Archives for March 2008
Five Questions for Dean Kamen
Published on 29 Mar 2008 at 12:15 pm.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
The current issue of the IEEE Spectrum Insider has a video interview with Dean Kamen founder of DEKA Research (and inventor of the segway, iBOT, and founder of the FIRST robotics competitions). He answers five questions on the future of robotics, the hype surrounding the segway, and education.
Watch Dean Kamen’s interview here.
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Vapor Compression Distiller
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 10:13 pm.
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Dean Kamen, an engineer was on The Colbert Report last night discussion his latest invention: the Vapor Compression Distiller. This device takes dirty or salinated water and produces clean fresh water. The distiller is produced by Dean Kamen’s engineering compand Deka Research, and they are aiming to distribute it world-wide to help solve ongoing and […]
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Dextre Heralds a New Age in Robotics
Published on 18 Mar 2008 at 9:39 pm.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Research, Robotics, Space, Technology.
During the second spacewalk of the STS-123 mission, the crew began assembling Dextre. Dextre is the newest member of the International Space Station’s Mobile Servicing System, and will act as a repair and construction robot for the ISS’s exterior. Dextre is enormous “standing” or rather floating at 12 feet tall. He has an 8 foot shoulder space […]
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Avalanche on Mars!
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:00 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Space.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured for the first time ever an avalanche in progress on another world!
These images were taken with the Hi Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) flying on the MRO. This image was taken at 34° latitude and 235.8° longitude, which is in Mars’ north polar region. The geology of this region is that […]
Matlab Package for LEGO Mindstorms
Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 11:16 pm.
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Filed under Computation, Fun, Intelligent Systems, Lego, NXT, Research, Robotics, Software, Technology.
I recently received a comment on my post on controlling NXT robots with Matlab that pointed me to the RWTH - Mindstorms NXT Toolbox for MATLAB®, which is a public domain Matlab package that enables one to interface with and control LEGO mindstorms.
The RWTH - Mindstorms NXT Toolbox for MATLAB® was developed as a student project in […]
