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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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The Money Shot!
Published on 26 May 2008 at 7:46 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Mars, Robotics, Space, Technology.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught the Phoenix probe parachuting in to its landing site!
Full Article here…
SWEEEEET!!!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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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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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 […]
