If you ever saw Pino in action you would take that back. Pino is an incredibly unstable platform, hardly capable of holding itself upright. Walks like it has "the shakes". Hardly can walk in any direction beyond forward and back. Arms can move, but its incapable of holding anything in its hands. Pino is a toy. Sony's robot is a complete work of engineering art.
As a owner of a fully decked out TRS-80 Model I, II and Timex Sinclar 1000, I'm sorry to see them go under. I bet a lot industrial and robot controller companys aren't to thrilled ethier as the CPU has been a sort of staple for them for quite sometime.
I guess the PIC / microcontroller chip market really took over, leaving little room for Zilog...
I have a friend who works for the company (AMS Electronics) who makes this aluminum chassis. They sell the same barebones product (called GBOX) direct off their website.
They've changed the front slightly to accept a variety of clear or colored pexiglass shields. This is a great product! Damn sexy and a perfect PC to lug around (just add handle:P )
Word brother! I saw this engine about 6 months ago. I'm totally sold. But I'm not sure how well it scales up. Its really meant to replace small 1 to 4 stroke IC engines. Amazing simpilicity and power to size/weight ratios. China should really look into adopting this technology, since most of their inner-city smog comes from thousands of 2 stoke, 3 wheeled bicycles.
You should check out the Sony SO502iWM here.
This cellphone sports an ACTUAL 8mm stereo line/optical combo input jack for realtime audio encoding to ATRAC3 (Minidisc recording format) on Memory Stick. (MS slot at bottom of phone) You can see how all the possible hookup options here. I've personally seen this phone and its very compact. Dimensions are 105mm × 50mm × 28mm, just a hair thicker and wider than a Nokia 8260 when folded. Plus it features a 160x120 full-color screen, full iMode functionality, 100 minute talk time and a wired LCD stick remote (displays song titles and phone numbers) for operating music playback and basic phone functions without taking the phone out of your pocket! Its been selling since the beginning of Summer 2001 in Japan.
I remember the RIAA (or some other governing body) getting on Sony's case about the VGA out capability on its PS2, because there is no macrovision over VGA. You essentially could buy device (they exist) to convert the VGA out to flawless, macrovision free, s-video analog output for making perfect tape copies.
MP3 fanatics just never seem to get it. If its audio, it can be copied to Minidisc. Just get a CD/DVD player with optical out, plug it into the optical in on your Minidisc recorder. Boom! You got yourself a 320kbit sampled copy on 80 minute media that costs next to nothing. Lets see your portable MP3 device touch the audio quality, simplicity, cheap media and battery life of a portable minidisc recorder. Can't even touch it.
that can only survive out in the public under the unassumingly cute and innocent disguise that is the world of anime. I'm so glad I'm over this phase. When will the rest of you?
I don't understand the point of having such a wide range of motion if your still limited to how you pass power and control to the other articulating segments in something like a robotic limb. Induction might be the solution to transferring power, but I don't know how that might effect that might have on these speherical motors. Low torque really has an impact on the usefulness. The only practical application I can see is perhaps force feed back mice & exoskeletons, virtual terrian surfaces, and direct drive systems for mobile robots. The other drawback is the complexity of control. You would need either a high speed computer or at least a custom programmed FPGA for controlling each joint.
I am aware that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon wasn't her first movie, but I was the first movie released with her in it. The Road Home was just released Dec 10th, were as Crouching Tiger was released in the summer. (Hong Kong)
I find the Hong Kong Movie Database to be a better resource...check http://www.hkmdb.com
...you failed to even mention the real star of this movie...Zhang ZiYi. Zhang ZiYi has, by far, the most screen time, does most of the fighting, and the best acting in this film. Yet this is her first movie performance. (Can she get better than this???) This 19 year old has the beauty of Gong Li and can kick but with the rest of them.
The reason why Mr Katz, and every other critic, failed to recognize this, is because they're too busy paying attention to the performace of the well established actors to notice the new guy.
I had the rare treat of accidently getting sold tickets online to see this film on Metreon's IMAX screen Thursday at midnight. When I noticed there was no line, I asked an attendent and he said the tickets were sold to me by accident. I complained with the manager and he let me and 2 friends watch the movie in an IMAX theater alone, while the two Sony engineers were doing a dry run to see how it would look, since the movie wasn't designed for IMAX. A whole IMAX theater to ourselves...WOW. It had some issues, like slightly being curved along the outer edges, but the picture was so big we didn't notice once the film started. Plus we got to the the Final Fantasy Trailer in IMAX as well. A real treat.
Here's a clip from Retrogaming posted on Nov 22nd...
"Dubious DVD player? - I just received a rather urgent mail from Michael, over at GAG, regarding http://www.gamedvdplayer.com, a site that sells the DULUX DVD player that comes with a built-in Sega Master System and 2 cds with about 700 SMS games:
"According to Sega's legal people, they didn't license the titles out. Since this is only available mail order, purchasers could potentially be charged for buying stolen merchandise (if they live in the U.S.)"
Someone has also been spamming the URL on various console-related newsgroups on USENET. SPAM=BAD! Stay away from companies who don't know how to do business"
Just thought you all might find this bit interesting...
Damn....you took the word right out of my mouth. There's way too many devices named Nomad. DOn't people ever check into this? Names are very important.
Justy, a commonly recognized name in the custom PC hardware arena, (fans, cables and accessories)has been selling round IDE cables for sometime. You can pick them up in the US from Users Side in San Francisco Japan town. Their expensive ($50) but professional grade and they're rated at ATA/66 and beyond.
Battlebots itsn' aimed exclusively at geeks. They're aiming on taking out wrestling, which caters to a much broader audience. A before you go around saying a Linux powered robot is better than human controlled one, why don't you write the AI with sensor processing algorithms and prove it! Its alot harder than you think. It's not like writing AI for Quake. I could give you all the CPU resources in the world and it probably won't be enough. Then your component will watch with glee as your confused little bot gets itself pushed into a corner and get the living fuck beat out of it. Have fun...
Its been done before. Wireless camera is mounted on the roboot and the contestant wears some Sony Glasstrons or something. Didn't work like you'd expect. You need both peripheral and first person views. Perhaps an remote mounted LCD monitor???
There is a format called Minidisc thats been around for over 7 years with no-skipping, far superior fidelity, far better battery life, similar size and $1 to $2 for 74 min media. Look up the specs for a Sony RZ90 or visit minidisc.org and you'll know what I mean.
As an American, I am shamed to be living on the same continent as all you ignorant fucking racists. Who are we to judge wether another country deserves high-speed access? Funny how these same ignorant people have no idea how little of the real-high tech shit never makes it to the US. Anyone who has been to Japan and regularly follows their technological innovations knows how behind the times the US is in terms of bringing technolgy to market. It actually disgusts me. Every Asian and European country, including Mainland China, has far superior wireless availabilty. How many LCD / PDP TVs do you see in the US? How bout Digital VHS? Recordable DVD video machines? Cellphones with color screens+video conferencing+on-demand MP3 music+GPS+64/128kb data native at half the weight of your so called "minature" US cellphones? What country has DVD+TV+GPS navigation as standard equipment in 1/3 of their cars? Who makes game machines with 4x the performance of a maxed out PC at 1/4 of the cost? Whos the leader in robotic technology? I think I've made my point.
That earlier post by some "japanese citizen" regarding high-speed availbilty in Japan is either really ignorant or just likes making shit up. Prices are not nearly that expensive. ALL phone lines in Japan are ISDN! Every public phone in Japan has an ISDN jack. Its been that way for at least 5 years. Cable modems/DSL is available in Japan, but I have a feeling that flat rate 64/128kb wireless PHS data service that has been available for over a year and that any cellphone supports natively, will probably become the norm. NEC also has a flat-rate satellite based product just like DirectPC. So there's lots of options.
I'm tired of hearing promises of SVGA + head mounted displays. Several microdisplay semiconductor companys (Colorado Microdisplay / Kopin / IBM / Planar) created working prototypes of this, but left it up to OEMs to build and market the thing, which not one has done so far. Someone has to take the initiative, like Diamond with their Rio. I can't believe how saturated the market has become with these expensive, poorly constructed, geek toys. But its proof that the market is there. If you build it they will come. Any geek willing to justify the insane cost of solid state music players with their severly limited storage/runtime, can easily be counted as a future customer. Please InViso...take the initiative and bring these eShades to market, just like Diamond with their Rio, you'll be glad you did.
Yet another story of far significant importance was delayed/ignored to make room for this useless anime update. Screw the "disable-the-topic-if-you-don't-like-it dept" bit. This isn't supposed to be an anime site. CmdrTaco, do the democratic thing and create a poll asking what the public thinks. If it turns out the majority wants anime on slashdot, then I won't argue anymore.
Both the MI-EX1 & MI-C1, which are the only Zauruses that can run zmLinux, are sold in Japan. These are Sharps most high end units, both costing over $1000. Knowing this, I imagine most people wouldn't be so excited. (My submission of this story had all the detailed info. I'd wish Slashdot would check the other postings instead of committing to the first post.)
Slashdot Mirror
If you ever saw Pino in action you would take that back. Pino is an incredibly unstable platform, hardly capable of holding itself upright. Walks like it has "the shakes". Hardly can walk in any direction beyond forward and back. Arms can move, but its incapable of holding anything in its hands. Pino is a toy. Sony's robot is a complete work of engineering art.
As a owner of a fully decked out TRS-80 Model I, II and Timex Sinclar 1000, I'm sorry to see them go under. I bet a lot industrial and robot controller companys aren't to thrilled ethier as the CPU has been a sort of staple for them for quite sometime.
I guess the PIC / microcontroller chip market really took over, leaving little room for Zilog...
I have a friend who works for the company (AMS Electronics) who makes this aluminum chassis. They sell the same barebones product (called GBOX) direct off their website.
/ CF-7989.html
:P )
http://www.amselectronics.com/Products/PC_Servers
They've changed the front slightly to accept a variety of clear or colored pexiglass shields. This is a great product! Damn sexy and a perfect PC to lug around (just add handle
Word brother! I saw this engine about 6 months ago. I'm totally sold. But I'm not sure how well it scales up. Its really meant to replace small 1 to 4 stroke IC engines. Amazing simpilicity and power to size/weight ratios. China should really look into adopting this technology, since most of their inner-city smog comes from thousands of 2 stoke, 3 wheeled bicycles.
You should check out the Sony SO502iWM here.
This cellphone sports an ACTUAL 8mm stereo line/optical combo input jack for realtime audio encoding to ATRAC3 (Minidisc recording format) on Memory Stick. (MS slot at bottom of phone) You can see how all the possible hookup options here. I've personally seen this phone and its very compact. Dimensions are 105mm × 50mm × 28mm, just a hair thicker and wider than a Nokia 8260 when folded. Plus it features a 160x120 full-color screen, full iMode functionality, 100 minute talk time and a wired LCD stick remote (displays song titles and phone numbers) for operating music playback and basic phone functions without taking the phone out of your pocket! Its been selling since the beginning of Summer 2001 in Japan.
I remember the RIAA (or some other governing body) getting on Sony's case about the VGA out capability on its PS2, because there is no macrovision over VGA. You essentially could buy device (they exist) to convert the VGA out to flawless, macrovision free, s-video analog output for making perfect tape copies.
MP3 fanatics just never seem to get it. If its audio, it can be copied to Minidisc. Just get a CD/DVD player with optical out, plug it into the optical in on your Minidisc recorder. Boom! You got yourself a 320kbit sampled copy on 80 minute media that costs next to nothing. Lets see your portable MP3 device touch the audio quality, simplicity, cheap media and battery life of a portable minidisc recorder. Can't even touch it.
(shamelessly stolen from SolidSharkey.com
Tetsuo: Kaneeeedaaaaa!
Kaneda: Tetsuuuoooo!
Tetsuo: Kaneeeedaaaaa!
Kaneda: Tetsuuuoooo!
Tetsuo: Kaneeeedaaaaa!
Kaneda: Tet.... er, you're engulfing your girlfriend.
Lisa: *squish*
Tetsuo: Kaneeeedaaaaa!
Kaneda: Tetsuuuoooo!
Tetsuo: Kaneeeedaaaaa!
Kaneda: Tetsuuuoooo!
Tetsuo: I... am Tetsuo.
Kaneda: No shit.
that can only survive out in the public under the unassumingly cute and innocent disguise that is the world of anime. I'm so glad I'm over this phase. When will the rest of you?
I don't understand the point of having such a wide range of motion if your still limited to how you pass power and control to the other articulating segments in something like a robotic limb. Induction might be the solution to transferring power, but I don't know how that might effect that might have on these speherical motors. Low torque really has an impact on the usefulness. The only practical application I can see is perhaps force feed back mice & exoskeletons, virtual terrian surfaces, and direct drive systems for mobile robots. The other drawback is the complexity of control. You would need either a high speed computer or at least a custom programmed FPGA for controlling each joint.
I am aware that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon wasn't her first movie, but I was the first movie released with her in it. The Road Home was just released Dec 10th, were as Crouching Tiger was released in the summer. (Hong Kong)
I find the Hong Kong Movie Database to be a better resource...check http://www.hkmdb.com
The reason why Mr Katz, and every other critic, failed to recognize this, is because they're too busy paying attention to the performace of the well established actors to notice the new guy.
I had the rare treat of accidently getting sold tickets online to see this film on Metreon's IMAX screen Thursday at midnight. When I noticed there was no line, I asked an attendent and he said the tickets were sold to me by accident. I complained with the manager and he let me and 2 friends watch the movie in an IMAX theater alone, while the two Sony engineers were doing a dry run to see how it would look, since the movie wasn't designed for IMAX. A whole IMAX theater to ourselves...WOW. It had some issues, like slightly being curved along the outer edges, but the picture was so big we didn't notice once the film started. Plus we got to the the Final Fantasy Trailer in IMAX as well. A real treat.
"Dubious DVD player? - I just received a rather urgent mail from Michael, over at GAG, regarding http://www.gamedvdplayer.com, a site that sells the DULUX DVD player that comes with a built-in Sega Master System and 2 cds with about 700 SMS games:
"According to Sega's legal people, they didn't license the titles out. Since this is only available mail order, purchasers could potentially be charged for buying stolen merchandise (if they live in the U.S.)"
Someone has also been spamming the URL on various console-related newsgroups on USENET. SPAM=BAD! Stay away from companies who don't know how to do business"
Just thought you all might find this bit interesting...
Damn....you took the word right out of my mouth. There's way too many devices named Nomad. DOn't people ever check into this? Names are very important.
Don't you think?
If you want to get some goto www.users-side.com
Natto RULES!!!
Battlebots itsn' aimed exclusively at geeks. They're aiming on taking out wrestling, which caters to a much broader audience. A before you go around saying a Linux powered robot is better than human controlled one, why don't you write the AI with sensor processing algorithms and prove it! Its alot harder than you think. It's not like writing AI for Quake. I could give you all the CPU resources in the world and it probably won't be enough. Then your component will watch with glee as your confused little bot gets itself pushed into a corner and get the living fuck beat out of it. Have fun...
Its been done before. Wireless camera is mounted on the roboot and the contestant wears some Sony Glasstrons or something. Didn't work like you'd expect. You need both peripheral and first person views. Perhaps an remote mounted LCD monitor???
There is a format called Minidisc thats been around for over 7 years with no-skipping, far superior fidelity, far better battery life, similar size and $1 to $2 for 74 min media. Look up the specs for a Sony RZ90 or visit minidisc.org and you'll know what I mean.
As an American, I am shamed to be living on the same continent as all you ignorant fucking racists. Who are we to judge wether another country deserves high-speed access? Funny how these same ignorant people have no idea how little of the real-high tech shit never makes it to the US. Anyone who has been to Japan and regularly follows their technological innovations knows how behind the times the US is in terms of bringing technolgy to market. It actually disgusts me. Every Asian and European country, including Mainland China, has far superior wireless availabilty. How many LCD / PDP TVs do you see in the US? How bout Digital VHS? Recordable DVD video machines? Cellphones with color screens+video conferencing+on-demand MP3 music+GPS+64/128kb data native at half the weight of your so called "minature" US cellphones? What country has DVD+TV+GPS navigation as standard equipment in 1/3 of their cars? Who makes game machines with 4x the performance of a maxed out PC at 1/4 of the cost? Whos the leader in robotic technology? I think I've made my point.
That earlier post by some "japanese citizen" regarding high-speed availbilty in Japan is either really ignorant or just likes making shit up. Prices are not nearly that expensive. ALL phone lines in Japan are ISDN! Every public phone in Japan has an ISDN jack. Its been that way for at least 5 years. Cable modems/DSL is available in Japan, but I have a feeling that flat rate 64/128kb wireless PHS data service that has been available for over a year and that any cellphone supports natively, will probably become the norm. NEC also has a flat-rate satellite based product just like DirectPC. So there's lots of options.
I'm tired of hearing promises of SVGA + head mounted displays. Several microdisplay semiconductor companys (Colorado Microdisplay / Kopin / IBM / Planar) created working prototypes of this, but left it up to OEMs to build and market the thing, which not one has done so far. Someone has to take the initiative, like Diamond with their Rio. I can't believe how saturated the market has become with these expensive, poorly constructed, geek toys. But its proof that the market is there. If you build it they will come. Any geek willing to justify the insane cost of solid state music players with their severly limited storage/runtime, can easily be counted as a future customer. Please InViso...take the initiative and bring these eShades to market, just like Diamond with their Rio, you'll be glad you did.
Yet another story of far significant importance was delayed/ignored to make room for this useless anime update. Screw the "disable-the-topic-if-you-don't-like-it dept" bit. This isn't supposed to be an anime site. CmdrTaco, do the democratic thing and create a poll asking what the public thinks. If it turns out the majority wants anime on slashdot, then I won't argue anymore.
I totally agree with you.
Both the MI-EX1 & MI-C1, which are the only Zauruses that can run zmLinux, are sold in Japan. These are Sharps most high end units, both costing over $1000. Knowing this, I imagine most people wouldn't be so excited. (My submission of this story had all the detailed info. I'd wish Slashdot would check the other postings instead of committing to the first post.)