It's there again, the most inspiring scientific quiz of The Netherlands: The National Science Quiz. Do you know the answers to the twenty mind-blowing or maybe just easy questions? What are your theories that brings you to that certain answer? Exchange your ideas by responding to this post and when you think you got all … Continued
And the cat came back. Not on its own though. My father found it high in a tree not able to leave it on its own. With our ladder in the dark we finally got her out of the pine tree. Well, a good end to the story because the fact that it was gone … Continued
Since some months we have new cats. They are called Drouwe and Droppie. They are very playful and very keen on food. As most young cats I suppose. Especially Drouwe 'mews' a lot to get food as if he is starving. Unfortunately Droppie did not return home since yesterday night. So if you see her, … Continued
5 November I graduated for my MSc Computational Intelligence and Robotics course together with Chaekith and Jonathan. On the photo you see me in my graduaton dress with Chaekith next to me. The ceremony was a nice experience.
Although my father is not in very good health he still decided to join us for some days to England so that we could be present there altogether. We did not stay in Leicester itself but at a farmer's B&B. A good choice, nice rooms, and an excellent typical English breakfast of choice (see the photos that come soon).
Weet je wat pas echt handig is? Juist ja, een wasmachine op je WC. Dat is precies wat Sevin Coskun in Turkije heeft bedacht, wel ja eens een keer niet de japanners voor de verandering. Niet alleen bespaard het je ruimte in de badkamer, het is bovendien milieuvriendelijk doordat het waswater wordt herbruikte voor het doorspoelen van het toilet. Bovendien is het makkelijker inladen daar je niet hoeft te bukken om bij de klep te komen, wel moet je je was natuurlijk niet in de toiletpot laten vallen, alhoewel, daar zit natuurlijk ook waswater in.
The second semester has been cleared by me, seem to be the only one so far, and the last (third) semester has started. The third semester has the final project. In this project I proposed to make a dating web site that makes use of artificial intelligence. The AI is used in the matching system. … Continued
A bit more then a month ago, just before the intelligent mobile robots exam, Chaekith and I, went on a trip to Brighton. Brighton is small city in the south of England with a nice beach and the well know Brighton Pier. On the Pier there were different types of entertainment. So there was a carnival in the end, though quite expensive, some gambling halls, vending stores and terrace to sit and watch over the sea.
Robotics have come a long way, but they still often miss that innate, nervous sense of reluctant touch. Intel researchers have achieved something similar with a robotic hand that uses electrolocation to create a robotic hand conform to the shape of an object before interacting with it. Shown at Research@Intel Day, the hand uses fish-like … Continued
What are Genpets? I don't know. You tell me.
Genpets seems to create a reaction wherever they go. While in the store window of Iodine Toronto, the shop owner began sleeping in the store at night for security reasons.
Many nights, people would bang at the windows furiously. Some in protest of the small Bio-genetically engineered creatures trapped in plastic, some wanting to wake them up or buy them. Hordes of teens wanting a bioengineered pet met confused, baffled, or even shocked looks from parents.
Some Parents even caught on to see where things were leading. That while something like this bothered them, it did not bother their children. For an upcoming generation, through our own marketing techniques, life has become a disposable commodity.
It’s easier to dismiss Genpets as a hoax or exaggeration when you’re not faced with a wall of them. The experience of a grainy photo is different than standing face to face with a breathing, sleeping creature.
The question surrounding bioengineering is not in it's positive or negative ramifications, or where it can take us; it is whether or not we are ready to go there.
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