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Robotics

"Yellow Drum Machine" Robots->

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Horar writes "Let's Make Robots is a recently created web community for amateur robotics enthusiasts. It is already the home of such entertaining and novel projects as the Yellow Drum Machine robot (versions I and II). Just hope that your kids or neighbours don't get one before you do!

Version II

Version I

What it does? Basically:
  • Navigate around, collect some data, avoid obstacles, until it
  • Finds something "worth playing on"
  • Snakes into place
  • Plays some beats on what it has found, and samples this, checking it has a "good sound"
  • Based on data collected in the area, and sample just made, compose a little rhythm, and play this along with the sample
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The Almighty Buck

US Consumerism Poses Global Recession Threat->

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Horar writes "From the article: One of the world's leading economists has issued a scathing denunciation of American consumerism, saying overspending could lead to a "catastrophic" recession... He says the United States has a current account deficit of $US811 billion for last year, which means America is borrowing [more than two] billion a day from overseas.

What are the implications of this for the IT industry if there is such a recession? Alternatively, what would happen if rampant consumerism is brought under control? Isn't it that very consumerism that pushes the development of the devices and technologies which most slashdotters could not live without?"
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Security

Global panel calls for new UFO probe->

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Horar writes "Although most proposals of this kind are hard to take seriously, the people on this panel cannot be dismissed so easily.

"An international panel of two dozen former pilots and government officials has called on the US Government to reopen its generation-old UFO investigation as a matter of safety and security, given continuing reports about flying discs, glowing spheres and other strange sightings."

"Especially after the attacks of 9-11, it is no longer satisfactory to ignore radar returns ... which cannot be associated with performances of existing aircraft and helicopters," they said in a statement released at a news conference."
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