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by Qworg 11y ago
ROS is being rewritten right now - 2.0 alpha is out. http://design.ros2.org https://github.com/ros2/ros2
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Microsoft's QuArc Quantum Computing Simulator(github.com)
1 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Things are changing. Also, if you're on a patent, you get the cube (and the cash).
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by Qworg 11y ago
Be careful with Leyden Jars - they can self charge. At size (like a 5 gallon bucket), they can carry enough charge to seriously hurt you.
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by Qworg 11y ago
After spending some time in Turkey, I'm fascinated by this problem as well. I've not seen anything though. My thought is scan all of the rubble and have the computer attempt a best fit.
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by Qworg 11y ago
There was a company in Americus, GA that was exporting millions of chopsticks to China, but it bounced a $1M+ check and went into receivership. I've not seen anything about it recently: http://www.npr.org/2011/07&
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by Qworg 11y ago
Actually, I think it is debatable - a large portion of the decline could be pinned on the reduction of demand. If China roars back, so will the coal plants.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I think there's a shared understanding about the dangers of coal. "Is it worth it?" isn't just a pure economic play at some point. Or, if you'd rather, you can't continue to externalize costs that come from usi
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by Qworg 11y ago
I think you're right about local recycling - it only takes about 5% of the energy to recycle vs. direct from bauxite. Here's a list of recycled smelting operations: http://www.lightmetalage.com/producers.php
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by Qworg 11y ago
Coal is still cheaper, as is subsidized energy in the Middle East. =/
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by Qworg 11y ago
It is directly driven by the cost of energy, as tomkinstinch brought up. China burns an incredible amount of coal for power, which brings the cost of energy down at the price of huge amounts of pollution. As China and other places green, yo
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by Qworg 11y ago
This is following the Economist's model - you create the illusion that the digital+paper is a great deal, which drives your print sales (and more advertising space).
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by Qworg 11y ago
MSR publishes continuously, both in journals and in white papers. It is part of the evaluation. (Source: I work at MSR)
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by Qworg 11y ago
S&R has incredible structural challenges outside of "the FAA won't approve my flights". Drone operators in disaster zones need to comply with local authorities and get permission to fly. Instead, we have yahoo pilots bloc
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BMW exceeds exhaust values(bild.de)
3 points by Qworg 11y ago|1 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Other players, like Catapillar, have been caught and fined in the past for cheating on large trucks.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I just finished a fun little Geiger Counter prop - realistic look and sound, but with a slide potentiometer under the thumb so you can crank the radioactivity up or down on a whim. The Arduino code for the DFRobot Beetle that runs it is her
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by Qworg 11y ago
Planting trees post clear cutting does not establish a healthy or usable forest. Thinning is more expensive and difficult than clear cutting, which is why we don't do it often.
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by Qworg 11y ago
We had some random x86, running Linux, in there on a full sized motherboard. It lived in between the front face and the actual refrigeration compartment. We also had a fun little perfboard of 120V relays inside of a clear plastic case we
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by Qworg 11y ago
Ah, damn. A decade long run isn't bad. Yeah, we had to load gently, and the thermocouple probably needed to be replaced (if you were exploding cans). The coldest soda in the university though. =) Yes - it was meant for steel cans. T
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by Qworg 11y ago
Caffeine! That was the SIGBOT project for 2001 Engineering Open House - it has had a lot of extra work and upgrades since then. =) I barely avoided having some sort of terrible lung problems after sanding off the baked on paint from the 19
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A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style [pdf](arxiv.org)
9 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Certainly. However, if you look at the popular literature, UKF is more represented than the SPKF by far, even given its better performance on highly nonlinear systems.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Even better, use a Sigma Point Kalman Filter.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I've done a lot of full 3D gestures work. They work well, but people are finding it hard to come up with workable interactions to care about/spend battery on. Google's new stuff had an opportunity to move gestures off the scr
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by Qworg 11y ago
Also, folks are right RE: languages - you'll need to pick up C/C++ as well, and likely a little Python/alternative scripting language.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I'd take Thrun's course on autonomous robots. I'd then implement it on a physical system - I'd focus on something other than Arduino, which doesn't translate well, and do it on RaspPi or similar.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Do you want to do it as a career or just to play with?
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by Qworg 11y ago
I'd far prefer a generator that creates pure native code over one that creates a dependency.
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How I Make a Living as an Adventurer (Hint: I Don't)(thenextchallenge.org)
3 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments

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