Thursday, April 26, 2007

Google, Intel, Microsoft Fund Robot Recipes

From slashdot.org

"Google, Intel, and Microsoft are funding what may become a robot invasion. Money from the three tech companies has enabled researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to create a new series of Internet-connected robots that almost anyone can build using off-the-shelf parts. These "recipes" describe how to build a robot that connects to the Internet using common parts and a $349 Qwerk controller from Charmed Labs."

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Charles in Space

Charles Simonyi, credited with inventing Microsoft Word, paid $20 million to go into space. Watch his blog:

http://www.charlesinspace.com/

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

New Google FREE Broadband Beta

And now, just in time for April 1st: Google TiSP! It's the Broadband that works through your plumbing!

http://www.google.com/tisp/
http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html
http://www.google.com/tisp/press.html

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