February 2010
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Robonauts 2.0 (aka R2)
NASA and GM are working on robonauts..?  Looks sorta like Honda’s bipedal robots, but these Robonauts seem to be focused on “waist-up” functions instead of walking.
Feb 5th
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Random Idea for Newspapers
The cost of school textbooks seems like a pretty heavy cost for school districts.  But what if newspapers printed school lessons where the classifieds used to go?  I think it’d be somewhat interesting if the state could subsidize failing newspapers by paying them to dedicate a section of their papers to textbook material.  That would make these newspaper textbooks somewhat disposable and...
Feb 3rd