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Phoenix Images
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:32 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space, Uncategorized.
These guys are publishing these images faster than I can blog!
This image shows the horizon. This is again a very flat region, but there is interesting patterning on the surface. Perhaps this is due to freezing/thawing mechanisms.
Here is the link to the incoming images at the Phoenix Mission site.
Enjoy!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Phoenix Footpad Image!
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:26 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Robotics, Space.
Here is the first image back from Phoenix.
It is an image of the footpad. Clearly, the proble has landed on a level surface. No obvious sign of ice… yet?
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Phoenix Probe Lands on Mars
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:19 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space.
At 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received radio signals from the Mars Phoenix Lander confirming that it survived its landing in the north polar region of Mars.
The probe enters the Martian atmosphere at about 78 miles above the surface and begins decelerating from its space cruise velocity of [...]
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Making Things Talk
Published on 3 Apr 2008 at 2:20 am.
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Filed under Coding, Entrepreneurship, Evolution, Exploration, Fun, Gadgets, Information, Intelligent Systems, Internet, Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
Looking back, I am surprised at how electronics has quietly advanced to the point where we can buy small programmable computers on chips for a dollar or two. These are microcontrollers of course, and in my lab we are working on programming them to handle the tedious tasks in our robotics projects.
At makezine.com, I stumbled on this gem of [...]
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.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
