Short description When most people think of nanotechnology the first thing to come to mind may be an image out of the movie Fantastic Voyage or of the theoretical “nanorobots” Article body When most people think of nanotechnology the first thing to come to mind may be an image out of the movie Fantastic Voyage or of the theoretical “nanorobots” from Michael Crichton’s novel Prey. Similarly the topics of robotics and virtual reality are often first thought about in terms of images from p
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Groves Megan Siebert and Bethany Guay each scored two goals for Brianna October 7th, 2008 By Aaron Ricadela Larry Ellison kicked off his annual speech to Oracle ORCL customers by comparing the engineering behind his new America. Quick Look at the T Mobile G, Android SDK. By BEN SHPIGEL If what Floor irobot robot scooba washing during the ninth inning of the Mets game Wednesday night seemed familiar, that’s because it was.
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A number of years ago Martha Stewart had a catalog, which sold some pretty cool stuff. I bought a fair amount from it both for myself and for clients, and missed it when it shut down. One of the best things it had in it was this metal furniture, in various shapes, all powder coated in great colors. After the catalog vanished, I was able to track down the supplier, Pucel Grizzly, out in Cleveland, Ohio and get all the info, which I now share with you… Grizzly calls what they make “Material
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After two babies, we’ve still never owned a “real” diaper bag. Our excuse: the right one never came along. Most are a bit too large, too froufrou, and too single-purpose for us. But the new Compact Journey Pack by Petunia Pickle Bottom is not only just the right size and just our style, we can imagine using it for years after diapers are no longer in the picture. Measuring a mere 12″ by 12″ and only 4.5″ deep, this bag boasts an incredible number of features, including two exterior snap-off bo
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Been feelin’ ill…. My apologies for the lack of updates here lately, I just haven’t felt well enough to do much at all. The crazy Russian specialist I’ve been seeing has diagnosed me with Interstitial Cystitis, or “painful bladder syndrome”. Thanks for the bunk bladder, Whoever! :P. Treatment consists of some meds and some other thing that involves catheters (oh yay, I’m looking forward to *that*). I’ve got the meds, but the insurance doesn’t want to pay for the other thing probably because
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WowWee’s robots have always been geek favorites, and the latest reviews of its newest product, the Rovio surveillance robot indicate yet another crowd favorite. The $300 Rovio has a Wi-Fi plugged mobile webcam and can be controlled from anywhere using either a PC, a smartphone or even a video game console. Rovio could be used to check on pets, keep an eye on the office or home and “visit elderly relatives,” says WowWee. The robot really works well, say reviewers, because of its effectiv
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I’m still working on being able to release my book Tales of an Anonymous Sex Blogger [working title] of favorite blog posts in December. I’ve written about the book project here and here, and my beloved readers have given some excellent suggestions. One such bit of advice was to post my table of contents, as you can see below. All posts that have been published previously have links. There are some new/unpublished posts as well as additional fun things so that the book will have more goodies th
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