WebBuzz du 05/04/2016: Entrainement d'escrime contre un drône-Fencing Quadrotor Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance
Les drônes sont fascinants pour les ingénieurs. Ils sont légers et facile à programmer. Ce chercheur a mis au point un programme d'évitement. Et depuis, il s'est mis à l'escrime. Dois t on y voir une inspiration directement tiré de la guerre des étoiles ?
The drones are fascinating for engineers. They are lightweight and easy to program. This researcher has developed an avoidance program. And since he started fencing. T Do we see inspiration drawn directly from Star Wars?
One Brain, Hundreds of Eyes: Darpa Plots Manhunt Master Controller
WebBuzz du 22/04/2015: Technique: un aveugle retrouve la vue-Technic: a blind people can see again
Mark Cronell, un vétéran de l'US Air Force, a perdu la vue depuis plus de 20 ans et grace à la technique, il peut voir ses amis pour la première fois. Un moment très émouvant pour lui.
Mark Cronell, a veteran of the US Air Force, lost his sight for more than 20 years and thanks to technology, he can see his friends for the first time. A very emotional moment for him.
WebBuzz du 10/02/2015: Robot quadrupède tous terrains-All road four legged robot
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics est heureux de vous annoncer la naissance de spot. C'est un robot quadrupède totallement indépendant et capable d'affronter n'importe quel terrains. Il se déplace tout seul et sait garder l'équilibre. Impressionnant.
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics is pleased to announce the birth spot. It is a quadruped robot totally independent and able to tackle any terrain. It moves by itself and knows how to keep the balance. Impressive.
WebBuzz du 19/05/2017: Un drône capable de rattrapper une balle au vol-Fetching Omnicopter
Alors qu'un des leaders de la vente en ligne annonce qu'il lance des recherches pour proposer à ses clients d'être livré par des drônes, l'IDSC (Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control) à Zurich présente un drône autonome capable de récupérer une balle en plein vol et de la ramener.
So what do we try to offer customers to be delivered by drone, the IDSC (Institute of Systems and Dynamic Controls) in Zurich presents a stand-alone drone capable of recovering a bullet in full flight And to bring it back.
WebBuzz du 10/04/2017: Chine: Un système robotisé pour une société de livraison-Robots sorting system helps Chinese company
Les robots sont de plus en plus présent. Et c'est le cas en Chine dans cette grosse société de livraison qui est capable d'expédié plus de 200 000 paquets par jour sans erreur...
Robots are becoming more and more present. And this is the case in China in this big delivery company that is able to ship more than 200,000 packages per day without error ...
Content-Focused iPad Apps Value Form Over Function: Study
One set of instructions for the Moleskine iPad app.
A report released by the Nielsen Norman Group shows that many iPad apps are confusing users by being too subtle about the gestures needed to navigate them, and some are not sensitive enough to the accuracy limit of fingertips. The authors also found that many companies with perfectly functional websites are wasting their time making a less-functional iPad app.
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...
WebBuzz du 23/02/2015: Des moteurs de fusées sur un snowboard-Rockets motors on snowboard
Bientôt la fin des remontées mécaniques ? c'est peut être le cas avec cette essai réalisé avec un snowboard équipé de 2 petits moteurs de fusées (sans doute des moteurs de fusées miniatures) qui semble trés concluant (en tout cas ... en descente) ...
Soon the end of the ski lifts? this may be the case with this trial with a snowboard with 2 small rocket engines (probably miniature rocket engines) that seems very conclusive (at last ... following the downhill) ...
The Perils of Cloud Computing
What would happen if your future arrived too early? If you got the keys to your first car when you were eight? Landed your first big management job at 15?
I’ve been asking those questions while playing with the Cr-48 laptop, the first implementation of Google’s cloud-based Chrome operating system. After a few months with it, I feel like it’s important, but I also think it’s from a future we’re simply not ready for.










