Archives for September 2008
Robots to Clean Ship Hulls
Published on 19 Sep 2008 at 12:41 am.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Research.
European researchers are working on an EU-funded project called HISMAR (Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics) to develop a robotic hull cleaning system to remove marine growth from ships. Marine growth significantly increases the friction of a ship moving through water, which significantly increases the cost in terms of energy. In addition, marine growth [...]
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Webcast on New Mars Science Laboratory Rover
Published on 13 Sep 2008 at 12:13 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Exploration, Mars, Research, Robotics, Space, Technology.
On Thursday October 16th at 7pm PST, JPL will host a webcast of a lecture on the new Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover. This webcast will require RealPlayer—the free RealPlayer 8 Basic can be downloaded from RealPlayer.
More info can be found here at JPL.
This talk is part of the JPL von Kármán Lecture [...]
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Google Accidentally Releases New “Chrome” Browser
Published on 3 Sep 2008 at 8:22 am.
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Filed under Gadgets, Internet.
Google accidentally released its new browser called “Chrome” earlier than had been planned.
http://www.google.com/chrome
Google has designed the browser from scratch with the philosophy that current browsers represent an old way of thinking about surfing the web, accessing email, etc.
I am downloading mine today!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
