Much like [url=http://www.scifi.com/robocop/]RoboCop[/url] (minus the armor, weapons, and surly cyborg disposition), Sega Toys brings the world the "Near Me"- a furry robotic cat.
Story courtesy [url=http://gadgets.3yen.com/2005-02-10/virtual-pet-cat/]3-yen[/url].
[quote]The Near Me (playing on the sound “nya", which is the Japanese for “meow” and sounds like to “near") is a furry cat robot that could almost pass for a real life (but kinda stupid) kitty.[/quote]
Ever wonder what to do with those old processors you have laying
around that dont have the horsepower to play pong (and no, keychanins
have been done , enuf said). Why not turn them into a useful kitchen
appliance?
[url=http://www.rabidhardware.net/index.php?id=44]Cyrix Hotplate[/url]
A good article about using engineered plants to extract industrial polutants out of the soil.
[url=http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66575,00.html?tw=rss.TEK]Metal Eating PLants[/url]
Check this out, some guy decided that hooking 4 iPod shuffles together in a RAID array would be a good idea
[url=http://www.wrightthisway.com/Articles/000154.html]iPod Shuffle RAID[/url]
Listening to [url=http://www.wsui.uiowa.edu/talk_of_iowa.htm]Talk of Iowa[/url] this morning revealed [url=http://www.sony.com/]Sony[/url], [url=http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/news/2004/1129_cell1.html]IBM[/url] and [url=http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/news_article.jsp?service=UK&ID=000000536c]Toshiba[/url] have [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/29/ibm_sony_cell_debut/[/url]formally[/url] presented the inner workings of their 'Cell' microprocessor at the [url=http://www.isscc.org/isscc/]International Solid State Circuits Conference[/url]. 8 cores, 10 instructions per cycle, it's been tested with operating systems, it will be the heart of Sony's Playstation 3, and it will debut at speeds OVER 4GHz.
[url=http://www.ohmslaw.com/robot.htm]Floppy the Robot[/url]
I was digging through my ancient bookmarks and found this. I may have to experiment- after all, I do have a pile of dead floppy drives.
Heavy Pie sent this to me last night:
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check out the episodes.... I can dance all day! I can dance all day! BOOM! HEADSHOT!
hilarious. I sincerely hope you know nobody that are like this. FPS Doug... lol. freakin' lol.[/quote]
From [url=http://www.purepwnage.com/]purepwnage[/url]:
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I've been reading up on the proper methodology for sharpening my [url=http://www.woodcraft.com/depts.aspx?pd=1030&deptid=1030]turning tools[/url], and the recent warm weather has given my the opportunity to apply that research. I re-ground, honed and polished my skews, spidle gouges, and roughing gouge. The medium-grit wheel on my bench grinder was perfect for re-shaping the cutting edges, and my 120/220 combination oil stone was all I needed to hone the tools to razor sharpness. Built-up resin was quickly polished away with a buffing wheel and [url=http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?DeptID=2057&FamilyID=222]tripoli compound.[/url]
At some point I would like USL to serve as a community site for central Iowa modders/geeks. I'm reaching out to the community in search of an appropriate mission statement.
