From the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, a snake robot (Snakebot) demonstrates how it can climb a tree and look around. Please keep in mind that this robot climbed a specific tree with a specific trunk width about 1 meter off of the ground. The researchers working to design, build and program these robots still have much work to do to get these bots to climb taller trees of various sizes and to navigate...
Galco's Soda Pop Stop A Sweet Journey Through America's Most Unique Beverage Shop Highlights from the Interview Regional Varieties The United States once had thousands of local soda brands, many with distinctive regional flavors reflecting local tastes and ingredients. Glass Bottles Glass bottles preserve flavor better than plastic or aluminum and are often preferred by craft soda makers for quality and environmental reasons. Business Lessons from Galco's Your Thoughts? Have you ever visited a specialty...
I went to the A's game last night and took 8 pictures from left to right around the stadium. Tonight I stitched them together with Hugin and edited the final result in Gimp (both open source).
From Mailman to Post Office Builder I recently participated in a LinkedIn discussion, and I wanted to open it up to the world (or anyone who wanted to read or contribute to it). It is partially edited so it reads better in a blog format. I thought what John Clarkson commented back was brilliant. What do you think? Any brave souls out there? Social media's value is that it is created and communicated by the...