Results tagged “contest” from 60 Second Science
Ted Alvarez on December 3, 2007 6:21 PM
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The National Wildlife Federation has just released the winners of its 37th annual photo contest. Editors whittled down 16,000 submissions into 16 winners in categories like Mammals, Birds, Other Wildlife, Underwater Life, New Life, Connecting People and Nature, Habitat and Power of Nature.
Most of the images are beautiful shots, but not as beautiful as my submission of a bum urinating behind a dumpster. They said a bum isn't "technically" wildlife, and there's no "official category" for self portraits. Snobs.
One more pic after the jump.
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Stephen Ornes on October 31, 2007 8:39 PM
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How about watching a gaggle of driverless cars meander through a fake city?
The selection process for DARPA’s third Grand Challenge is almost over, and the final race begins bright and early on Saturday. So if you’re anywhere near Victorville, California, grab a cup of coffee and go watch autonomous robots careen wildly through the streets, jump curbs and morph into giant aliens that, as it turns out, are fighting a civil war that began in a galaxy far, far away…
Well, we can only hope that they’re not going to jump any curbs. The selected vehicles are driverless, and they are robots, and they have to follow laws and drive judiciously as they navigate through a simulated city scene. Why? For the thrill of the ride, of course, and the Department of Defense would like to use them on the battlefields of the future. The event is open to the public; you can look at the schedule here.
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Ted Alvarez on October 30, 2007 1:53 PM
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Dammit. I guess Pablo 247, my robot made from paper clips, didn't win iRobot's Create Challenge contest, because Danh Trinh's "Personal Home Robot" did. Great name, there, Danh.
Lame name aside (it's no Pablo 247), Personal Home Robot can water plants, control lights and appliances, play music and remind owners to take their medication. Unfortunately, it didn't remind Trinh to take his naming creativity pills or use paper clips in his design. But Trinh, of Towson, MD, still gets $5,000 in cash. That's a lot of paper clips.
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