A Humanoid Robot Named Nao

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Pierre Tran, Technology gives Paris an Appetite for Renewal; Business Development; The arrival of Google and Microsoft have set a tone of optimism. Financial Times, Dec. 3, 2010.

Excerpt in the window of print: French engineers have carved out a name for themselves for visual imagination and technical skills

My comment:
(a) Right following the excerpt is this sentence:

"Indeed, as a Gallic equivalent of selling coals to Newcastle, Aldebaran Robotics, a French company, has sold 30 of its Nao humanoid robots to Tokyo University.

(b) One may visit the home page of Aldebaran
http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en
and (by moving the left or right icons) click a video clip at the lower left corner titled "Nao for Research 1.6."
(c) Judging from the last name (Tran) of the author, he is of Vietnamese descent.
(d) Other than the above, there is no need to read the report.


---------------------Separately
(1) Japan Sufers Pangs Over Korean Prowess; News Analysis; Jonathan Soble and Robin Kwong on soul-searching in Tokyo at a loss of industrial dynamism as rivals grab market shares. Financial Times, Dec. 3, 2010.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f296391c-fe3c-11df-abac-00144feab49a.html

Excerpt in the window of print: 'The yen was teh fianl nail in the coffin * * * It dramatically amplified the pain on the profit side'

(2)
(a) Sam Grobart, Boxes and Bars for Better TV Sound. New York Times, Dec. 3, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/technology/personaltech/03SOUND.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=surroundbar&st=cse
(sound bars)

My comment: If you know little about sound system (like me), just take a look at the graphic.

(b) Sam Grobart, A TV That Sounds Great Right Out of the Box.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/technology/personaltech/03BOSE.html?scp=1&sq=bose&st=Search
(VideoWave, a LCD TV from Bose)

(3) Warren Buckleitner, Tech Toys to Keep Your Gift Budget in Balance.
(publication date in the print)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/personaltech/02basics.html?scp=1&sq=hexbug&st=Search

My comment:
(a) Hot Wheels R/C Stealth Rides (uploaded by Hot Wheels on Nov. 15, 2010).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVWvXdU9N70

R/C stands for Racing Circuit.

The series is made by Mattel.
http://www.hotwheels.com/cars
  
(b) Hexbug Nano. Hexbug: Micro-robotic creatures.
http://www.hexbug.com/nano

Hexbug (R) is a registered trademark of Innovation First Labs, Inc., whose street address is 1519 Interstate 30 West Greenville, TX 75402.

HEXBUG Nano Slow Motion Uploaded by InnovationFirst, Oct. 12, 2009).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLTwgdcYFE
(c) Air Hogs R/C Hawkeye
http://www.airhogs.com

You will see the helicopter as soon as you enter the home page. For more information, you can click "PRODUCTS" in the top bar and select "Hawk Eye."
(d) I chooses the above three toys for further investigation.
(e) The toys in (a) and (c) are found online if you click "Some Promising Ideas That Didn’t Quite Work" that appears in the left column of the web page. In the print, however, there is only ONE report.



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About (2) in the original posting --attached below--I just found the report that was published yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/03/technology/personaltech/20101203_TOYS.html

The two links I provided in the original are drafts.

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(2) Warren Buckleitner, Tech Toys to Keep Your Gift Budget in Balance.
(publication date in the print)




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: Pierre Tran, Technology gives Paris an Appetite for Renewal; Business Development; The arrival of Google and Microsoft have set a tone of optimism. Financial Times, Dec. 3, 2010.
: Excerpt in the window of print: French engineers have carved out a name for themselves for visual imagination and technical skills
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