Thursday, November 29, 2007

Robotiikkaa



This $199 SmartStar Go To AltAzimuth Telescope Mount,
otherwise known as the Cube, gives you computerized pointing and tracking, where you select a star, planet or galaxy in a huge database, and it automatically moves your scope into place so you can see it, up-close and personal. You can trick out this scope mount much further than that, too.




If things go as planned, future dentists in Japan could soon be practicing on Simroid,
a humanoid that resembles a young woman and can talk back when students hit a nerve. Reportedly, the bot can exclaim "it hurts" and move her eyes / hands whenever discomfort is felt, but best of all, engineers included a "breast sensor" to determine if that area has been touched inappropriately during training.

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