WOODSTOCK At first they weren't going. And now they're scrambling to do so. Students in District 200's Challenge Corps gifted program at Northwood Middle School were invited to attend a European robotics competition this summer in Mannheim, Germany. Th... Read more »
Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar experiments have taken ... Read more »
Mind-controlled robot gives paralyzed man mobility
LAUSANNE, SwitzerlandSwiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar ex... Read more »
Why The Age Of Quantum Computing Is Nearer Than You Think
Trevor Quirk reports in the Christian Science Monitor that new research at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics shows quantum computing beginning to flirt with practical technology:
Read more »Tech-buffs, investors, IT industrialists, and boffins alike eagerly await the day when the science of quantum computing yields practical technology. Physicists of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), recently published research that, they believe, has brought that pivotal day closer.
For many years, physicists have sought to create an information network far superior to today’s by exploiting quantum phenomena. The team of German researchers have constructed the first vital component of such a network: a link between two atomic nodes over which information can be received, sent, and stored using a single photon. Successful exchanges of information recently took place in Garching, Germany, between two MPQ labs connected by a 60-meter fiber-optic cable. Though only a prototype, this rudimentary network could be scaled up…
Racial Profiling is Legal in Germany
Via the Local:
Read more »The young black German whose refusal to show police his ID led to a court ruling that cops could use skin colour as a criteria for spot-checks, says he will fight the case all the way.
Speaking to The Local, the 25-year-old student said he was disappointed by the verdict which has provoked a storm of outrage. One human rights lawyer called for the judge to be dismissed, while his own lawyer says he will take the case to the Constitutional Court if necessary.
“I don’t want to believe it — that my country now supports this, it is terrible,” the student said.
“The police have been told they can do this — no-one is thinking of the person getting hurt. I just wish every kind of racism would stop; it is horrid how people are treated by those who think they are lesser.” The student, who asked not to be…
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http://youtu.be/_1rb1OATsM8 “Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is a... Read more »
Industrial robot arm learns new hobby: human portraiture
The German company Fraunhofer will present the sketching robot at its booth at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, in March. (Robotlab / Fraunhofer) By Deborah Netburn February 18, 2012, 8:00 a.m. Smile for the robot, honey! Scientists and artist... Read more »
Hornberger Nails NeoCons by Asking, "Who Won WWII?"
All patriots need to read this one: Who Won World War II? by Jacob G. Hornberger I’m always intrigued by those in the pro-interventionist crowd who trot out World War II to justify U.S. imperialist interventionism in the Middle East and the rest of t... Read more »
City Introduces “Sex Tax Meters” For Prostitutes
Inspectors may be pulling prostitutes off the streets in Germany. Not because they’re trying to lower crime rate, but because they haven’t been paying their income taxes. Via Reuters: Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a tick... Read more »
EU can buy Galaxy Tabs again
The German court that issued the ban has changed its mind, it may not have the authority to impose such a ban outside of Germany. Still, there is a question as to how Apple presented the claim of "similarity" between the tablets.Read | Permalink Read more »
