Check the NCARAI which is a always a great source of info on current research in the field, including a number of key technologies used to implement Grace.
Re:Use of honeypots
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Good point. I suppose a honeypot might be a useful tool for organizations like banks and other places that might be targets for organized attempts at breakins-for-profit. In such a situation, a honeypot might provide both a good early warning system and keep the intruders around long enough for the feds or whomever to do something useful.
Or maybe not. Otherwise, I pretty much agree with your post. Not only does this seem like an expensive waste of time, but potentially dangerous if some idiot comes along and misconfigures the honeypot (or if an idiot put it up in the first place). Unless your workplace is idiot-free. Then it would be OK.
It's also interesting that they are doing this in New York. I thought all chip manufacturing was done overseas, where labor is cheaper. Perhaps IBM is getting some sort of government subsidy for creating American jobs. Or maybe New York has a good supply of chipmakers already, so they can find more skilled workers.
There are sub -.13 fabs all over the US -- they're just too small to see.
If they rely on GPS for navigation, the robots must not be able to get that far into the cave. For that matter, I imagine the video feed and wireless communications are a major limiting factor on the depth to which the robot can explore -- I know the robo-mining people have been trying to solve this problem for some time now. Sure, the military probably has some nifty alien technology and all, but a cave is a cave, and RF is RF. I'd guess the controller still needs to be reasonably close for this to work well.
My own teleoperated robot is nowhere near as kewl (as the kids say) , but if there are enough requests, I'd be happy to install a grenade launcher.
I've built a robot or two in my time (see SuperREGIS, a web-teleoperated robot), and believe me, the price of sonar and IR has dropped dramatically over time. A Sonar unit complete with a serial interface to (for uController interfacing) that would be suitable for both obstacle detection and limited object following is available for less than $25.00 USD, and that in single unit quantities. Hasbro should be able to mass produce the equivalent for far less.
I'm unclear on the role of IR, here, but I suspect that in this case it's just a PIR detector used to detect the presence of a moving warm body. This would be used by the "keep-your little sister out of your room" program. PIR sensors are cheep -- I just got 10 for about $4.00 per (hoboy).
Speech recognition, particularly of non-continuous variety has also gotten dropped in price over the last few years, with a variety of eval boards out there for less than $100/per (some as low as $50). It's unclear whether or not the toy will require training for accurate speaker recognition. Same goes for digital audio playback -- ISD produces an incredible variety of chips than can be used to playback selected words, phrases and sounds.
The profit margin on the R2 clone may not be large, but I doubt it will be razor-thin either.
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Or maybe not. Otherwise, I pretty much agree with your post. Not only does this seem like an expensive waste of time, but potentially dangerous if some idiot comes along and misconfigures the honeypot (or if an idiot put it up in the first place). Unless your workplace is idiot-free. Then it would be OK.
There are sub - .13 fabs all over the US -- they're just too small to see.
If they rely on GPS for navigation, the robots must not be able to get that far into the cave. For that matter, I imagine the video feed and wireless communications are a major limiting factor on the depth to which the robot can explore -- I know the robo-mining people have been trying to solve this problem for some time now. Sure, the military probably has some nifty alien technology and all, but a cave is a cave, and RF is RF. I'd guess the controller still needs to be reasonably close for this to work well. My own teleoperated robot is nowhere near as kewl (as the kids say) , but if there are enough requests, I'd be happy to install a grenade launcher.
Some of us were even conceived that way.
You forgot "synergy".
They work, you know. I have one, and I'm not dead yet .
Mosquito Magnet is now obsolete?
He's correct. It _is_ slow to restore. I continue to use it in place of IE, but IE doesn't have this problem. His conficuration is not unreasonable.
Um... you forgot to spell "Amerika" with a 'K'.
If you ask me, it's STILL to big. Call me when its down to the thickness of a credit card.
I'm unclear on the role of IR, here, but I suspect that in this case it's just a PIR detector used to detect the presence of a moving warm body. This would be used by the "keep-your little sister out of your room" program. PIR sensors are cheep -- I just got 10 for about $4.00 per (hoboy).
Speech recognition, particularly of non-continuous variety has also gotten dropped in price over the last few years, with a variety of eval boards out there for less than $100/per (some as low as $50). It's unclear whether or not the toy will require training for accurate speaker recognition. Same goes for digital audio playback -- ISD produces an incredible variety of chips than can be used to playback selected words, phrases and sounds.
The profit margin on the R2 clone may not be large, but I doubt it will be razor-thin either.