| free PDF; 2004's top 10 innovations! |
[Jan. 3rd, 2005|01:16 pm] |
well, a happy and healthy new year to all! I am glad i took a few days off (boy do i have a stocking full of groovy tips for y'all now) but even more glad to be back!
and to get the ball rolling, i have recently found a number of inspiring PDF files, and here's the first one; 2004's top 10 innovations. Written by mike adams for Truth In Publishing (now there's a novel concept) the list includes (but is not limited to) fuel cells (duh), practical robots (yay!) and a surprise nod to Vibrational medicine.... a great read!, enjoy! |
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| bots are cool, okay??? |
[Dec. 22nd, 2004|09:15 pm] |
...aside from the people-killing robots (not as cool) i have to say --unless at some point they decide to take over-- perhaps we will be better off with some bots, and not just the rechargeable lawn mowing kind. Especially these,  i (almost) forgot all about this one. my favorite bot of all! Inside sealed shipping containers are modular stackable organic robotic hydroponic systems. organitech has found a way to harvest over 350 heads of lettuce a day fom one machine (10'x10'x40). and the shipping containers themselves are stackable... take 2 or 3 city block sized pieces of land near a city and you can grow all the veggies and fruits you need! no shipping tomatos across the ocean in refridgerated trucks!
Liberate the Soil! Build the AgriBots!! |
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| all robots aren't scary pt. 3 |
[Dec. 22nd, 2004|09:02 pm] |
i think my pennance is almost over... but, this month, RPI announced some great strides taken on their SAUVE (Solar Autonamous Underwater VehiclE) which is a PV powered robot that can sense biological or chemical impurities, alert other SUAVEs-- and who knows, in the future send out for some biochem neutralizer bots to clean up whatever mess the SUAVEs find.... not too shabby! (Rensselear Campus News) |
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| all robots aren't scary pt.2 |
[Dec. 22nd, 2004|03:37 pm] |
what is it with robots today?? the headline on CNet News all day today is about a backwoods inventor who is completing his 18ft robot. well, exoskeleton is more like it... as you can see in the photo, it's designed pretty much a la animé...
in the article, Carlos Owens the 28 year old backyard inventor says he is interested in doing good things with the Mecha like saving people and/or fighting off alien armies... but in the meantime when completed Mecha will be doing the good work of destroying cars at Rallys and Smash Up Derbies with his built-in falmethrower and his 200lbs steel fist.... wait a minute ...that is kinda creepy... |
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| all robots aren't scary pt.1 |
[Dec. 22nd, 2004|03:23 pm] |
it has come to my attention that i come off like some luddite robophobe ((just because i don't like seeing warbots that kill but look like toys)) so i would like to share the sad and true tale of a nice fuzzy creative robot.
looking like r2dt's ugly cousin, this painting and music-playing new york robot was recently spotted (by none other than Gizmodo's editor joel johnson) spare changing in the Bedford L Subway station = ( in his glory days, ol "Robot" (that's his name ((maybe that was part of the problem)) used to paint paintings while playing music by Canadian prog-rockers Rush ((hmm..... if that was his act, no wonder)) you can see a film of one of Robot's performance pieces here |
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| the robot wars begin... |
[Dec. 20th, 2004|05:59 pm] |
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ok so weve been using some drones for a while now, but it's official! the first 100 "soldiers" from Foster Miller have been shipped off to Iraq.  this motley crew of robots can sense chemical/conventional weapons, as well as fire little rockets. while they look like toys, they are deadly. And i don't know about you but when i look at these i can't help but think how many can be produced, and just what kind of world the 21st century is shaping up to be.....
i just hope the Talons dont reproduce with these guys or we're in a heap of trouble..... |
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