ROBOTICS News, Jun 12, 2012

ROBOTICS iRobot CFO to Speak at Jefferies 2012 Global Consumer Conference MarketWatch (press release) BEDFORD, Mass., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ:IRBT) , a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced that John Leahy, iRobot's executive vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the ... See all stories on this topic »

4-H Enhances Science and Engineering Programming with $1.5 Million Gift from ... MarketWatch (press release) CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- National 4-H Council is pleased to announce that Lockheed Martin will continue its support of 4--H Science programs with a three-year, $1.5 million gift. Through this collaboration, Lockheed ... See all stories on this topic »

Mazor Renaissance Robotic Surgery Guidance System Completes First Brain Surgeries Medgadget.com by Wouter Stomp on Jun 12, 2012 • 2:44 am MazorRobotics, from Israel, has announced that the first robot-guided brain surgical procedures using the Mazor Renaissance platform have been successfully performed. The system, which mainly functions as a ... See all stories on this topic » Medgadget.com

Denver CyberKnife is Now Anova Cancer Care MarketWatch (press release) DENVER, Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Denver CyberKnife has changed its name to Anova Cancer Care. The Anova name is short for "a novel approach" to cancer treatment. It reflects the center's high-tech, clinically validated approach to non-surgical ... See all stories on this topic »

Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. and Diakont Team to Provide Integrated ... MarketWatch (press release) Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. Signs MOU with Diakont to Offer Comprehensive Inline Inspection of Buried and Underground Piping SAN JOSE, Calif., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. announces today that a ... See all stories on this topic »

Personalized BiOM Bionic Lower Limb System Normalizes Gait for Above-Knee Amputees MarketWatch (press release) BEDFORD, Mass., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- iWalk, the personal bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the availability of its BiOM bionic lower limb system for above-knee amputees ... See all stories on this topic »

How NASA's Curiosity rover could 'discover' Teflon on Mars Christian Science Monitor By Mike Wall, SPACE.com / June 12, 2012 Artist's concept depicts the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a nuclear-powered mobile robot for investigating the Red Planet's past or present ability to sustain microbial life. See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Forrest M. Mims III Joins Club Jameco Creating Companion Kits for Famous Book ... MarketWatch (press release) BELMONT, Calif., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Forrest M. Mims III joins Club Jameco, the electronics project community, to create step-by-step electronics project kits from the pages of his best selling Engineer's Mini Notebook series. See all stories on this topic »

Releasing robotic assistants from their cages SmartPlanet.com (blog) By Charlie Osborne | June 12, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT Could a new algorithm make it safe for humans and robots to work side by side in manufacturing plants? It seems so. Researchers at MIT have been pondering the question — particularly, if it would ever be ... See all stories on this topic »

Identigene Promotes Donna Housley to Lab Director, Strengthens Laboratory... MarketWatch (press release) SALT LAKE CITY, Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Housley's Former Role as Associate Laboratory Director Has Been Assumed by Georges Frech, Ph.D. Identigene, the world's largest provider of direct-access DNA paternity testing services, today announced ... See all stories on this topic »

Prometheus Sequel? Screenwriter Solves the Mystery of the Final Scene TIME By Steven James Snyder | @thesnydes | June 12, 2012 | + The Prometheus debate rages on. Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller did big business this past weekend at the box office, but it also sparked a sprawling online debate as fans tried to break apart and ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Scenery-Studded, Affordable Bed and Breakfast Inns Highlight Colorado Wine Trails MarketWatch (press release) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Jun 12, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Mention wine, and wine enthusiasts' thoughts may turn to regions on the west coast. But for those eager to discover under-the-radar wine trails, complete with stunning scenery, ... See all stories on this topic »

PolyPlus Awarded Nearly $9 Million by Department of Energy to Complete ... MarketWatch (press release) BERKELEY, Calif., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PolyPlus, a developer of high-energy lithium batteries, today announced it has been awarded $8.99 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its Investments in Innovative Manufacturing ... See all stories on this topic »

Radiation-resistant circuits from mechanical parts EurekAlert (press release) SALT LAKE CITY, June 12, 2012 – University of Utah engineers designed microscopic mechanical devices that withstand intense radiation and heat, so they can be used in circuits for robots and computers exposed to radiation in space, damaged nuclear ... See all stories on this topic »

Noteworthy Alternatives to Arduino PCWorld (blog) By Albert Filice, PCWorld Jun 12, 2012 10:11 AM The Teensy microcontroller. [Credit: Adafruit]The Arduino microcontroller is an easy way to get into electronics, and it can help you develop some awesome projects involvingrobotics, home automation, ... See all stories on this topic »

African-American Science Bloggers, Writers, and Tweeters Scientific American (blog) By DNLee | June 12, 2012 | 1 I'm still continuing my crusade to shine the spotlight on Top STEM Professionals of Color. Today, I'm sharing my list (and hyperlinks) of African-American Science Bloggers, Writers, and Tweeters. See all stories on this topic »

Canon USA Exhibits a Full Line of Input and Output Professional Imaging ... MarketWatch (press release) LAS VEGAS, Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Helping to enhance the workflow of audiovisual professionals while delivering high-quality results, Canon USA, Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will showcase its innovative product line of both ... See all stories on this topic »

Mission Motors Hires Derek Kaufman as Chief Operating Officer MarketWatch (press release) SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mission Motors, a developer of cutting-edge electric vehicle technology, today announced that Derek Kaufman has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kaufman has worked in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Major League Baseball Ever Use Robot Umpires? NESN.com (blog) by NESN Staff on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:33AM The Red Sox have been very frustrated with the way things have gone lately, and in recent days, they seem to be taking out much of that frustration on the umpires. Before Monday's loss to the Marlins, ... See all stories on this topic »

SWAIM: Obama's just not that into you, Wisconsin Watchdog By Will Swaim / June 12, 2012 / No Comments By Will Swaim | Special to Wisconsin Reporter NEWS ITEM: Politico reports “Obama says he was too busy to visit Wisconsin” during the recall. Republican Party loyalists think there's an indictment of the... See all stories on this topic » Watchdog

'Prometheus' Got Asked to Cut a Key Scene for Ratings ThinkProgress By Alyssa Rosenberg on Jun 12, 2012 at 8:36 am Even the monsters in Scott's world were real — including the baby alien that Rapace's Shaw rips out of her belly with help of a high-tech, robotic surgery machine — the kind every space ship without a ... See all stories on this topic » ThinkProgress

Live webcams follow NASA astronauts as they simulate asteroid mining on the ... Mother Nature Network Four astronauts are spending 12 days underwater to prepare new methods for working in outer space. And they're Tweeting about it. By John PlattTue, Jun 12 2012 at 1:40 PM EST How do you prepare astronauts for the challenging task of working on ... See all stories on this topic » Mother Nature Network

What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War Scientific American (blog) By John Horgan | June 12, 2012 | When freshmen in my humanities colloquium at Stevens Institute of Technology ask why they have to read stuff by ancient Greeks, I reply that we have much to learn from old guys like Thucydides. See all stories on this topic »

Kentucky wins Silver Shovel Award for economic development The Lane Report Above, new robotic equipment at the Louisville Assembly Plants improves plant efficiency and boosts quality in the 2013 Ford Escape. FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 12, 2012) — Area Development magazine has recognized Kentucky with a Silver Shovel Award, ... See all stories on this topic »

Flight of the Dragon Wall Street Pit By Larry M. Elkin Jun 12, 2012, 10:20 AM Author's Website For more than half a century, space has been the exclusive preserve of governments, a United Nations in the heavens. Now, capitalism has crossed the atmospheric frontier. See all stories on this topic »

Which Nation Has the Best 'Technik'? blogs.hbr.org (blog) by Ayesha Khanna and Parag Khanna | 10:35 AM June 12, 2012 Five thousand years ago, use of the wheel began to spread from Mesopotamia across Eurasia, revolutionizing transport and enabling chariot warfare. A millennium ago, the stirrup enabled Genghis ... See all stories on this topic »

The Intergalactic Nemesis, Book Two at the Long Center [Review] Austinist Last Friday night's debut of The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: RobotPlanet Rising smacked a bit of Elvis coming back to play Tupelo in 1956 or Marvin Gaye selling out his hometown's Kennedy Center in '72. The Long Center was almost at capacity, ... See all stories on this topic »

Latin Kings Gangster Convicted In Tragic LES Mistaken-Identity Murder Gothamist In high school, Wright had distinguished himself by participating in an after-school robotics team that went to the national finals. His teacher told the Times, "In this profession, you're not supposed to have favorites, but he was probably my favorite ... See all stories on this topic » Gothamist

Grasshopper Manufacture releasing five student-made Vita games free on ... The Verge By Samit Sarkar on June 12, 2012 12:33 pm 1Comments Octalide, an action game in which you help a cute orange creature flee from the giant ball of pointy teeth chasing it through the cosmos, is one of five student-developed PlayStation Vita games that ... See all stories on this topic »

'Portal 2 In Motion' blurs the line between your Portal gun and you The Verge By Emily Gera on June 12, 2012 11:28 am 3Comments Down the right-hand side of Sony's E3 booth were waves of wrist-flapping and bicep-jerking while E3 attendees tested Portal 2's motion controls. This is the new iteration of the game as imagined by ... See all stories on this topic »

The Endless Summer of Ray Bradbury Grantland By Dave Tompkins on June 12, 2012 When Ray Bradbury died, I was left with an overcast day in the empty parking lot of a strip club in North Miami. King of Diamonds doesn't keep lunch hours, not even with buffet busters like Rick Ross among its ... See all stories on this topic »

E3 2012: Project P-100 Preview Nintendojo Posted June 12, 2012 10:00 AM Comment on this ShareThis Platinum Games has proven to be quite the versatile developer, giving Nintendo fans the brutal, tongue-in-cheek violence of Mad World as well as the incredibly deep and complicated sci-fi RPG... See all stories on this topic » Nintendojo

National Seminar on Advances in Bio- Sciences GroundReport by Scoop News June 12, 2012 Srinagar, June 12 (Scoop News) –Minister for Science and Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi today asked students to inculcate scientific temper which would provide them opportunity for channelize their talent for the ... See all stories on this topic »

AIR WEAPONS: A Deadly Drizzle Of Droids Strategy Page June 12, 2012: South Korea has ordered 367 CBU-105 sensor fuzed weapons from the United States. Average cost is $900000 each, including maintenance training and equipment plus spare parts and training bombs. This is part of a South Korean buildup to ... See all stories on this topic »

Is iPad the Future of Medicine? Daily Deal Media By Jessica Passman, Contributor June 12, 2012 While we might not arrive in flying space ships just yet, a trip to your doctor's office might be a lot different over the next decade. Central Massachusetts doctors and medical experts predict iPads will ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Deal Media

Xbox Twitter Support Has No Problem Implying You Have A Small Penis The Consumerist By Chris Morran on June 12, 2012 12:15 PM 0 views Usually when you make a crude joke to a mega-corporation's Twitter account, it goes ignored or responded to with a robotic, "Thanks for your support!" kind of message. But at least one person at ... See all stories on this topic »

Latitude59 Brings Together The Baltics ArcticStartup By Greg Anderson, June 12, 2012, Leave a Comment You got an overall sense at the Latitude59 conference that the Baltics are aligning together to become more startup oriented. You could see it in the quality of the pitches, the camaraderie, ... See all stories on this topic »

It's steak, segways, hippos and robots this father's day STV Local By Laura Piper 12 June 2012 15:44 BST For all those times they've stood on your lego, eaten your school project or sat on the remote control. For those moments when they've met and completely embarrassed your date, told bad jokes in front of your ... See all stories on this topic »

Direct Currency Markets Limited Announce the Launch of DIRECT Institutional ... PR.com (press release) Auckland, New Zealand, June 12, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Direct Currency Markets Limited has launched the final release of the new, upgraded DIRECT MetaTrader 4 trading platforms. The new DIRECT MT4 trading platform incorporates new, robust, cutting edge ... See all stories on this topic » PR.com (press release)

Snow Crash author pitches swordfighting game on Kickstarter PC Authority by Stephen Graves | Tuesday 12 June 2012 | Comment Now Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson crafts a swordfighting epic to drum up funds for his combat game Clang. Watch the video. Neal Stephenson is best-known as the author of weighty sci-fi tomes like The ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Major League Baseball Ever Use Robot Umpires? - NESN ... By NESN Staff Will Major League Baseball Ever Use Robot Umpires? Josh Beckett's ... Steve Bernier's Hit Was Reckless, But He Shouldn't Bear Responsibility for Devils Losing Stanley Cup (Video) ... by NESN Staff on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:33AM ... NESN.com - Sports News - Red...

Remarkable robot speeds stroke treatment in Clinton | WQAD.com ... By John David Robots used to be the subject of science fiction novels and vintage movies. Now, real-life ... Cancel Submit. WQAD.com — Quad Cities News & Weather from WQAD Television, Channel 8 ... Posted on: 3:00 pm, June 12, 2012, by John David ... WQAD.com -- Quad Cities News...

Sam Fisher has robotic crabs in Splinter Cell: Blacklist Cinematic ... ... Cinematic trailer. Posted June 12, 2012 by Andrew Hallam in News, Videos.... There's explosions, terrorists and tiny robotic crabs that can hopefully climb up walls and find enemies weak spots for maximum damage! Check out the trailer ... BeefJack Editorial

The Uncanny Valley - IEEE Spectrum IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, featuring news, articles, and videos onrobots, humanoids, automation, ... POSTED BY: Masahiro Mori / Tue, June 12, 2012 ... spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/.../the-uncanny-valley

Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factory - MIT News ... New algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side. ... Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office ... May 10, 2012 ... May 3, 2012 ... June 12, 2012. Share .... Video: watch the new algorithm applied to robots working side by side with workers ... web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/robot-manufacturing-0612.html

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