n-rd » Uncategorized http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 LittleDog robot http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/05/24/littledog-robot/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/05/24/littledog-robot/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:32 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=313 Our robot masters are one more robot closer to existing. What makes this so interesting to me is it’s terrain detection. To do this in such a small package is quite an impressive feat as well. Although I don’t know that this doesn’t connect wirelessly to a more complicated system. Very impressive either way.

Make: Online : LittleDog robot learns how to traverse rough terrain

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Make: Online : Seeing radio waves with a light bulb

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MIT’s Bionic Man: Accelerating the Integration of Body & Machine

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Image of the Day: Mar’s Olympus Mons -The Solar System’s Tallest Volcano

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/03/olympus-mons/feed/ 0 Do what you’ve always wanted with those office documents. http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/02/do-what-youve-always-wanted-with-those-office-documents/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/02/do-what-youve-always-wanted-with-those-office-documents/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:23:44 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=294 I’ve seen this around a few times and think it’s really a fantastic idea. As a nerd who loves machines that do unusual things, I think this is fantastic. I know that recycling paper is a notoriously difficult and costly thing to do so this is a pretty amazing engineering feat.

TPS TP

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/02/do-what-youve-always-wanted-with-those-office-documents/feed/ 0 R.I.P Constellation http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/01/r-i-p-constellation/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/01/r-i-p-constellation/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:21:06 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=292 Mixed feelings today at the release of the presidential budget.

On one hand there is a good amount of funding for environmental science, and science research funding. I’m happy more about the last than the first as that’s where the big breakthroughs come from.

On the other hand we’re not going back to the moon anytime soon. Sad.

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Make: Online : Mercury “beating heart” demo video

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Evolution of the Earth in 60 Seconds

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Secret code protecting cellphone calls set loose %u2022 The Register

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