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DARPA Planning Liquid Robots 125

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @09:13AM from the where-is-sarah-conner dept.

moon_monkey writes "According to New Scientist, Darpa is soliciting proposals for so-called Chemical Robots (ChemBots) that would be soft, flexible and could manoeuvre through openings smaller than their static structural dimensions. They suggest that it could be made from shape-memory materials, electro- or magneto-rheological materials or even folding components."

Vista Hackers Get Busy 215

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 30, 2006 @08:57PM from the fresh-meat-for-the-wolves dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's long-awaited Windows Vista release Thursday for business customers will get more than just the passing attention of network administrators. That's because hackers will be eagerly waiting to do what hackers do best: start some mischief." Some folks on the Black Hat set got a sneak peek at Vista earlier this year, so they've had time to prepare.

Microsoft Releases Atlas 300

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 20, 2006 @04:51PM from the another-technology-to-ignore dept.

Jason Lind writes "Much earlier than anticipated, Microsoft announced the release of Atlas this afternoon at MIX 06. For those who don't know, Atlas is Microsoft's AJAX API for ASP.NET 2, which they claim will greatly reduce the effort in developing AJAX style applications on their platform."

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