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GogglesJune 17, 2007
Summer is here. I'm upstairs at our place and it has to be at least 30 degrees... what I wouldn't give for a nice dip in lake Erie right now! Thinking back to all of my summers spent at the lake, I remember making a fascinating discovery: While you're under water, if you take your hands and form a canopy over your eyes like you do when it's really bright outside, then carefully blow air upwards, the air forms a bubble over your eyes, held in place by your hands, that allows you to see under water as if you had goggles on. I'm sure this has been discovered many many times, but I was thoroughly pleased with myself!
Space shuttle?June 17, 2007
Ok, this is the second time I've seen a clip from this TV program on the web. It appears to be a BBC production? Anyway, these guys are hilarious. Without further ado, you must see this:
Space Shuttle Gone MadAutonomous carsJune 17, 2007
News story: Stanford robot passes driving testLast year I watched a PBS documentary on the
Grand Challenge, which was sponsored by DARPA. A team from Stanford had succeeded in winning an autonomous driving challenge by overhauling a Subaru SUV with laser range finders, a GPS device, cameras, and a suite of software to allow the vehicle to navigate across hundreds of miles of rugged terrain ahead of everyone else. I was spellbound! This is an area of computer science that captivates me, and while I don't think I'll persue a masters in this area, it's tempting.
I was excited to read some news coverage this week of this year's competition, which has been staged in an urban setting. Qualifications are under way, with the actual competition set for November.
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