Green Lawnmower For the Lazy Environmentalists by Gloria Campos, March 31, 2008 Once upon a time lazy environmentalists, like me, tired of pushing our push reel mowers, dreamed of an eco-friendly automatic lawnmower that would cut our lawns on it’s own. Helping us live our green lives more conveniently. Luckily, I have a friend who thinks about me and sends me links like the one for the Robomower Automatic Lawnmower RL-1000 . read more »
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Dear iRobot Scooba Steve, my vacuuming/mopping floor Robot: I cannot convey the shame and regret I feel for the grievous injury I caused your fragile pressure pump port. Scooba Steve, I’m so sorry. Will you forgive me? Will iRobot cover this machine crippling harm for no charge, and will they pay shipping and handling? Alas! Alack the day! Were I to get all theatrical, I’d cry something along the lines of, “Oh happy dagger, this is thy sheath! Thus rust there and let me die!” And then I’d s
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Anti-Landmine group targets Terminators Source: NewScientistTech London-based Landmine Action, who have pressured nations against land mines and cluster bombs, are now looking to terminate Terminators before they ever get their AIs in order. Failure detected in the tin-foil-to-brain interface. Landmine Action seems to have the right idea, but this may be a sign of a paranoid delusion. Land mines and cluster bombs are existing technologies that are being used; Terminator robots do not exist
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Robotics, Education, science and technology Robert Buderi wrote: Saturday’s regional high school robotics competition held at Boston University’s Agganis Arena event set records for attendance, mayoral wowing, and sci-tech luminary gazing. Two teams from Massachusetts, one from New Hampshire, and one from New York state were among the big winners. That’s the report from Xconomist Marc Hodosh, chair of Boston FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). On Saturday, I pos
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Ah… The joys of working from home. No commute, no dress code, and no dealing with colleagues worthy of a role on The Office. To those who venture into a “real” office on a regular basis, it does sound ideal. Yet, over the years, I’ve waivered in my devotion to my home office. If you also work from home or are contemplating doing so, you’ll probably find that while there are a lot of advantages, at times it can be quite lonely. It goes in stages. However, just in case the isolation real
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Where is Arthur C. Clarke when you need him? Are the killer robots coming, or aren’t they? Last week’s post, where I dismissed calls to ban ‘imaginary’ killing machines, sparked a healthy debate, including a drop-in from Noel Sharkey, a roboticist who has advocated banning killer robots. He writes in the comment section: I approve of Sharon’s take on robot scare stories of the past from academics who have read too much science fiction. But in this case we are talking about near-future science
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21 = Vegas + MIT kids. Me = born in Vegas (seriously) + going to MIT. My take on the movie, 21: Completely NO spoilers: * Check out rottentomatoes.com reviews here. * Check out “General Observations” below. Synopsis: (some spoilers for the first hour of the movie) Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), an incredibly brilliant student at MIT who is capable of rattling off sales figures faster than a cash register, needs $300,000 to go to Harvard Med School, after attaining 1590 SAT, 44 MCAT, a
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Who looked the most fierce at the Fiercee Awards? Rob and Big: Meaty Vs. Roomba Movie preview: Lee Pace in The Fall Lessons learned from The Celebrity Apprentice The look for less: Luella tiered… [This is a content summary only. Visit Woo Factor for full links, other content, and more! ]
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