My former (just graduated) high school had a Battlebots IQ team. They put up a website , which details their robot, E2, and the competition. They did quite well, winning 6 in the double elimination format. I didn't participate in this, but I was involved in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge, a robot competiton open to high school students in the State of New Jersey. I reccomend this competition to interested students, since I won a two grand scholarship that is going toward my EE degree.
Computer Engineering is sort of a hybrid between Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. You will take mostly engineering courses, with specializations such as Digital Logic and Computer Archetechture. However, you can customize the degree to go either way. For example, if you go to the CS side you will take classes in Software Engineering.
Hope this helps.
"Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?"
We're Knights of the Round Table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot.
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in Camelot.
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable.
Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot.
Someone pointed out that IBM just needs to create a similar AND gate, as anything can be made out of AND gates and Inverters. However, no one has mentioned that the same thing can be done with OR gates, as the NOR gate is a universal gate as well. In my opinion, its more of a pain to work with, but hey, whatever works for IBM is fine with me.
"Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool that follows him?"
Obi-Wan Kenobi
So does this mean that those people that can recite 500 digits of pi are figuring them out as they go? That would make it even easier to trip them up in the middle
Who is more foolish, the fool,
or the fool that follows him? (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Share and Share alike sounds just like grade school children sharing their lunches.
Microsoft's Shared Source? Its just the playground bully, forcing the little kids to "share" their lunches with him.
Sir Jimbo
"Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi
This new compound isn't the highest temperature superconductor right now. I believe that distinction goes to some sort of ceramic compound, whose temp is about 191 K.
So what's special about this? Most high-temp superconductors are ceramics, not metals. Ceramic superconductors, known as type II superconductors, are very brittle (as anyone that has dropped a coffee mug will assure you).
They also cannot be made into wires very well, which makes it harder to find an application for them. If superconductors were to be used in computers, the would have to be metallic, like this new compound discovered, to have any hope of forming the complex circutry involved.
Don't get your hopes up too quickly, though. Cooling with liquid nitrogen would probably damage internal components, unless the case was really well designed. Who ever thought that a Pentium could run to cold?
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My former (just graduated) high school had a Battlebots IQ team. They put up a website , which details their robot, E2, and the competition. They did quite well, winning 6 in the double elimination format. I didn't participate in this, but I was involved in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge, a robot competiton open to high school students in the State of New Jersey. I reccomend this competition to interested students, since I won a two grand scholarship that is going toward my EE degree.
Computer Engineering is sort of a hybrid between Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. You will take mostly engineering courses, with specializations such as Digital Logic and Computer Archetechture. However, you can customize the degree to go either way. For example, if you go to the CS side you will take classes in Software Engineering.
Hope this helps.
"Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?"
We're Knights of the Round Table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot.
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in Camelot.
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable.
Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot.
I have to push the pram a lot.
Someone pointed out that IBM just needs to create a similar AND gate, as anything can be made out of AND gates and Inverters. However, no one has mentioned that the same thing can be done with OR gates, as the NOR gate is a universal gate as well. In my opinion, its more of a pain to work with, but hey, whatever works for IBM is fine with me.
"Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool that follows him?"
Obi-Wan Kenobi
So does this mean that those people that can recite 500 digits of pi are figuring them out as they go?
That would make it even easier to trip them up in the middle
Who is more foolish, the fool,
or the fool that follows him? (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Actually, they're done already.
Look here for the explanation of the solution,
and go here for the all clear message.
Who is more foolish: the fool,
or the fool that follows him? (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Share and Share alike sounds just like grade school children sharing their lunches.
Microsoft's Shared Source? Its just the playground bully,
forcing the little kids to "share" their lunches with him.
Sir Jimbo
"Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi
What can be better than "All your base are belong to us!"f
if you don't know what i mean, here's a link:
http://www.detonate.net/newsitems/01021601/ayb.sw
More importantly, how much will it cost? "I too have a secret. I'm not left handed either."
This new compound isn't the highest temperature superconductor right now. I believe that distinction goes to some sort of ceramic compound, whose temp is about 191 K. So what's special about this? Most high-temp superconductors are ceramics, not metals. Ceramic superconductors, known as type II superconductors, are very brittle (as anyone that has dropped a coffee mug will assure you). They also cannot be made into wires very well, which makes it harder to find an application for them. If superconductors were to be used in computers, the would have to be metallic, like this new compound discovered, to have any hope of forming the complex circutry involved.
Don't get your hopes up too quickly, though. Cooling with liquid nitrogen would probably damage internal components, unless the case was really well designed. Who ever thought that a Pentium could run to cold?