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BUDDY an high technology & accessible robot powered by Unity3D and Android

Posted on June 30, 2015 by dkohn96

http://www.bluefrogrobotics.com/buddy-for-developers/?utm_source=sarbacane&utm_medium=jlc@bluefrogrobotics.com&utm_campaign=Premier%20contact%20dev%20IGG%20(EN)

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Digital Dark Age

Posted on June 28, 2015 by dkohn96

I have often wondered what would happen if a solar flare hit the earth now like it did in 1859 (see wikipedia “Solar Storm of 1859”). Since we are at the peak of the solar cycle, it might be a good time to take a look at the question. With everything stored by computer would we enter a digital dark age?

Well today on “On the Media” they talked about this issue and also the loss of historical digital information.

Take a listen:

On The Media Site

More on the Lunar Image Recovery Project HERE.

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Robotics News from IEEE Spectrum – 9 June 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dkohn96

http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/ieeern/issues/2015-06-09-email.html

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Robotics News from IEEE Spectrum – 28 April 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dkohn96

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Why Google’s Robot Personality Patent Is Not Good for Robotics – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dkohn96

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/why-googles-robot-personality-patent-is-not-good-for-robotics/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=040915

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IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert – 26 March 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dkohn96

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IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert – 19 March 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dkohn96

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DARPA News

Posted on June 15, 2015 by dkohn96

The 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals took place last week. If you are not familiar with this challenge, it was based on experiences with the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan. During that event, people had to be sent in to high radiation areas to do work. The DARPA contest challenged teams to build a robot that could: Drive a car, Walk on rubble, Turn valves, Cut holes in walls, Climb stairs, connect hoses etc.