04:51, by Dave Herwig
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04:31, by Dave Herwig
Navy-funded fire-fighting robot, Octavia
–introduced earlier this month, along w/ Lucas
–new video out of Octavia putting out a tiny fire
–responds to natural language commands/gestures
–can detect/put out fires autonomously after led in right direction
–Naval Research Laboratory (NVL) working on software
–want the robots to interact naturally “shoulder-to-shoulder” w/ humans
–working on ability to recognize diff. kinds of fire
–will take diff. actions for each type of fire
–moves on wheels
04:28, by Dave Herwig
-LawnBott SpyderEvo
–00
–can mow up to 10,000 sq. ft. all on its own
–uses perimeter wire and a set of sensors
–is fully autonomous
–battery keeps it running for 3.5hrs
–rugged wheels & AWD
–can tackle hills up to 27 degrees
04:23, by Dave Herwig
instead of image, output is text description of the scene
–it works via Amazon’s Turk, the task completion service
–people do tasks for small payouts
–camera’s powered by Beagle Bone, embedded Linux platform from TI
–USB webcam
–thermal printer from Adafruit
–trio of status LED’s & a shutter button
–series of Python scripts
–mrBBIO module used for GPIO control
–open source command line utilities communicate with Turk
–connects to internet via ethernet
–power from external 5 volt source
–results from Turk returned in usually 3-6 min.
04:22, by Dave Herwig
-joke for his buddy that goes so much farther than he realized it would
–took him a month to build, 27 days longer than he thought it would
–’fully stocked’ (and lit up) bar inside
–disco ball, sexy cat pic
–bird heads mounted on wall
–tiny dart board w/ pic of buddy & cardinal (the bird) darts
–kept his friends out of his apt for the month, he knew they couldn’t keep the secret
–stopped by security on way to friend’s to deliver Cat-At
–security said, “You can’t bring weapons on the property.”
–materials estimated at ,000
04:21, by Dave Herwig
Exercise won’t save you from sitting
age of cubicles & computers = lots & lots of sitting down
–study examined habits of 222,497 Australian adults
–those who sat more than 11hrs/day had 40% higher risk of dying over 3yrs
–compared to people who sat less than 4hrs/day
–exercise helped but risk of death still rose as active people sat longer
–study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine
–covered adults aged 45 and older
–accounted for age, weight, physical activity & general health
–study suggests docs should focus on “reducing sitting time in addition to increasing physical activity levels”
–how about a standing desk?
04:19, by Dave Herwig
Altaeros Energies, a company from Massachusetts
–company has people from MIT and Harvard
–prototype is a wind turbine that doesn’t just sit around
–helium-filled outer-section
–deploys itself to 1,000ft
–up there, benefits from stronger, more consistent winds
–gives nearly twice the power yields of land-locked turbines
04:16, by Dave Herwig
Here is my Klouche score
04:10, by Dave Herwig
at National Univ in Singapore
–takes hugs, gives out free Coke
–part of Coke’s “Open Happiness” global marketing campaign
–spokesman says, “Happiness is contagious. The Coca-Cola Hug Machine is a simple idea to spread some happiness.”
04:08, by Dave Herwig
Karen Chang, moving on from Microsoft
–leaving more than amicably, will miss her team and work
–going to a startup called Exec in San Francisco
–resignation song set to Don McLean’s American Pie
04:06, by Dave Herwig
George Takei Social Media Star
-famous for 50yrs for portrayal of Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek
–on orig. 60s TV show for 3 seasons & 6 movies
–just turned 75 this month
–has acted & performed voiceovers but is still known for Star Trek
–started FB pg March 23, 2011
–1,624,780 likes on his FB pg,
–348,019 Twitter followers
–posts multiple times a day
–positive, funny, uplifting stuff
–not uncommon to get 50,000 likes & 30,000 shares on his FB posts
–Rihanna – most liked person on FB has 53 million more likes on her page than George
–but her likes/shares per post are similar
–George’s fans are very responsive
–George posted “Happy Dance” video of himself dancing
–it got 30,000 likes and 10,000 shares
04:02, by Dave Herwig
Padcaster lets you use those lenses w/ the iPad
–more expensive lenses: cinema quality depth of field & focusing range
–sturdy case w/ soft, polyurethane insert
–threaded holes all around
–can put it on a tripod & attach lights
– lenscaster mount for superior optics
–shoot video, edit it, upload it – all on one device
–no file transfers
–0
04:01, by Dave Herwig
iFoolish Magic Drawing Case
–magic to young ones
–first debut product of the iFoolish line
–made by Basic Principles
–they want to bring back old gadgets to life
–and trigger a lot more fun in our digitized lives
–i.e. get us talking to & interacting w/ each other again
–.95
03:50, by Dave Herwig
Kickstarter (goal: k, raised: 3k)
–keyboard and case to make iPad more like a MB Air
–Air weighs 2.38lbs, this at 2.74
–clamp is made from metal alloys and magnets
–0 no speakers, 0 with
–difference between this and other similar cases?
—”made to be worthy of your iPad”
—integrated speaker
03:49, by Dave Herwig
Available from Windows Explorer directly on Windows 8, 7 or Vista
–Available for other devices – Windows Phone, iOS and Lion
–Fetch files (access, browse, stream) files from a remote PC or Skydrive.com
–paid storage – 7GB free, paid starting at /year for 20GB
03:48, by Dave Herwig
-5GB free, options to pay for more starting at 25GB for .49/month
–Google Docs integration
–Search functionality similar to Evernote
–Access everywhere
–Problems:
—-Cali’s immediate frustrations
—-Privacy concerns
“When you upload content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.”
Google says this is so you can access it anywhere and everywhere you want, and so you can share with others
03:36, by Dave Herwig
Want to be on TV? You could be if you leave an answer to this weeks Famespot. Make your video answer to this question.. Star Trek or Star Wars? Let us know who is better..
03:34, by Dave Herwig
Apple taking privacy seriously
–Want to build an entire restaurant JUST for Apple employees
–This way they can conduct business without worrying about being overheard
–Cafe, Meeting room, Lounge areas, courtyard
–70 parking spaces
–228 passenger trips per hour expected during lunchtime peak
03:33, by Dave Herwig
Google’s Project Glass – AR glasses
–one of the researchers, Sebastian Thrun, appeared on Charlie Rose
–Charlie asked what they can do
–Sebastian took a picture and made a head gesture – apparently sharing over G+
–says that AR has failed so far because it hasn’t focused enough on facilitating interaction between people
03:31, by Dave Herwig
comScore study
–Kindle Fire is 54.4% of all Android tablets sold in US
–Samsung Galaxy Tab 15.4%
–no one else about 10%
–why? price? dumbed down factor?
03:30, by Dave Herwig
Dropbox Key Feature in Question
Dropbox announced a new feature – easily link to files or folders
–Let people view content without downloading
–Megaupload was accused of criminal conspiracy because of just this feature (in addition to other stuff)
–is Dropbox safe from the Justice Dept?
–What about Google Drive and smaller competitors?
03:22, by Dave Herwig
On Today’s show..
Kindle Fire dominates the Android Market..
Hugh a Coke machine??
Will you eat at the Apple restaruant
Turn your iPad into a DSLR
Stand up or Die!!
The crazy train is about to begin!!!
02:55, by Dave Herwig
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