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Spirit of Music Examiner.com On Sunday, August 16th there will be martial art performances, Japanese music, food and demonstrations. This is a wonderful event for the whole family to …

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Australian shares gave up ground after a substantial fall in metal prices led to a sell-off among the nation’s biggest miners.

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This entry-level Blu-ray player performs admirably in HD A/V playback, but lacks value-added Web content streaming functions.

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Anthropomimetic robots. It’s not something that rolls off the tongue, but the ECCEROBOT is just such a robot, and it’s really a sight to behold. Developed by a consortium of European robotics labs, the motivation behind the creation is to more accurately copy human internal structure, using thermoplastic polymer for bones, screwdriver motors and shock cord for muscle, and kiteline for tendons. The results are impressive, if not a bit creepy. According to IEEE Spectrum, scientists hope in the future to use ECCEROBOT’s human-like form to “explore human-like cognitive features,” which may or may not include starring opposite Christian Bale in science fiction films. See for yourself in the video after the break.

Continue reading ECCEROBOT emulates your musculoskeletal system, looks like Beaker from the Muppets

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ECCEROBOT emulates your musculoskeletal system, looks like Beaker from the Muppets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC makes it a snap to get to emails from a preselected group of people on its QWERTY smartphone.

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Honda has topped Warranty Direct’s used car reliability survey recorded over the past 12 months.Used Honda vehicles have only a 10.59 per cent chance of breaking down according to the insurance spec…

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An interesting revamp of its business-class Netbooks, will the premium price of the Mini 5101 put off consumers?

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Think those noise-canceling earbuds are hot stuff? Imagine if said technology was applied to an advanced type of implantable hearing aid, and you’ll have an idea of exactly what Earthlings with severe hearing loss now have to look forward to.

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From the timesaving tools and French techniques she loved to a famously dropped dinner, Julia Child left a lasting impression on a generation of cooks.

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Honda may have bestowed plenty of improvements on ASIMO over the years, but it looks like an alumni of rival robot maker Waseda University has taken it upon himself to deliver some improvements of his own that make it even more lifelike, though no doubt just as prone to tumbles. The key, it seems, is to ditch the robotics and high-tech materials altogether and instead use something called “wood,” which can be fashioned into a shell (or “costume,” if you will) that’s able to accommodate one slightly uncomfortable human. Either that, or ASIMO has been robot-napped from Honda and is now being held at an undisclosed location. Check out the video after the break to decide for yourself.

Continue reading Latest ASIMO prototype is made of wood, requires one human

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Latest ASIMO prototype is made of wood, requires one human originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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