Day: May 21, 2008

Paro seal robot

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Japanese a really fascinated with robots. Another proof of this fascination is the Paro seal robot.

Here is a article taken from www.paro.jp discussing what Paro is:

Recent advances in robotics have been applied to automation in industrial manufacturing with the primary purpose of optimizing practical systems in terms of such objective measures as accuracy, speed, and cost. However, the resulting robots are mostly kept away from human beings because people can be injured during their everyday functioning.

Unlike industrial robots, “Mental Commitment Robots” are developed to interact with human beings and to make them feel emotional attachment to the robots. Rather than using objective measures, these robots trigger more subjective evaluations, evoking psychological impressions such as “cuteness” and comfort. Mental Commitment Robots are designed to provide 3 types of effects: psychological, such as relaxation and motivation, physiological, such as improvement in vital signs, and social effects such as instigating communication among inpatients and caregivers. Continue reading “Paro seal robot”

ASUS M70 – the first terabyte laptop

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ASUS M70 – the first terabyte laptop

After the Asus eee PC, here comes a notebook with a terabyte of storage. Asus M70 delivers a gigantic 1 terabyte of storage, now you don’t need to delete those video and pictures. Another feature this notebook have is a 17 inch monitor with WUXGA widescreen with 1920×1200 pixels resolution. This resolution could give a full HD resolution without scaling. It’s not only the video performance which is superb but it also have good audio quality because of the built-in Altec Lansing speakers and Dolby home theater. Blu ray is also supported.

LG Vu – The Iphone like phone

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LG Vu

Lg have created a phone which is similar to Iphone and it is called LG vu. Like the Iphone it is has a touch screen, bar shape, internet capable and a music player. Talk time of the phone is 3 hours max and a standby mode of 250 hours max. LCD resolution is around 240 x 400 pixels and support 18 bit colors. It could be charge by a usb and also it could be used as a mass storage mode. Internal memory is small, around 155 mb shared memory but it has a memory slot up to 4 GB. Continue reading “LG Vu – The Iphone like phone”

Butterfly farming

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Butterfly farming

Butterfly farming is only one of the few businesses that is eco-friendly. To be able to establish such business one needs to plant trees and flowers that would attract or would serve as food for the butterfly.

Dome or Enclosure:
A big dome or enclosure is needed to start this business. This dome would encloses the trees and butterflies. It could be as simple as huge fishnet/mosquito net that will enclose the whole vicinity. The plant inside the dome is depends on the butterfly that one wants to breed. Every butterfly have a specific plant that it use as a host or use as their food.

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