Odyssey IV -- MIT's Robotic Underwater Helicopter

clipped from www.physorg.com New underwater robot can hover in place (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers and others. The new craft, called Odyssey IV, is the latest in a series of small, inexpensive artificially intelligent submarines developed over the last two decades by the MIT Sea Grant College Program's Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Laboratory. The Odyssey series revolutionized underwater research in the 1990s by introducing the thrifty and highly capable underwater robots. But the previous Odyssey vehicles still had one significant limitation: Like sharks, they could only operate while continuously moving forward. clipped from web.mit.edu The Odyssey IV AUV, temporarily tethered, is driven around by a joystick. Video courtesy MIT AUV Lab. View more Odyssey IV videos on YouTube clipped from scripts.mit.edu clipped from scripts.mit.edu clipped from scripts.mit.edu

Google’s Project 10 to the 100

Google starts off something called Project 10 to the 100, a contest in which you should submit your idea of how to help the most people in the world. Google promises to commit $10 million to implement these projects.

clipped from blogoscoped.com clipped from www.project10tothe100.com Project 10100 Submission Deadline: October 20th, 2008 Project 10100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Get Started Find out how you can participate. clipped from uk.youtube.com clipped from www.project10tothe100.com How it works Project 10100 (pronounced Project 10 to the 100th) is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Here's how to join in. 1. Send us your idea by October 20th. Simply fill out the submission form giving us the gist of your idea. You can supplement your proposal with a 30-second video. 2. Voting on ideas begins on January 27th. We'll post a selection of one hundred ideas and ask you, the public, to choose twenty semi-finalists. Then an advisory board will select up to five final ideas. Send me a reminder to vote. 3. We'll help bring these ideas to life. We're committing $10 million to implement these projects, and our goal is to help as many people as possible. So remember, money may provide a jumpstart, but the idea is the thing.

WowWee Rovio remote surveillance robot

clipped from www.geardiary.com We Get Mail: WowWee Rovio Spy Robot finally available for Pre-Order in the USA clipped from www.hammacher.com The Control From Anywhere Home Sentry. This robotic sentry can be controlled by any remote device capable of browsing the internet, allowing you to monitor your home from anywhere in the world. Audio and high-resolution (640 x 480) video are streamed in MPEG4 format, and it can take still pictures and e-mail them to you; it has a two-way microphone and speaker that enable real-time interaction with subjects. clipped from uk.youtube.com CES 2008 - WowWee Rovio clipped from uk.youtube.com ROVIO Features clipped from uk.youtube.com Behind the Scenes Look at Rovio and Micro GPS System Breakthrough Rovio™ telepresence robot from WowWee®, launched at CES 2008. Video shows the Rovio robot navigating around a room completely under its own control using the NorthStar® system from Evolution Robotics™. Attendees at CES are able to remotely command this Rovio robot located over 200 miles away and see video broadcast live from its WiFi camera

Mobile fish farms

clipped from technology.newscientist.com Mobile fish farms could soon navigate the oceans Swimming cages may soon shepherd farmed fish about the ocean, giving them a more natural environment and reducing their impact on natural ecosystems. The first tests of the wandering cages have just taken place in Puerto Rico. clipped from uk.youtube.com clipped from web.mit.edu MIT tests self-propelled cage for fish farming MIT Sea Grant Videos - Open Video Gallery clipped from seagrant.mit.edu Offshore Aquaculture Engineering Center (OAEC) PI(s): Clifford Goudey, MIT Sea Grant Project Summary: The Offshore Aquaculture Engineering Center (OAEC) is a focused research effort of the MIT Sea Grant College Program. OAEC's mission is the solution of problems facing the aquaculture industries of Massachusetts and the nation. OAEC has a current focus on cages and other components of offshore grow-out systems necessary to farm fish and shellfish in the U.S. EEZ. All OAEC projects involve collaborators from industry.

European Seeking Fun scores

Results of a study on the importance of seeking fun and pleasure in European countries.

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Clipped from: ESS: Important to seek fun and things that give pleasure



In European Social Survey (ESS), question ask: Important to seek fun
and things that give pleasure. Categorical answer: Very Much like me
(6), Like me (5),..., Not Like Me (2), Not like me at all (1). Mean
score is the aggregated score from the survey.

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Clipped from: ESS

The European Social Survey

The European Social Survey (the ESS) is a biennial multi-country
survey covering over 30 nations. The first round was fielded
in 2002/2003, the second in 2004/2005 and the third in 2006/2007.


The project is funded jointly by the European Commission, the European
Science Foundation and academic funding bodies in each participating
country, and is designed and carried out to exceptionally high standards.
The project is directed by a Central Co-ordinating Team led by Roger Jowell
at the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys, City University, London.

iLogic Hat

A hat with inbuilt speakers resting over your ears.

clipped from www.impactlab.com iLogic Hat with Built-in Headphones clipped from www.iwantoneofthose.com Features A cosy black hat with inbuilt speakers resting over your ears. The lining of the hat is fleecy for extra warmth softness. A 98cm wire with a 3.5mm jack is tucked into the internal lining but can be unravelled to plug into your MP3 (or other music playing device with a headphone jack). The wire gives enough freedom to have your player in your pocket/bag and still be very comfortably listening within your hat. The hat is made from 100% polyester and can be hand-washed warm (make sure to remove the speakers). Suitable for ages 8 years+. Size: 27 x 18 x 2cm (when flat).

The Beacon an innovative street lightening object

aThe Beacon: an innovative solar powered street lightening object

clipped from www.lottolab.org Home Projects Human perception clipped from www.lottolab.org An installation in Shoreditch The Beacon is a 6 metre tower of coloured Plexiglas, solar panels and light. The installation produces its own electricity through an array of solar panels, mounted at the top of the tower, and through innovative solar paving slabs, which are made from photo voltaic cells, embedded in a mixture of recycled glass and resin – manufactured in Hackney, from glass produced as a waste product in the borough. Stage 1: Conceptual Stage 2: Development Stage 3: Construction clipped from www.shoreditchtrust.org.uk Shoreditch Trust is an award winning charitable regeneration agency, and manages a range of projects, addressing the Government's key neighbourhood renewal themes, including cutting edge interventions in neighbourhood management, housing renewal, crime and community safety, health and wellbeing, education and worklessness, community assets, community engagement and culturally-led regeneration.