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Setelah sekian lama Honda Motor Co. mengeluarkan versi robot yang simple dan ringan yang diberi nama ASIMO, robot yang dapat berjalan seperti manusia dan dapat membantu pekerjaan-pekerjaan ringan seperti pekerjaan rumah tangga, dll. Pada bulan November 2007 ini telah dikenalkan versi robot yang beberapa langkah lebih maju lagi di Ontario Science Center dan di HobbyShow International Center, yang dinamakan Project Aiko.

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

Fujitsu just made the Fastest Processor in the world, named Venus. Intel seems to be malevolent, because Fujitsu has just created the world’s fastest processor.

The processor chip from fujitsu is 2.5 times faster than the Fastest Intel Chip. Called Venus, eight core processor is capable of 128 billion computing process per second.

The Venus is manufactured using 45nm fabrication processor, and is capable of achieving 128GFLOPs performance. What’s more, it is also very much energy efficient with Fujitsu claiming it cuts down power consumption by one-third.

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Acer released the new Acer Predator GT7700, which is specialized for Desktop Gaming Computer. This desktop computer specifically rigged for hardcore gamers.

This Computer will have 2.5Ghz or 2.83Ghz Intel Core2 Quad Processor with liquid cooling, Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or 9800 GTX graphics, up to 8GB of RAM, two or three 640GB SATA II hard drive configurable with RAID and speeds up to 10,000 rpm, 8x USB 2.0 ports, Firewire, gigabit Ethernet, TV out, 6 audio outs, media card reader and 64-bit Windows Vista.

The price of this great computer is around $1,650 – $2,200. So if you’re a hardcore gamer and want the best computer out there, you can try this one.

Blizzard finally announced the release date of the new expansion of World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King, which will be available at some of online stores, on November 13, 2008.

Blizzard Entertainment’s latest expansion to World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King – adds a host of epic content to the existing game world. Players will achieve soaring levels of power, explore a vast new continent, and battle other high-level heroes to determine the fate of Azeroth.

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DETAILS HAVE EMERGED of the future design of Intel’s Tejas/Pentium V processor, and of how the chip firm will present it to the world.

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.

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