Archive for June 13th, 2005

Development Weekend

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Hi all, I’m back from my weekend of fun on the Clare Farm Development Weekend, hosted by EWB and RedR.

The weekend was very instructive and informative, if rather gruelling (the Saturday ran from 7am until 10pm). We were taught lots about basic construction [...]

Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan

An ultralifelife robot has been displayed at the 2005 World Expo in Japan. Japanese designers achieved her realistic features using silicone.

The robot can act in a variety of human-like ways including blinking and appearing to breach. More amusingly the designers seemed proud of the fact that:
It can block an attempted slap

Is anyone else [...]