An interesting psychology experiment with potential applications for AI.Would YOU let the genie out of the bottle ( Read more... )

Yaskawa/Motoman showcases extremely versatile robot arms.

Six of these. On a mobile platform. Woot.

(I particularly like the dual grippers on each wrist, as it allows the robot to keep holding a tool momentarily while using that arm to grip and move something, whereas a human would have to put the tool down or awkwardly juggle it.)


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http://www.gizmag.com/yogurt-diabetes-treatment/12625/

As ego boosts go, it's nice to be able to pull aside a rep from a well-known international consulting firm, say "We should go knock eight-figure socks off the government budget mavens together," and have them not only take me seriously, but say they'll go pull in some international favours to see if they can make it happen ( Read more... )

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Just found out there's a job being advertised as a kind of add-on to a team I used to work for. It'd be basically a liaison position between the team and the onsite people who are their human firewall. Given that I've done both positions and rocked them like a hurricane, and I have a hell of a lot of ideas about what needs fixing between the two ( Read more... )

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Anyone at the pointy end of the IT biz in Perth - helpdesk, service desk, field support, L3, sysadmins - interested in a BBQ, meetup, and general get-together next week or so? I was thinking Kings Park, bit of a sausage sizzle, gadgets and gizmos and swapping of horror stories ( Read more... )

ROTF Demolisher has a really interesting tread/wheel transformation. I'm betting that the treads don't actually move in vehicle mode, though, and that to roll them in robot mode the bogies act as spokes and spin around the central axle.


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Went to GenghisCon last weekend. It's a scrappy little convention with a bit of everything, which suited me. Spent most of the time in the primary panel room. Managed to sleep through my alarm on the Sunday and miss the 3D printing panel, which was annoying as I'd talked to the presenter the previous day and he'd asked if I wanted to be on it due ( Read more... )