Author: eightprime

16 Nov

humanoid walking robot

humanoid walking robot

This humanoid walking robot has been built for testing  protective suits against chemical warfare attack.  The robot can walk, stumble and maintain its balance. Once …

 
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13 Nov

remix!

remix!

I really like this: ccMixter – Noise (Another Mix) Also more music from artemisstrong .

 
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13 Nov

Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology

Just reading a New Yorker article on Synthetic biology and evolution – using the technologies of life to build purposed mechanisms. Grow your own world …

 
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30 Oct

on Chicken with George

on Chicken with George

George: Hello. 8′: Hello George. George: Hello interrogator. 8′: How do you feel about kung pao chicken? George: It’s beautiful. 8′: Where is the beauty in kung pao chicken? George: Why …

 
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30 Oct

SWARM activity

SWARM activity

On October 17th SWARM played a second Work Less Party party at the Japanese hall to an enthusiastic audience. The show was a variation on …

 
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13 Oct

what is the head inside of?

what is the head inside of?

The discipline of cybernetics developed by Von Neumann and Weiner (and extended by Beer!) has given rise to many further schools. Among them a method …

 
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12 Oct

unfathomably awesome science

unfathomably awesome science

Recent nobel prize news has been on my radar since I woke up to find (astoundingly) that this year’s peace prize had gone to president …

 
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08 Oct

Quantum signatures of chaos in a kicked top.

Quantum signatures of chaos in a kicked top.

Theorists have speculated that the onset of chaos will greatly increase the degree to which different parts of a quantum system become entangled. The quantum version …

 
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08 Oct

upheaval

upheaval

I found this walking in the foggy early morning with the Dog, having sent the Missus on her way to work. Dearest Wife was feeling …

 
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07 Oct

day light

day light

One of the good things about a steady diet of graveyard shifts is that it brings a steady diet of dawns. Left to my own …

 
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05 Oct

night light

night light

I have a lot of time available after dark – soon it will be the only time I have available for a while. Fortunately I …

 
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04 Oct

cement

cement

some arterial concrete infrastructure

 
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