Wednesday, January 27, 2010
7 year old's bikathon charity goes viral
itnnews has posted a video of a 7 year old who raised over 100,000 pounds for a UNICEF Haitian relief fund. The boy apparently posted a bicycle sponsorship event to an internet site and the donations began pouring in. The lesson learned, if you haven't received your 15 seconds of fame, then try doing something nice. Good luck to this 7 year old cyclist, and if you want to see the video on you tube it's called "seven-year-old raises over 100,000 for Haiti"
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Honda Makes Life With Robots Possible
Honda may be best known for making small cars, but the company is also known for it's research and development into robots. Honda's latest video released on the company's You Tube channel, shows the company is preparing a consumer friendly robot. The company's efforts have gone beyond the logistics of creating a robot and are now focused on creating robots that people will not fear. Their latest creation is a biped robot that does not feauture recognizable facial characteristics precisely, because their research shows those features are turn offs. Instead the company is making their robots smaller and less intimidating. Honda's Asimo robot may be an indication of the company's attempt to create robots for the everyday consumer. Could their be an Asimo robot in your future?
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Latest Conspiracy-Children of The Sun
As if there were not enough Conspiracy Theories already, the latest may be out of this world larger than the Earth itself. This one involves the appearance of mysterious spheres orbiting the sun. According to You Tube user critiquekat, NASA recently released photos of the sun, which indicate the presence of what would be planet size satellites orbiting very near to the sun. According to critiquekat NASA has responded to his observations citing technical difficulties originating from the software used in creating the images. In any case these photos are bound to set the world abuzz with new conspiracy theories, and in the first 5 days since uploading, critiquekat's video has already drawn the attention of 50,000 viewers.
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