Darn snowflakes

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Mar 132007

Riding to work, originally uploaded by elliottzone.

There are some days when it feels like my ride will never end…

Slogging through the snow can be challenging at times, especially when it’s -25C outside, dark, windy and just plain ol’ not fun.

But, I just remind myself the alternates are to pay $26 / day to park my truck downtown, or take Calgary Transit. Transit is terrible in Calgary, so it’s always a last resort…

One snowflake by itself is a thing of beauty. When they all gang up on you, however, I’m always reminded that “there’s strength in numbers”.

Darn snowflakes…

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Robot controlled by slime mould's fears

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Mar 092007

With the amount of time we spend in front of computers, gaming systems and the TV, I’ve often wondered what the future holds for us.

Will we end up morphing into shapeless, wobbly masses of flesh, solely dependent upon swarms of mini-droids to complete phsyical tasks? (All controlled with wireless handheld devices, of course.)

You may laugh, but that scenario might be closer than you think…

Researchers at Kobe University in Japan and Southamton University in the UK have developed a slime-controlled robot

Check it out at: Robot moved by a slime mould’s fears.

Posted by elliottzone at 2:04 pm
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