Google Eyewear + Robojelly etc

choi

(1) Project Glass. Google[x], Apr 4, 2012.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/1116 ... 7367496192147/posts

My comment:
(a) View the video clip please.
(b) This is a protype--by definition, under development and not commercially ready.

(2) Researchers Unveil Robot Jellyfish Built on Nanotechnology. The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech, Mar 22, 2012.
http://www.utdallas.edu/news/201 ... a_article-wide.html
(video caption: "This earlier version of the Robojelly runs on electricity. Scientists, led by researchers at UT Dallas and Virginia Tech, have created a new version that feeds on hydrogen and oxygen in water")

My comment:
(a) Please view the video clip only.
(b) the project is funded by Office of Naval Research, US Navy.

(3) Joe Frontiera and Dan Leidl, The robot builder who helps run the Boston Red Sox. Washington Post, Apr 5, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... QASEXqxS_story.html
("If there was on[e] thing that trumped the importance of the Boston Red Sox throughout Tim Zue’s childhood, it was MIT. The Zues lived and breathed Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  'Both my parents work at MIT; both my older brothers went to MIT; my mom got her undergraduate, master’s and PhD from MIT; my dad got his PhD from MIT,' Zue says. 'The joke with my parents is that when I was born they were wearing an MIT sweatshirt, looked in the mirror and there was my name, TIM'")

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) I have not heard of him. On the other hand, I am not into sports.

(4) No Bumps in the Road for DARPA’s Robotic Suspension System. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Mar 23, 2012
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/03/22.aspx
("This video shows a modified iRobot 510 PackBot equipped with an advanced suspension system maneuvering on a test course.  The compliant suspension improves the robot’s mobility over rough and uneven terrain.  The technological enhancement enables faster transit speeds, climbing of very steep slopes, improved heading control, greater accommodation of debris entering the suspension and reduced impact forces on carried payloads")