Darpa Working On Real C3PO

Wired magazine ran an article about DARPA working on a real-life C3PO. The basic idea is a robot that can translate 20 languages with 98% accuracy.

Not up to the 6 million forms of communication that C3PO had, but a start.

Happy Chinese New Year

Today is the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Tiger.

Fred Morrison Dies - The World Mourns!

Fred Morrison died today at the age of 90 at his home in Utah. We have Fred to thank for the invention of the Frisbee. For most of us, we spent more hours with a Frisbee than a textbook :-)

No Jamaica Team At 2010 Winter Olympics

Unfortunately, my favorite bobsled team did not qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Jamaican bobsled team did not qualify for the wild card slot this year. That is very unfortunate as Hannukkah Wallace, the team’s driver, is ranked among the top 50 bobsled drivers in the world.

Laser vs. Mosquito

The best way to get rid of a Mosquito? Zap it with a laser.

iPad Will Be A Success

This is how the world now knows that the iPad will be a success. Bill Gates said yesterday that 'the iPad is neither magical nor revolutionary.' Remember, he said the same thing about the iPod.

Google Is Awesome!

Today Google announced that they are getting into the high speed gigabit internet business. That is 1GB per second to homes. I want in on this!