Published on 14 Jun 2007 at 3:37 pm.
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Filed under Research.
Later this month, June 26-27, 2007, we will be holding the Data Mining in Aeronautics, Science and Exploration Systems (DMASES) Conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View CA. This meeting is being organized by Ashok Srivastava, Dawn McIntosh, and Bob Beil from NASA Ames Research Center. I am the Chair of the Science Session, […]
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Powerset Due to Launch
Published on 12 Jun 2007 at 10:42 pm.
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Filed under Computation, Entrepreneurship, Internet, Inventions, Research, Software.
I received an email from my friend Barney Pell the other day announcing the launch of Powerset in September 2007. Powerset is developing the next generation search engine, which relies on natural speech processing! Right now you can sign up to try the Powerset demo before its release!
A video introduction to Powerset can be found […]
