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  Lawsuit in Waiting

  06.27.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Lawsuit in Waiting

  This is an autonomous sentry linked to a paintball gun. It’s laptop with control software, it’s very innovative, and the inventor will be lawsuit bait before it’s said and done. But it’s a very good demonstration of what is possible by integrating today’s technology. Here’s the home page, Paintball Sentry. HT: Hacked Gadgets

• Humor, Technology & Science

  Geeks Get Busy

  06.10.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Geeks Get Busy

  Condom Dress? How does this strike you? 132 condoms per person. This supply is intended to last through the winter months for the skeleton crew of 125 scientists who stay in Antarctica’s McMurdo Station during the complete darkness. One thing is sure, they’ll all have the opportunity to be “safe” as they entertain themselves during […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Aquatic Robotic

  06.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Aquatic Robotic

  Researchers have gotten back to nature looking at shapes and structures in the natural world to dictate robot design. In the video below from New Scientist, there are self-configuring robots, bots that interact successfully with cockroaches, and faux-salamanders and geckos. It’s a quick view and if you’re interested in robotics, a fun video to watch. […]

• Humor, Technology & Science

  I Won!

  05.31.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote an entry about Hacked Gadget’s Guess What this isn’t Contest. This morning there was a note waiting indicating that my comment was the winner, what a pleasant surprise. Actually, I didn’t think I stood a chance because there were so many funny and creative comments posted there. As […]

• Business, Technology & Science

  Cloud Seeding: HP eats EDS

  05.13.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Cloud Seeding: HP eats EDS

  Cloud Services – Compute/Storage Services In the latest consolidation in the IT industry at the top tier, HP announced a definitive agreement to purchase IT services company EDS for $13.9B. There are many views on why HP would make this move, but to me the obvious play is in the “cloud” computing model that is […]

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