Flip-to-Bessie knows how on earth a woman with a brain like Swiss-cheese manages to win a dementedly tough but charitable "100th Anniversary of the Club Derrig Handout and Generous IOU Fund" quiz as set by yours truly and the Genius Amanuensis. And this is not the first time, either, and on that basis is unlikely - statistically-speaking out of my back door, that is - to be the last of all either at all. Even with a bunch of so-much-less-than-boffs on her 'team' she came through to win...Read Full Story
Not strictly a "dry" run for the Smartarse filming this coming Friday, in that I believe only the Genius Amanuensis abstained from the demonic drinking. I pitted my team against the finest brains in Club Derrig that night, plus the Lady Jojojo, Tallulah, Braisers, Twin of Evil No.1, and John "Johnno" Dolan. Bazza "Well-Clever" Lyons, managed his team very effectively into a comprehensive defeat by yours truly and the Ant/Dec Lovechild Tim "Bert" Uchi, after I had sacrificed four of my prawns...Read Full Story
C'est vrai! Les Francais sont terribly genereux avec la vielle biere! Ladies, check me out - I'm a good catch. E-mail me for a questionnaire so that I can assess your suitability.Read Full Story
Tallulah went to Devizes and pulled an invisible man....she said. Not happy. Not happy at all. Ladies, check me out - I'm a good catch. E-mail me for a questionnaire so that I can assess your suitability.Read Full Story
Colora company pioneers using robots to do 'dirty work'Cecil WhigA Colora business has pioneered robotic technology that provides a safer, more efficient way to clean coal-fired power plants. Previously, when workers from North American Industrial Services traveled to power plants in the area, the cleaning jobs ...
AZoRoboticsCaseload growing for surgical robotsLouisville Courier-JournalIntuitive Surgical Inc. of California, the nation's largest surgical robot company and maker of the da Vinci Surgical System used for Towns' operation, said its robots were used in 278000 procedures in urology, gynecology, cardiology and other ...Austin Fertility Doctors Tinker with Robots: Texas Fertility Center Helps ...PR Web (press release)all 6 news articles »
Robotics Industry Can Use InduraNET p From Pilz for Wireless Communication NeedsSacramento Bee28, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- These days robots have successfully established themselves in a wide range of industrial applications. Whether it's the automotive industry, packaging technology or sheet metal working: industrial robots play an ever ...Robotics Industry Can Use InduraNET p for Wireless Communication NeedsMarketWatch (press release)all 17...
Phils' out of touch with love of the game?Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (blog)12/27/2011 “The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man's nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become 'Golems,' they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot ...and more »
Meet NASA's Smartphone-Driven RobotsInformationWeekEach smartphone is connected to one of the flying robots via a cable, and a Wi-Fi network connection to ISS computers provide a data connection. NASA changed the handsets only slightly to make them suitable for the flying robots. ...and more »
UbergizmoRobots wrestlers make entertaining fightsUbergizmoThe folks over in Japan recently had a “Robot Pro Wrestling event” that was held on Christmas day at the Buddhist Hall in Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan, where two advanced robots – Nagare Gold and Thunderbolt duked it out inside a pseudo wrestling ring, ...
400 factory robotsPallTimes.comDid I mention that robots do not need bathrooms, do not need toilets, do not need vending machines, they do not need janitors and they do not need a creature comfort facility either. They do not require a home, a car or anything else that a human needs ...
Social Network for Robots Lets You Talk to Your RoombaMashableA new social network, MyRobots, hopes to be the “Facebook for robots.” The network allows users to connect their robotic devices, which can then post status updates like, “The cat is in my way,” or “my bin is full.” Users can monitor their devices ...