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A programmable robot from 60 AD

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:37:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: First programmer?

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A programmable robot from 60 AD

Who built the first programmable robot? It's almost impossible to tell, and most people would put good money on Leonardo da Vinci. But now Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield, UK, has traced the technology way back to ancient Alexandria.

In about 60 AD, a Greek engineer called Hero constructed a three-wheeled cart that could carry a group of automata to the front of a stage where they would perform for an audience. Power came from a falling weight that pulled on string wrapped round the cart's drive axle, and Sharkey reckons this string-based control mechanism is exactly equivalent to a modern programming language. He describes it in this week's issue of New Scientist magazine.

Tags: robots

Curious creature caught off Keahole Point

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:11:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Umm...

Clip Source: starbulletin.com

COURTESY PHOTO
An unidentified sea creature, termed an "octosquid," was found last week off Keahole Point on the Big Island. CLICK FOR LARGE

Tags: animals

Animals Carved Tree

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:13:57 GMT

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Clip Source: knuttz.net

Animals Carved Tree

Tags: photo

第1回 BookDAQダービー

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:28:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: BookDAQにてαオープンのキャンペーン企画がはじまるようです。

Clip Source: www.bookdaq.jp

第1回 BookDAQダービー

開催にあたって
- 参加方法
ルール
Tips
お問い合わせ

Tags: bookmarks, contest

Google reveals some secrets.

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:53:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 16 secrets!

Clip Source: www.beyondmadisonavenue.com

Google reveals some secrets.

Now one of the world’s most well-known brands, "Google" was an accident. Last night I went to the BayCHI lecture at PARC given by Marissa Mayer (Product Manager for Google). A very well attended (standing room only session), Marissa took us through a presentation geared around the user experience at Google and the efforts/lengths they go to.

Some interesting facts came out:

The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. Infact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.

Tags: google

The World's Only Blue Rose

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:39:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: GJ!

Clip Source: www.developmentcrossing.com

The World's Only Blue Rose

Australian and Japanese researchers have demonstrated the application of RNAi technology for gene replacement in plants, developing the world's only blue rose.

Tags: flower, science

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH!

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:19:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Non-touched touch display.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Coolest Touchscreen at Cebit 2007- YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH!

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Tags: video, gadgets

Radical new Boeing aircraft takes flight

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:13:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Good design

Clip Source: money.cnn.com

Radical new Boeing aircraft takes flight

The company's new blended-wing plane prepares for its first test, carrying with it the airline's hopes for fuel-saving planes.

By Benjamin Tice Smith, Business 2.0 Magazine

Tags: plane, photos, technology

Animated Stereogram

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:03:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Can you see?

Clip Source: www.militantplatypus.com

Animated Stereogram

Tags: stereogram

Beer launching fridge

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:30:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I want it...?

Clip Source: www.ananova.com

Beer launching fridge

A US inventor has come up with a fridge that throws cold cans of beer to lazy drinkers.

John Cornwell spent £1,500 creating the Beer Launching Fridge, reports the Mirror.

And his invention is attracting lots of interest since videos of it in action were posted on www.metacafe.com.

The fridge is activated by a remote control which sets off a lift mechanism in the fridge.

The lift delivers the can to an electronic catapult, which rotates until it is lined up with its thirsty target.

It then hurls the beer up to 10ft to the drinker. It can hold a full 24-can crate - 10 beers in its magazine and 14 more in reserve.

John, 22, who has just graduated from university in North Carolina, said: "The idea was conceived when I was sitting on the sofa having a few beers.

"I thought, 'What if instead of me going to get the beer, the beer came to me?'

"About three months later I have a fully automated, remote-controlled, catapulting, beer-launching mini-fridge.

Tags: gadgets

Message　Doormat

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:01:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Funny!

Clip Source: www.suck.uk.com

"Come in" / "Go away" Doormat

This mind boggling doormat reads differently depending whether you are walking in or out of the house.

It's got to be seen to be believed but from one side this really does read "Come In" and from the other "Go Away". And when you have finished marvelling at this remarkable feat of graphic design you can wipe the mud from your boots too!!

NEW! Available soon. To keep up to date with all new product arrivals sign up on the home page.

Tags: gadget

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:28:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow!

Clip Source: blog.outer-court.com

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

Holy moly that is a close up zoom of a camel (see my screenshot above) – and it works for other place on Google Maps too! Yes, it turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:

Select a location and switch to satellite view
Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery

The French Ecrans website and Geotrotter have more on this.

What fun images can you find? Please post screenshots.

Playing water ping pong.

It seems he’s looking into the camera, actually.
This is a rare zoom level 23, almost (already?) creating privacy issues people joked about earlier.

Nobody’s in the Googleplex pool.

Relaxing at the beach.

[Thanks Frank Fuchs!]

Tags: google

DEATH NOTE PC

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:26:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Dont write my name...

Clip Source: www.gizmodo.jp

Tags: notebook

Moonbow

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:45:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Moonbow? That is a lunar rainbow.

Clip Source: www.sundog.clara.co.uk

Moonbow - Lunar rainbow


	Simulated naked eye view

We have all seen rainbows during the day but what about rainbows at night? Thomas Thies of Gearhart, Oregon photographed this one after the sun had set on December 8th 2003. He says, "The rainbow, which lasted for about 20 minutes, was out over the ocean with the moon rising behind us." The several bright yellow lights near the horizon are crab boats.

The moon is the key, just as sunlight produces rainbows during the day, moonlight can produce rainbows at night. This is a lunar rainbow or 'moonbow'. Another moonbow image.

Moonbows are rare because moonlight is not very bright. A bright moon near to full is needed, it must be raining opposite the moon, the sky must be dark and the moon must be less than 42º high. Put all these together and you do not get to see a moonbow very often! To the unaided eye they usually appear, as in the small image, without colour because their light is not bright enough to activate the cone colour receptors in our eyes. Nonetheless colours have been reported and might be seen when the moon is bright.

Tags: photos

milkyway

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:12:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I can not comment.

Clip Source: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov

Tags: space

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A programmable robot from 60 AD

A programmable robot from 60 AD

Curious creature caught off Keahole Point

Animals Carved Tree

Animals Carved Tree

第1回 BookDAQダービー

Google reveals some secrets.

Google reveals some secrets.

The World's Only Blue Rose

The World's Only Blue Rose

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH!

Coolest Touchscreen at Cebit 2007- YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH!

Radical new Boeing aircraft takes flight

Radical new Boeing aircraft takes flight

The company's new blended-wing plane prepares for its first test, carrying with it the airline's hopes for fuel-saving planes.

Animated Stereogram

Animated Stereogram

Beer launching fridge

Message Doormat

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

DEATH NOTE PC

Moonbow

milkyway

Message　Doormat