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Category Archives: Computing
Robot Operating Systems and Software
http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) is … Continue reading
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Watson Update
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
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
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
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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XP Compatibility on WINDOWS 7
Like many, I have a lot of old programs. I have one that I have to have, but when I switch to WIN 7 that program CRASHED WIN 7 when I installed it. Obviously it is not compatible. But Windows … Continue reading
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One Laptop Per Child – XO-3
The One Laptop Per Child group is at it again, this time announcing a Tablet PC for hopefully under $100. Cnet reports that Marvell Technologies will partner with the OLPC group to create the necessary hardware. Here is a video … Continue reading
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Inventor of the Altair Dies at 68
H. Edward Roberts, PC Pioneer, Dies at 68 New York Times By STEVE LOHR Published: April 2, 2010 Not many people in the computer world remembered H. Edward Roberts, not after he walked away from the industry more than three … Continue reading
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TRON Returns
Just saw the first trailer for “TRON Legacy” which will come out in Dec 2010. If you are not as old as me, you might not remember the original TRON which came out in 1982 and was the first movie … Continue reading
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