cool when can we expect the human SDK? I came pre-packaged with half of the human SDK. Luckily my wife has the other half. The tools are crude and the development cycle is quite long.
And guess who actually controls the skies over the US? It's not NASA. The question was why NASA was doing this research. The answer was because that's part of their job. They produce research that leads to tools that help prevent collisions. The FAA ultimately has to decide to implement/use them. Again, simplifying quite a bit.
NASA cares quite a bit about commercial air travel. Remember that the second 'A' stands for Aeronautics. NASA is quite involved in air traffic control research. The FAA's job is usually more current and practical in nature.
The second 'A' in NASA is Aeronautics. There is a lot of original research in all facets of aeronautics going on at NASA including air traffic control/management. To oversimplify: the FAA is generally more concerned with near term Air Traffic Control and NASA is generally more interested in the long term (2020+).
Interesting comparing a County (Contra Costa) to a city (Compton). It would be more appropriate to compare Compton to this http://www.city-data.com/city/Richmond-California. html. There are some very well-off parts of the county and some downright awful parts. The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) covers one of the awful parts. My fiancee taught in that district for three years and I grew up in that county. The school districts are quite distinct... for example, if I had lived a couple blocks east, I would have been in a better district with several AP courses at the high school instead the 1 that was offered at mine.
Richmond is statistically the second most dangerous city in California, surpassing Oakland in 2004, and was named the 8th most dangerous city in the country. For every 100,000 people there were 38.3 murders, 50.4 rapes, 485.8 robberies, 512 assaults, 1110.7 burglaries, 3497.4 counts or larceny and 2471.4 thefts of vehicles. Richmond had 40 murders in 2006. The record of 62 homicides occurred in 1991.
Another fun fact (and I can't believe I am about to mention this movie): the movie Coach Carter was based on a high school in this district. My point is that this is not the "quite well off" populace the blog poster would have you believe.
And more to the point, it helps to read the news articles on which this biased blog post was based (http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5727158 and http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_6158075). Looks like IBM likely dumped outdated equipment on the district and wouldn't take it back after the district figured out it was not useful. Yes, the district did try to return the equipment. Also, this district has filed for bankruptcy in the past (more than once?), so I am not clear why they are still carrying so much debt... but then again, I've never understood bankruptcy.
Didn't see any reference to the builders of this machine in the article. Did I miss it, or is that just an unimportant detail? Or are the owners the builders as well? Just curious...
From the article:
"This is the most Earth-like planet we have discovered to date, in terms of its mass and the distance from its parent star," he told BBC News.
"Most of the other planets that have been discovered are either much more massive, much hotter or both."
He is an astronomer, so when saying it was Earth-like he was, of course, speaking relatively.
Each light is coupled with a sensor that detects obstacles. The guy isn't steering the roach (or robot) anywhere--the roach is avoiding things based on these lights.
If you want to help out at the high school level, volunteering your time as a tutor or setting up and supporting a peer-tutoring system at school is the way to go. It is nice to work with kids that already love science, math and technology, but those kids are ususally well on their way to higher education/success and don't need much encouragement. Giving a little help to those who struggle in these topics can go a long way. It is hard to get people with math/science backgrounds to come into schools and help out.
I have been a high school teacher so I have seen these facts bear out.
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You can begin the giggling by looking at this help page entitled "Handling your Chumby". Some highlights include:
How do I clean my chumby?
Why is the squeeze sensor stuck?
I won't post the one about children handling the Chumby, because that would just be over the line.
I meant the first 'A' or the second letter. I am tired.
NASA cares quite a bit about commercial air travel. Remember that the second 'A' stands for Aeronautics. NASA is quite involved in air traffic control research. The FAA's job is usually more current and practical in nature.
The second 'A' in NASA is Aeronautics. There is a lot of original research in all facets of aeronautics going on at NASA including air traffic control/management. To oversimplify: the FAA is generally more concerned with near term Air Traffic Control and NASA is generally more interested in the long term (2020+).
Some interesting facts about Richmond, CA (part of WCCUSD) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_California
And more to the point, it helps to read the news articles on which this biased blog post was based (http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5727158 and http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_6158075). Looks like IBM likely dumped outdated equipment on the district and wouldn't take it back after the district figured out it was not useful. Yes, the district did try to return the equipment. Also, this district has filed for bankruptcy in the past (more than once?), so I am not clear why they are still carrying so much debt... but then again, I've never understood bankruptcy.
Didn't see any reference to the builders of this machine in the article. Did I miss it, or is that just an unimportant detail? Or are the owners the builders as well? Just curious...
From the article:
"This is the most Earth-like planet we have discovered to date, in terms of its mass and the distance from its parent star," he told BBC News. "Most of the other planets that have been discovered are either much more massive, much hotter or both."
He is an astronomer, so when saying it was Earth-like he was, of course, speaking relatively.
Each light is coupled with a sensor that detects obstacles. The guy isn't steering the roach (or robot) anywhere--the roach is avoiding things based on these lights.
Hilarious that the accepted paper has citations for papers "published" in Dec 05.
If you want to help out at the high school level, volunteering your time as a tutor or setting up and supporting a peer-tutoring system at school is the way to go. It is nice to work with kids that already love science, math and technology, but those kids are ususally well on their way to higher education/success and don't need much encouragement. Giving a little help to those who struggle in these topics can go a long way. It is hard to get people with math/science backgrounds to come into schools and help out. I have been a high school teacher so I have seen these facts bear out.