Archive for February, 2010
Family Pushing for Tougher School Bus Safety Laws (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
The family of 6-year-old Haven McCarthy is fighting for tougher penalties for drivers who don’t stop for a school buses’ flashing lights.
Read More..>>HUMAVIPS project could lead to humanoids with social skills, humans being tricked (Engadget)
You don’t think the Robot Apocalypse is upon us, but we assure you, it is . The HUMAVIPS project, which will span three years and hopefully result in robots being developed with “social skills,” may seem innocent — even beneficial — at first blush, but let’s think about it. Will ” humanoids with auditory and visual abilities in populated spaces” have more power than you, as an Earthling, would …
Read More..>>GeckoSystems to Discuss How Their Mobile Robot Solutions Lower Healthcare Costs at Conference (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
CONYERS, GA–(Marketwire – 02/23/10) – GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pinksheets: GCKO – News ) ( http://www.geckosystems.com/ ) — announced today that the seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day usage dramatically reduces the time for financial payback for its mobile robot solutions such as the CareBot. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics …
Read More..>>Bulletin Board
(Scroll to the BOTTOM for links to local WEBSITES! Have something to ADD? Look for SUBMISSION info at the bottom of the page) (This page is arranged by “NOTES FOR TODAY”, “IMMINENT OR URGENT”, “MEMORIAL AND SUPPORT FUNDS”, “COMING SOON”, “WEEKLY OR …
Read More..>>Service to honour Centaur fallen
Martin Pash, one of the three remaining survivors, is the only survivor still mobile enough to attend the ceremony … had been lost for 67 years, Mr Mearns and his crew of 33 sent the submarine robot Remora 3 down 2059m to take the first …
Read More..>>Robots make the world’s most versatile video screen for rock concert
The programming involved in turning industrial robots into an integral part of a rock concert tour experience may bring a totally new thought pattern to the use of robots in advanced manufacturing applications in the future. The Bon Jovi concert …
Read More..>>City Services Offered on Huntington Website (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
Resources for people who live and work in the city of Huntington are now just a click away.
Read More..>>Harris: Coulomb Technologies gets funding for electric car charging …
In downtown San Jose, Coulomb Technologies CEO Richard Lowenthal demonstrated how the company’s electric-charging station works by jpassing a keyfob over a sensor and plugging in a power cord. The director of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric …
Read More..>>Kinnernet Israel
In trying to trackdown an old friend I discovered a little known but highly respected event in Israel called Kinnernet. Two hundred of the wealthiest, most powerful technical and marketing Israel and Jewish minds will attend this three day Internet …
Read More..>>BREAKING NEWS: Small Fire Reported at Chiropractor’s Office (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
A small fire called emergency crews to Nichols Chiropractic in Ashland Sunday afternoon.
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