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Russians search Arctic for wreck of missing solar sail spacecraft
Author: John
Latest New York Photos!!!
I have the latest batch of photos from New York up on the site. Tum and I went of a bus trip up to Niagara Falls, went to an art gallery in Brooklyn, and best of all I got to see my beloved wife receive her masters degree! If anyone needs a graphic designer that knows advertising let me know.
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“I think the “D” in Guardrobo D1 stands for Davros.”
-Kevin
In an idea straight out of science fiction, robots could soon begin patrolling Japanese offices, shopping malls and banks to keep them safe from intruders. Equipped with a camera and sensors, the “Guardrobo D1,” developed by Japanese security firm Sohgo Security Services Co., is designed to patrol along pre-programmed paths and keep an eye out for signs of trouble.
GRIN
If you looking to burn some time or test out that new printer you bought, take of look at the ‘Great Images In NASA’ site. They have everything from photos of computers, robots, rockets, space craft, astronauts, and historic photos of all kinds. There are even some Soviet photos in there.
GRIN is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes. This collection is intended for the media, publishers, and the general public looking for high-quality photographs. Please note that downloading these image files may take some time, although searching and browsing should be relatively quick
If Only You Could See What I’ve Seen With Your Eyes…
For people that suffer with degeneration of their retnas ( like Macular Degenerationthis or Retinitis Pigmentosa) could be a new lease on sight.
The retina implant developed by IIP combines medicinal and information technology with micro-systems technology.
A blind patient has a unique microchip implanted in their eye, wears special glasses with an integrated camera and carries a microcomputer on a belt around their waist.
Visual information received by the glasses is converted into electrical pulses by the microcomputer and the pulses then used to stimulate the patient’s optic nerve. The implant helps restore limited eyesight to people affected with specific hereditary blindness.
The amazing part of this is that when the device is implanted and activated it will produce randon visual information. The user will then be given a visual reference ( a white ring on a computer screen) and told to adjust the input settings. This is done until the user sees the white ring. The trials are to last about five years and if they are successful it could mean that thousnads of people may re-gain at leat some of their sight.
I wonder that if on future models the settings could be adjusted on the fly for different conditions. Lower contrast in bright light, enhanced night vision, digital zoom. Hum, sounds like something Steve Austin would have…
Doctor Who in Lego
Ok, here is a bit of fluff. Dioramas of Doctor Who made from Legos. The Daleks are pretty cool looking.