You also should read a story published 4 days ago about this camera by ZDNet. Here is a link to this article, which contains several pictures not included in the Technology Review article.
Unlike current haptic systems, this new device doesn't use gloves or robotic arms. With this haptic interface, which will take a big chunk of your desk, you will be able to perceive textures and feel hard contacts. But don't expect to use it before several years. Please find more details at ZDNet.
I have to admit that the results obtained with this new kind of microscope are spectacular. You'll find additional references and images of a cervical cancer cell taken using this new imaging technique on this ZDNet post.
ATLAS is a particle physics experiment which has been designed to analyze data gathered from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) scheduled to start its activity next year. One of the components of the ATLAS detector is its huge magnet system described in the CNET article. But read more for additional details and pictures of this gigantic magnet system.
A post I've put at http://www.primidi.com/2006/10/28.html provides more details than the New Scientist article and shows the three robots used for these experiments and their 'sensorimotor' interactions with their environment.
This project was born from an engineering approach to the problem of what is consciousness. This is with this problem in mind that the European engineers designed BabyBot. And their experiments, while promising, don't solve entirely the problem of the definition of what is consciousness. So they're now designing new robots like the iCub. Read more for additional details and pictures of BabyBot and its successor, the iCub robot.
I haven't submitted this story to Slashdot on Dec. 11 because I thought I didn't offer enough added value to the IsraCast article, except for different pictures and a few different references. But at least, I wrote the introduction myself, the one that Izeickl has completely duplicated --stolen??.
Check for yourself by reading my my short version (on my blog) and my long version (for ZDNet.com) of "The nanoarmor of the future."
Izeickl, what about sticking to laptop reviews? And if you move outside your domain, why don't you quote the sources you're using?
Besides the New Scientist, other newspapers commented about these pliable solar cells which will come to the market in about three years. Check for example this article in the Scotsman or read my blog for more details, references and pictures. But please also note that a company based in Switzerland, Flexcell, is already selling flexible, custom-designed solar cells and modules.
Both announcements from the UTD Nanotech Institute and the CSIRO in Australia give you only limited facts. If you're interested by this discovery, you really should read my overview, "Nanometer Knitting for Futuristic Clothing," which for example contains images not mentioned in the press releases.
Even if there were lots of comments here about this patent, who really read it? The NYT gave a wrong number. The name of the patent is "Vehicle expression operation control system, vehicle communication system, and vehicle which performs expression operation" and its number is 6,757,593. Maybe the NYT was a little bit dyslexic.
I wrote about this technology a while ago, in "True or False? Investigating Digital Images." A keypoint is that the Dartmouth College team thinks that their technology, or a similar one, will soon be incorporated in the U.S. legal system to authenticate images. At the above link to my blog, you'll also find an analysis of a forged image and more references, including the full research paper published by the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing journal.
Technology developed for space travel has been adapted for uses on Earth for a long time. But today, three articles report that some current customizations can save lives. For example, SPACE.com writes that space technology is entering hospitals. It says that a system originally intended to keep clean the space station Mir, and later the International Space Station (ISS), is now used in hospitals to build temporary 'clean rooms' -- virtually bacteria-free -- around patients. And a video infrared camera developed by NASA's JPL to study Earth is being modified into a brain scanning device searching for tumors. Elsewhere, National Geographic is saying that satellites are starting to aid earthquake predictions. And of course, these ESA satellites are identifying these 'rogue waves'. You need to read the articles mentioned above to realize how all these bleeding edge technologies can really help us on Earth, but if you have a limited time, please read this summary for selected excerpts and photos.
Even if Aura has an important mission, it is only one of the six satellites that will fly close to each other by 2006. Here is the introduction of a post on my blog, which contains pictures and missions of all these satellites. The "A-Train" satellite formation consists of six satellites flying in close proximity in a near future. The first one, Aqua, was launched in 2002. The second one, Aura, will be launched in June 2004, while CloudSAT, CALIPSO and PARABOL will start their missions in October 2004. The last one, OCO, will join them in 2006. The satellites will cross the equator within a few minutes of one another at around 1:30 p.m. local time. By combining the different sets of observations, scientists will be able to gain a better understanding of important parameters related to climate change.
This was the subject of a column I published on my blog a week ago. You'll find references to recent articles by Nature, Science News Online and the research paper published by Nano Letters.
Check this page ( http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/07/03.html ) or this RSS feed ( http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/rss.xml ) to see what plagiarism is -- the exact words on my RSS feed. You also can check hours of publication.
I'm not happy with this.
Last month, someone opened a Slashdot account with my name.
Now, "Sven-Erik" is publishing my own words, already submitted to Slashdot, and he's credited for this.
Slashdot editors, please be careful!
And "Sven-Erik," please indicate your sources!!!
For more details and references about the technology behind Olfacom, including videos from France Telecom, you can read a recent entry on my blog, "Sweet Smell of Wine."
This is not the first time that someone like you writes a virulent comment about myself and my blog. I decided today it was time to answer, even if my comments are buried in the middle of many others, and if I doubt it can change your point of view.
First, you say there is no original content. on my bog. You really chose the wrong day to say this. Where in the press have you read about this DNA sculpture made from shopping trolleys? Do your own search and you'll be surprised.
Second, let me explain my publishing process. I usually find every single day several items of interest in the press or in news releases from universities around the world. I then select one for publishing on my blog. I add my comments and other references, such as links to other technical papers of pictures which don't exist in the original material. And when I finally publish an item on my blog, I ALWAYS include a link to this original material. You're always free to read this material only without ever going to my blog.
Third, it is true that Slashdot has published many references to my blog. But why? I'm not affiliated with any of the editors. So I guess that the Slashdot editors find that my posts bring some value to their readers.
Fourth, you say that I want to bring more traffic to my blog in order to sell ads. The first reference by Slashdot to my blog is from November 2002. And I began to accept ads in March 2004. And at a price of $30 per week, you'll agree with me that it's not enough to make a living. This is just to cover some costs, such as my $50 monthly cable connection. This is far away to cover the time and efforts I put into my blog to bring something interesting to other people.
Fifth, you mention the Radio UserLand software I'm using. Everything is public with this site: the readership, the comments, the trackbacks. And more recently, you also can check the links to my posts from other blogs thanks to Technorati. This is a total *open* process, dear Anonymous Coward.
To summarize, I think I'm bringing something useful to the world at my own humble level. If everyday, even a single person gets a new idea after reading my daily post, it's good enough for me.
That's all.
Roland Piquepaille.
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This was the title of an article from the New York Times about Yury Gitman and his Magicbike last December. Here is a permanent link to this article (free registration needed).
Some comments mention that these coolers are eco-friendly. This is true, because they don't use any environment-damaging chemical refrigerants linked to global warming. However, they can be hard on your ears. The sound waves generated by these freezers will really 'scream for ice cream': they will be attached to amplifiers generating 183 decibels, a sound level thousands of times beyond rock concert levels. This post on my blog contains additional details and a diagram showing how the chiller works.
For more information about NASA's Gravity Probe B, you also should read this article from TechNewsWorld. You'll find additional comments and photos from NASA on my blog.
For more references about this United Nations University study, here is one useful and informative links: UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales. You can look at the flyer of the study (PDF format, 2 pages, 181 KB). Finally, you can visit this page to discover the contents of the book, "Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their impacts." You can even order it for $35 or 32. On a similar subject, you also can read Why Do We Need 'Greener' Computers which tals about all the waste of electricity caused by the inefficiencies of our computers after they're built. And on yet another similar subject, you can read 4 Tons of Plants per Mile to Ride your Car.
Slashdot Mirror
You also should read a story published 4 days ago about this camera by ZDNet. Here is a link to this article, which contains several pictures not included in the Technology Review article.
Please look at my ZDNet column for additional references about this research work.
I've selected several photos of the future NASA robotic vehicles for your viewing pleasure.
Unlike current haptic systems, this new device doesn't use gloves or robotic arms. With this haptic interface, which will take a big chunk of your desk, you will be able to perceive textures and feel hard contacts. But don't expect to use it before several years. Please find more details at ZDNet.
I have to admit that the results obtained with this new kind of microscope are spectacular. You'll find additional references and images of a cervical cancer cell taken using this new imaging technique on this ZDNet post.
ATLAS is a particle physics experiment which has been designed to analyze data gathered from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) scheduled to start its activity next year. One of the components of the ATLAS detector is its huge magnet system described in the CNET article. But read more for additional details and pictures of this gigantic magnet system.
A post I've put at http://www.primidi.com/2006/10/28.html provides more details than the New Scientist article and shows the three robots used for these experiments and their 'sensorimotor' interactions with their environment.
This project was born from an engineering approach to the problem of what is consciousness. This is with this problem in mind that the European engineers designed BabyBot. And their experiments, while promising, don't solve entirely the problem of the definition of what is consciousness. So they're now designing new robots like the iCub. Read more for additional details and pictures of BabyBot and its successor, the iCub robot.
For many additional details and references about these chemical computers, read this overview on ZDNet.
I haven't submitted this story to Slashdot on Dec. 11 because I thought I didn't offer enough added value to the IsraCast article, except for different pictures and a few different references. But at least, I wrote the introduction myself, the one that Izeickl has completely duplicated --stolen??. Check for yourself by reading my my short version (on my blog) and my long version (for ZDNet.com) of "The nanoarmor of the future." Izeickl, what about sticking to laptop reviews? And if you move outside your domain, why don't you quote the sources you're using?
Besides the New Scientist, other newspapers commented about these pliable solar cells which will come to the market in about three years. Check for example this article in the Scotsman or read my blog for more details, references and pictures. But please also note that a company based in Switzerland, Flexcell, is already selling flexible, custom-designed solar cells and modules.
Both announcements from the UTD Nanotech Institute and the CSIRO in Australia give you only limited facts. If you're interested by this discovery, you really should read my overview, "Nanometer Knitting for Futuristic Clothing," which for example contains images not mentioned in the press releases.
Even if there were lots of comments here about this patent, who really read it? The NYT gave a wrong number. The name of the patent is "Vehicle expression operation control system, vehicle communication system, and vehicle which performs expression operation" and its number is 6,757,593. Maybe the NYT was a little bit dyslexic.
I wrote about this technology a while ago, in "True or False? Investigating Digital Images." A keypoint is that the Dartmouth College team thinks that their technology, or a similar one, will soon be incorporated in the U.S. legal system to authenticate images. At the above link to my blog, you'll also find an analysis of a forged image and more references, including the full research paper published by the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing journal.
Technology developed for space travel has been adapted for uses on Earth for a long time. But today, three articles report that some current customizations can save lives. For example, SPACE.com writes that space technology is entering hospitals. It says that a system originally intended to keep clean the space station Mir, and later the International Space Station (ISS), is now used in hospitals to build temporary 'clean rooms' -- virtually bacteria-free -- around patients. And a video infrared camera developed by NASA's JPL to study Earth is being modified into a brain scanning device searching for tumors. Elsewhere, National Geographic is saying that satellites are starting to aid earthquake predictions. And of course, these ESA satellites are identifying these 'rogue waves'. You need to read the articles mentioned above to realize how all these bleeding edge technologies can really help us on Earth, but if you have a limited time, please read this summary for selected excerpts and photos.
Even if Aura has an important mission, it is only one of the six satellites that will fly close to each other by 2006. Here is the introduction of a post on my blog, which contains pictures and missions of all these satellites.
The "A-Train" satellite formation consists of six satellites flying in close proximity in a near future. The first one, Aqua, was launched in 2002. The second one, Aura, will be launched in June 2004, while CloudSAT, CALIPSO and PARABOL will start their missions in October 2004. The last one, OCO, will join them in 2006. The satellites will cross the equator within a few minutes of one another at around 1:30 p.m. local time. By combining the different sets of observations, scientists will be able to gain a better understanding of important parameters related to climate change.
This was the subject of a column I published on my blog a week ago. You'll find references to recent articles by Nature, Science News Online and the research paper published by Nano Letters.
Check this page ( http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/07/03.html ) or this RSS feed ( http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/rss.xml ) to see what plagiarism is -- the exact words on my RSS feed. You also can check hours of publication. I'm not happy with this. Last month, someone opened a Slashdot account with my name. Now, "Sven-Erik" is publishing my own words, already submitted to Slashdot, and he's credited for this. Slashdot editors, please be careful! And "Sven-Erik," please indicate your sources!!!
For more details and references about the technology behind Olfacom, including videos from France Telecom, you can read a recent entry on my blog, "Sweet Smell of Wine."
Dear Anonymous Coward,
This is not the first time that someone like you writes a virulent comment about myself and my blog. I decided today it was time to answer, even if my comments are buried in the middle of many others, and if I doubt it can change your point of view.
First, you say there is no original content. on my bog. You really chose the wrong day to say this. Where in the press have you read about this DNA sculpture made from shopping trolleys? Do your own search and you'll be surprised.
Second, let me explain my publishing process. I usually find every single day several items of interest in the press or in news releases from universities around the world. I then select one for publishing on my blog. I add my comments and other references, such as links to other technical papers of pictures which don't exist in the original material. And when I finally publish an item on my blog, I ALWAYS include a link to this original material. You're always free to read this material only without ever going to my blog.
Third, it is true that Slashdot has published many references to my blog. But why? I'm not affiliated with any of the editors. So I guess that the Slashdot editors find that my posts bring some value to their readers.
Fourth, you say that I want to bring more traffic to my blog in order to sell ads. The first reference by Slashdot to my blog is from November 2002. And I began to accept ads in March 2004. And at a price of $30 per week, you'll agree with me that it's not enough to make a living. This is just to cover some costs, such as my $50 monthly cable connection. This is far away to cover the time and efforts I put into my blog to bring something interesting to other people.
Fifth, you mention the Radio UserLand software I'm using. Everything is public with this site: the readership, the comments, the trackbacks. And more recently, you also can check the links to my posts from other blogs thanks to Technorati. This is a total *open* process, dear Anonymous Coward.
To summarize, I think I'm bringing something useful to the world at my own humble level. If everyday, even a single person gets a new idea after reading my daily post, it's good enough for me.
That's all. Roland Piquepaille.
This was the title of an article from the New York Times about Yury Gitman and his Magicbike last December. Here is a permanent link to this article (free registration needed).
Some comments mention that these coolers are eco-friendly. This is true, because they don't use any environment-damaging chemical refrigerants linked to global warming. However, they can be hard on your ears. The sound waves generated by these freezers will really 'scream for ice cream': they will be attached to amplifiers generating 183 decibels, a sound level thousands of times beyond rock concert levels. This post on my blog contains additional details and a diagram showing how the chiller works.
You'll find extra references and pictures on my blog.
For more information about NASA's Gravity Probe B, you also should read this article from TechNewsWorld. You'll find additional comments and photos from NASA on my blog.
For more references about this United Nations University study, here is one useful and informative links: UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales. You can look at the flyer of the study (PDF format, 2 pages, 181 KB). Finally, you can visit this page to discover the contents of the book, "Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their impacts." You can even order it for $35 or 32. On a similar subject, you also can read Why Do We Need 'Greener' Computers which tals about all the waste of electricity caused by the inefficiencies of our computers after they're built. And on yet another similar subject, you can read 4 Tons of Plants per Mile to Ride your Car.