There is a big worry that the deluge of grant applications expected from scientists looking for money from Obama’s stimulus package could overwhelm the government’s online grant-application system (grants.gov): http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090316/full/news.2009.167.html The DoD banned YouTube from its networks and created TroopTube as an alternative. Now the DoD appears to be banning TroopTube from military bases! http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/trooptube-block.html Rocket scie
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LOTD for March 17
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
Reportlinker Adds Heat Exchangers Market Report - TheNewsTribune.com
March 17th, 2009 — aquabot, news, pool cleaning
Designing Sensitive Robots
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
Gandinnovations Celebrates 2000th Jeti Printer - Graphic Arts Online (press release)
March 17th, 2009 — aquabot, news, pool cleaning
Japan’s next top model
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
Remaking a sweater
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
iRobot St. Patty’s Day Special
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
Modified Roomba detects stress, runs away from its abuser
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
University of Calgary researchers teach little robots to be scared of angry humans
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot
Bike DIY - How to Make a Bike Seat Cover that Looks like a Condom!
March 17th, 2009 — blog, irobot