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January 29 2010
On January 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit a 'stationary research station', expected to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.
January 28 2010
GMES Services for Haiti
Tags: gmes
Posted by: juxileitner
Clever arm for iRobot Create
My friend Chad Jenkins turned me on to this very nifty and very functional robot arm for the iRobot Create. It's elegant in its simplicity, and would be a great weekend robotics project.
Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Robotics | Digg this!January 27 2010
Antarctica Needs a Network Engineer
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Spirit is Now a Stationary Science Platform
January 25 2010
Pedestrian footsteps, converted into energy
If the energy people expend dancing and working out can power cellphones, lights and other electrical appliances, why not apply the same concept to all the energy spent by millions of people every day simply walking along city sidewalks? That's exactly the premise behind Pavegen slabs, which can be inserted among regular sidewalk sections to capture the kinetic energy people spend just walking.
Each rubber slab from UK-based Pavegen Systems gets depressed by about 5 mm each time it gets stepped on. Using just that small movement, it can convert the kinetic energy used into electricity, which is then stored in the slab. Specifically, 5 percent of the energy harvested is used to make the slab's LED glow, making it clear to users that their energy has been captured. The rest can be used to power pedestrian lighting, information displays and many other applications. Pavegen's patent-protected technology has also been used to harvest energy from users' footsteps on stairs; custom branding is available.
Following recent tests in East London, Pavegen is now seeking both investors and additional testing sites for its eco-iconic innovation. One to get in on early...?
Website: www.pavegensystems.com
Contact: hello@pavegen.co.uk
Spotted by: James Graemer
January 24 2010
Open Manufacturing
Tags: open manufacturing technology
Posted by: juxileitner
January 23 2010
InfoQ: A Crash Course in Modern Hardware
for francesco ;) though i guess he knows it all already so for the others who wanna know too
Tags: technology computer architectures programming
Posted by: juxileitner
January 22 2010
January 21 2010
Pentagon’s Social Network Becomes Hub for Haiti Relief | Danger Room | Wired.com
that TISC sounds a bit like a military resource sharing à la GIANUS
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Tags: communication
Posted by: juxileitner
Live: Haiti earthquake - latest updates - Times Online
timeline of events
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Tags: events communication infrastructure
Posted by: juxileitner
Nanoscale: Robot Arm Places Atoms and Molecules With 100% Accuracy | h+ Magazine
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Posted by: juxileitner
Maybe Soup is currently being updated? I'll try again automatically in a few seconds...

