Monthly Archives: February 2011

Interesting Website / Free Robot Book

Posted on February 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Just found http://www.roboteducation.org/ with a free book “Learning Computing With Robotics“. This book, and the website are part of The Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE).

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Modular Robotics’ Cubelets Prototypes on Video

Posted on February 22, 2011 by dkohn96

from IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Fri, February 11, 2011 Modular Robotics’ Cubelets are designed to be an absurdly simple way to build robots. You don’t have to know how to program anything or even how to build … Continue reading →

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Watson Update

Posted on February 22, 2011 by dkohn96

By Daniel Kohn With the category of “US Cities” and the clue ” Its largest airport is named for a world war II hero; its second largest, for a world war II battle” and his wrong answer of “What is … Continue reading →

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Jeopardy! Update

Posted on February 17, 2011 by dkohn96

Following Jeopardy! Win, Experts Discuss Future Of Computers And Humans. The AP (2/17, Robertson, Borenstein) reports IBM’s Watson computer soundly defeated its two human opponents in Jeopardy! “Watson’s victory leads to the question: What can we measly humans do that … Continue reading →

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Programming Contest at UofM

Posted on February 15, 2011 by dkohn96

We’d like to invite you and students to participate in the 2011 Programming Challenge at the University of Memphis on Saturday April 30th, 2011. This event will be an opportunity for your students to learn about exciting technologies in computing. … Continue reading →

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Watson takes on Jeopardy Champions

Posted on February 14, 2011 by dkohn96

IBM’s Watson is challenging the two best human Jeopardy Champions. Will a computer prove it can beat humans at this popular game show? Tonight (ooops missed it) and the next two nights watch Jeopardy to find out. Nova did a … Continue reading →

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International Space Station Comes Together

Posted on February 13, 2011 by dkohn96

Original FLASH VERSION

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Robotics News from IEEE

Posted on February 9, 2011 by dkohn96

Just received a wonderful web edition of “Robotics News From IEEE” Articles include: Building an Internet For Robots David Hanson’s New Robot Heads Robot Crawls on Power Lines A New Kind of Factory Robot Also included is a link to … Continue reading →

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UofM Engineering Technology Video

Posted on February 2, 2011 by dkohn96

What is Engineering Technology? Watch this and find out: For more info goto the University of Memphis Engineering Technology Website

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