Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

Big Dog

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Soar Workshop 28

Friday, March 14th, 2008

The Center for Cognitive Architecture at the University of Michigan and Soar Technology, Inc. are pleased to announce the 28th Soar Workshop will be held Monday, May 5 through Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Ann Arbor, MI beginning with a dinner on May 4. Greg Trafton (NRL) and Paul Benjamin (Pace University) are the invited speakers this year and will be talking on cognitive robotics.

Roller Coaster Experiment

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Interesting Hydrogen News

Monday, June 4th, 2007

This method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen. Wow.

The Revised 5 Second Rule

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

New and improved.

 “If you drop a piece of food, pick it up quickly, take five seconds to recall that just a few bacteria can make you sick, then take a few more to think about where you dropped it and whether or not it’s worth eating.”

(via Consumerist.)

The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Amazing.

(Via Boing Boing)

Human Random Number Generation

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Quick, pick a number from 1 to 20 and then read more.

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