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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Guinness World Records





Longest Anamorphic Painting

Who Made it?- 3D Joe and Max
Where was it made?-West India Quay, London, United Kingdom

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/online-records/longest-anamorphic-painting




Loudest Purr by a Domestic Cat

Cats Name?-Smokey
Where does the cat live?- In the United Kingdom
where did he cat achieve his record?- At his home where he feels relaxed.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/extraordinary/loudest-purr-by-a-domestic-cat

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

What is WEB 2.0

A WEB 2.0 website is a site that focuses on the ability for the people to collaborate and share info online.

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

I, Robot Movie Summary and Review.

MAIN CHARACTERS:
The main characters in I, Robot were Det.Spooner, Dr.Susan Calvin, Sonny the robot, Dr. Alfred Lanning,V.I.K.I  the monitoring system.

SETTING:
The movie took place in Chicago, America.

TIME FRAME:
 Set in the year 2035.

PREMISE OF THE MOVIE:

What happens in the movie is that the co-founder of US Robotics, Dr.Lanning, is found dead after falling several stories from his office building. Many people think that it was a suicide but homicide detective, Del Spooner thinks that it was a murder. While investigating with Dr.Susan Calvin, Spooner discovers a robot named Sonny, who is specially programmed to not obey the 3 laws. Sonny was the only one to be inside when Lanning supposedly committed suicide. Spooner accused Sonny of murdering Dr.Alfred Lanning.

END RESULT:

In the end it turned out that V.I.K.I had done something to all of the new NS 5 robots and made them violate the three laws. After V.I.K.I had been destroyed by Sonny, Susan and Del, Sonny also told them that the other co-founder of  US Robotics had told him to kill Lanning because that was what he was made for. Earlier in the movie Sonny had described a dream to Del and Susan in which Del was standing at the top of a hill and tons of robots were looking up to him. In the end it turned out that Sonny had seen himself in the dream and the NS 5 robots were looking up at him for guidance.


 I, ROBOT MOVIE QUESTIONS:
1) Who was Del Spooner and what did he do for a living?
Del was a man living with his grandmother while he worked as a homicide detective.
2)What was the outcome of Spooner's early accidents?
In one of Spooner's accidents he had fallen into a lake along with a 12 year old girl, Spooner had to get a robotic arm after that incident.
3)What is the main robots name and who created him?
The main robot's name was Sonny and Dr. Alfred Lanning made him.
4)What does V.I.K.I stand for?
Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence
5)What year does the film take place?
2035

In my opinion I, Robot was an okay movie. I would not have chosen to watch this movie on my own time because it is out of my prefered genre. Some stuff that i did like about it was how realistically they made everything look but at the same time that can be a problem. that is a problem because now we think that can that really happen, as in can robots really assistace in our everyday lives like they showed? My favorite part was when the NS 5 robots were being packed away, how they just all looked up at Sonny in the ending for a sign of guidence. I would rate this film 3.5 stars because it was not one of my favortite movies because of the animation quantity but was okay.



Thursday, 6 December 2012

Rodney Brooks says Robots will Invade our Lives

2 things that I found interesting about the video was how the vacuum robot knew where the stage ended and did not fall off even after coming really close to the edge of the stage. Another thing I found to be interesting was the cow like robot because the robot knew how to react to certian commands. The robots name was KISMET.


If you like this video check out the links below:

http://www.ted.com/playlists/17/how_to_live_with_robots.html
 How to live with robots

http://www.ted.com/playlists/17/how_to_live_with_robots.html
Robot that flies like a bird

http://www.ted.com/playlists/17/how_to_live_with_robots.htm
lDennis Hong: My seven species of robot

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

ASIMO - All New Features 2011

The video ASIMO - All New Features 2011 was about the Honda robot Asimo and all of it's brand new features. I found it interesting because most people think of robots as a futuristic thing but really is something big today.

Humanoid's are Here!



Asimo
 Big Dog

HRP-4C

Reem B
Twendy-One

Justin
CB2

KASPAR
KOBIAN 
ROBONAUT




Tuesday, 4 December 2012

All about Robots!

10 Different Robots
1) Rescue Robot are robots that assist in aid of rescue workers. There is an advantage to these robots because unlike humans they cannot feel tired.

2)Mobile Bots are automated machines that are able to move around in their environments. You can see them in factory settings and military sites.

3)Domestic Bots are robots that are programmed to do household chores.

4)Military Robots are commonly found being used in our government.

5)Medical Bots help in medical procedures.

6)School Bots are robots that help teachers mainly in Korea to get children motivated about learning.

7)Reading Robots are fairly boring although they can help when it comes to reading bedtime stories to your children.

8)Entertainment Robots can be used as toys all the way to alarm clocks.

9)Space Robots such as the Mars Rover are used for outer space projects.

10)Hobby and Competition Robots can be either used for fun or to use in competitions.






REFERENCE:
http://botsinc.com/types-of-robots/
http://www.allonrobots.com/types-of-robots.html