Robots: conquering stairs

Some youtube movies of robots conquering stairs.

The only thing that we need now are some flamethrowers and chainsaws. Let the Robot Wars begin!

Robot by the University of Tsukuba Intelligent Robot Laboratory (Japan):

Robot by the Ariel University Center of Somaria (Israel):

B2P2 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (university of Angers – France):

Robot by China’s Gaoyuan University of Technology:

iLean robot (UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab):

And now my favorite:

Greg Schroll’s Gyroscopic Robot :

I Love Errors #7

Open Source: it keeps on failing.

• Konquerer error when I did a middle-mouse-click.
• KolorPaint crash for no reason
• Even Moonlight does not work with Fedora
• Konquerer has a long way to go with rendering websites..

Microsoft Pivot invite codes

I recently made a blog post about Microsoft Pivot.

Here is your chance to get an invite for the Microsoft Pivot Technical Preview ( http://getpivot.com )

Don’t forget:

System Requirements

Recommended System Configuration: Windows 7 with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) processor, 2 gigabytes of random access memory.

Supported System Configuration: Windows Vista with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.

Pivot is supported only on US English-based operating systems with US English date and time formats.

Here we go:

The first 6 comments that request an invite get an invite code. Make sure I can contact you..

(Btw some comments may be held for moderation by wordpress so I’ll try to check my spam folder often ).

UPDATE: invite codes are gone.

Monkey see, monkey do

Chacma Baboon chewing a bulb in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa -- Peter Chadwick

Daily image from Bing. How cute! Now I want a monkey..

Ready, Set, Go!

Ecological & economical traffic light concept – by Damjan Stankovic

This traffic light with timer reminds me of the traffic lights in Germany.

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Bing History

Just discovered that there is a new menu item on Bing.com compared to the screenshot in an older post:

I Love Errors #6

Too bad Dev-C++ isn’t under development anymore. It still got some bugs…

Since the new Skype version I have more crashes on my Windows 7 64bit:

Oh and that’s not a “Useful tip“. Useful tips are more like “Did you know you can press ctrl+…”

Bing Mapplications [UPDATE]

Bing Maps is back with great news. The most important updates:

• A Silverlight version of Bing Maps
• Bing Mobile client
• New map modes (Streetside and Enhanced Bird’s Eye)

Bing Enhanced birds-eye views. Photosynth integration. The ability to take it Streetside. Long story short, there’s a whole bunch of new stuff coming to Bing Maps, and we want you to try it out. And here’s the word of the day: “Mapplications.”

New term: mapplications. Not bad

Bing Maps Silverlight:

Bing Map Apps (Mapplications):

(click where I have drawn the arrow in the silverlight version)

Bing Mobile:

Check the source for more screenshots and extra info!

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UPDATE: Bing Map Apps screenshot added.

Yes, it’s true

Magic light tape

Magic tape:

Light stripes:

Want!

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