Project Aiko adalah Android wanita versi terbaru (Android versi pertama adalah Actroid yang dikenalkan pada tahun 2005), yang diciptakan oleh Le Trung (seorang ilmuwan dari York University), yang telah mendesain hardware dan software untuk project tersebut. Aiko diambil dari bahasa Jepang (Ai = love / cinta) dan (ko = child / anak).

Project Aiko menggunakan Bio Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System (B.R.A.I.N.S) yang dapat menggabungkan dynamic hardware dan software untuk mengekspresikan kebiasaan manusia, seperti berbicara, mengenali suara, wajah, mengekspresikan rasa sakit, membersihkan lantai, kaca, kemampuan untuk belajar, dll. Tetapi dengan teknologi yang ada pada saat ini, masih belum memungkinkan untuk dapat membuatnya ‘menyamai’ manusia.

Walau belum bisa ‘menyamai’ manusia secara keseluruhan (terutama pada ekspresi wajah), tetapi Android ini sudah beberapa langkah untuk mendekati itu, dan terus dikembangkan… lalu, apakah di masa yang akan datang akan dapat diciptakan Android yang benar-benar menyerupai manusia (seperti di film-film ) ? …mungkin saja…

• Project Aiko Gallery
• Project Aiko Demonstration Video

Hope We Will Become a Better Person in the Future…

Ramadhan will be last in the next few days and Syawal will be come

Minal Aidin wal Faidzin…

Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Minkum, Taqabbal Ya Karim…

After this Ramadhan, I hope we can be a better person in the future…

Until today, China still dominate the Olympic Medal count, with 46 Gold, 15 Silver, and 22 Bronze. Followed by United States in 2nd place, Great Britain in 3rd place, then Russian and Australia in 4th and 5th place.

We all hope, this Olympics 2008 can bring the new spirits to all of us. So we can become a better person in all aspects of life.

If your house or building in a needs of light fixtures, lamps, door hardware, or other home products, you can buy it from home products store or lighting store. Farreys.com offers all kinds of home products and various home lighting fixtures, such as ceiling light fixtures, kitchen light fixtures, bathroom light fixtures, etc.

They also provides many home products such as Bath Products, DoorWear Products, Ventilation Products, Kitchen Products, etc. You can browse it all on their website. The online store is very user-friendly, you can easily search for any products you want. You can browse it by brand, by light fixture application or by style. So you can easily get your wanted products.

Trade Show usually needs some costs for space rental, trade show displays, promotional, etc. In order to make a good exhibit, you will need a person or company that can handle your trade show displays. Camelback Displays, Inc. offers full service that can help companies and organizations with their trade show or presentation display needs. They have many products such as banner stands and banners, trade show furniture, table covers, flooring, lighting, counters and cabinets, stages, etc.

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So if your company in a needs for any of trade show displays and exhibit needs, you can use their services for it.

The chip will sample internally at Intel in January 2004 and will take between four to six months to get to market. The Pentium 6 will follow a very similar schedule.

The Pentium V is likely to fly along at between 5GHz to 7GHz, have 2MB plus of level two cache, be built on a 90 nanometer process, and have a stackable design.

The processor we believe, sits in the LGA 775 pin socket, and above it is a very thin heatsink. But, according to sources close to the firm’s plans, another permeable heatsink can sit between this and another microprocessor module, giving a stackable design.

The final design of this arrangement is not set in stone.

According to this source, and the details have not been confirmed, a module sitting on top could provide 64-bit extensions.

And the source claimed, Microsoft is ready to launch a version of Windows called Elements with 64-bit extensions.

The idea seems to be that people can buy a 32-bit module, and then add in the 64-bit processor.

There are three samples of an arrangement of the Pentium V here in Taiwan this week, with a very thin processor and lots of wires and patches stuck on it, just to show proof of concept.

The Pentium V could have a front side bus speed of as much as 4000MHz, the source claimed, although this may be reserved for the next chip along, the Nehalem. µ

source : http://www.theinquirer.net

Smart phones and PDAs offer an impressive amount of computing power. But in practical terms, they are not always easy to use.

Writing long emails or other documents can frankly be a pain without a proper mobile phone keyboard or PDA keyboard.

The I.TECH Virtual Keyboard (VKB) is an infrared keyboard that uses the latest infrared & laser technology to project a full-size keyboard onto any flat surface. Users can then type as normal on this virtual infrared keyboard, enabling them to work quickly and effectively, taking the pain and frustration out of minuscule mobile phone or PDA keyboards and handwriting recognition software. Imagine how much easier it would be if you had a proper mobile phone keyboard that fits in your pocket.The Virtual Keyboard (VKB): How does it work?

You can use the I-TECH VKB (Virtual Keyboard) with both your laptop and PC and with a compatible mobile device (see compatibility) because it works as a mobile phone keyboard or PDA keyboard too!

The Virtual Keyboard (VKB) works by using both infrared and laser technology to produce an invisible circuit and project a full-size QWERTY keyboard on to any surface. The infrared keyboard behaves exactly like a real one: direction technology based on optical recognition enables the user to tap the images of the keys, complete with realistic tapping sounds, which feeds into the compatible PDA, Smartphone, laptop or PC.

source : http://www.clove.co.uk

One area of Honda’s basic research has involved the pursuit of developing an autonomous walking robot that can be helpful to humans as well as be of practical use in society. Research and development on this project began in 1986. In 1996 the prototype P2 made its debut, followed by P3 in 1997.

“ASIMO” is a further evolved version of P3 in an endearing people-friendly size which enables it to actually perform tasks within the realm of a human living environment. It also walks in a smooth fashion which closely resembles that of a human being. The range of movement of its arms has been significantly increased and it can now be operated by a new portable controller for improved ease of operation.

ASIMO Special Features:
Smaller and Lightweight
More Advanced Walking Technology
Simple Operation
Expanded Range of Arm Movement
People-Friendly Design
Small & Lightweight Compared to P3, ASIMO’s height was reduced from 160cm to 120cm and its weight was reduced from 130kg to a mere 43kg. A height of 120cm was chosen because it was considered the optimum to operate household switches, reach doorknobs in a human living space and for performing tasks at tables and benches. By redesigning ASIMO’s skeletal frame, reducing the frame’s wall thickness and specially designing the control unit for compactness and light weight, ASIMO was made much more compact and its weight was reduced to a remarkable 43kg.

Advanced Walking Technology Predicted Movement Control (for predicting the next move and shifting the center of gravity accordingly) was combined with existing walking control know-how to create i-WALK (intelligent real-time flexible walking) technology, permitting smooth changes of direction. Additionally, because ASIMO walks like a human, with instant response to sudden movements, its walking is natural and very stable.

People-Friendly Design In addition to its compact size, ASIMO features a people-friendly design that is attractive in appearance and easy to live with.

About the Name
ASIMO is an abbreviation for “Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility”; revolutionary mobility progressing into a new era.

Specifications
Weight: 43kg
Height: 1,200mm
Depth: 440mm Width 450mm
Walking Speed: 0 – 1.6km/h
Operating Degrees of Freedom*
Head: 2 degrees of freedom
Arm: 5 x 2 = 10 degrees of freedom
Hand: 1 x 2 = 2 degrees of freedom
Leg: 6 x 2 = 12 degrees of freedom
TOTAL: 26 degrees of freedom
Actuators: Servomotor + Harmonic Decelerator + Drive ECU
Controller: Walking/Operation Control ECU, Wireless Transmission ECU Sensors – Foot: 6-axis sensor
Torso: Gyroscope & Deceleration Sensor
Power Source: 38.4V/10AH (Ni-MN)
Operation: Work Station & Portable Controller

Source : http://www.21stcentury.co.uk