| Strategy Analytics’ Neena Buck to Co-Chair, Speak at 2007 ...
BOSTON--Neena Buck, Vice President of the Strategy Analytics Intelligent Systems Implementation Strategies (ISIS) program, has been invited to co-chair the 2007 RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, to be held May 15-16 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The RoboBusiness conference is produced by Robotics Trends and EH Publishing. More information about this event can be found at http://www.roboevent.com/. For the past three years, Ms. Buck has been on the advisory boards of both the RoboNexus and RoboBusiness conferences. In addition to her role as conference co-chair, Ms. Buck will moderate a panel discussion, "Mobile Robotics: Subsystems, Sensors and Components," and will also deliver a talk, entitled, "Intelligent Vehicles: Applying Autonomous Vehicle Technologies to Automobiles." "Autonomous robots are indicators of how many devices will act in the future: these robots represent the leading edge of smart systems that are aware of their environment, and are able to sense, perceive, recognize patterns, reason and take appropriate action under dynamically changing conditions," states Neena Buck, Vice President of the Intelligent Systems program at Strategy Analytics.
Developing Force-Feedback Technology for Robot Assisted Surgeries
The Journal of Robotic Surgery, launched last month, heralds a new age in the use of robotic techniques to aid in surgery. While robotic surgery offers benefits over traditional surgery, the technology still lags in a few areas. When surgeons cut tissue with robot arms, for example, they can't feel the resistance and cannot judge the amount of pressure being applied. A team of haptics researchers from Johns Hopkins' University (JHU) hopes to solve this problem. This is where Allison M. Okamura comes in. An associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of Johns Hopkins' Haptics Exploration Laboratory, Okamura has made it her mission to figure out how to infuse robots with a human-like sensitivity to touch — and to help robot-assisted surgeons like Yuh practice safer medicine.
Dennis The Menaced
The trouble with Dennis Haysbert - for a start pretty imposing at 1.93m - is that as he enters the room I feel almost duty bound to stand up and hum Hail to the Chief... Fortunately, I manage to hold back. Blame it on an addiction to the frenetic 24. Haysbert is fixed in my mind as the likeable US President David Palmer - the incumbent of the Oval office who, shockingly, exited from 24, via an assassin's bullet. The show's fans were robbed of a really strong character that day and Haysbert, who is on the promotions trail for his new series, The Unit, admits he wasn't happy with his exit. In fact he was, as he puts it, with some gusto, "pissed!" "Yes, You can write that down, he says, and spells it for good measure. "P-i-s-s-e-d - underline. Exclamation mark in bold!" So, let's just say that The Unit creator, David Mamet, might think twice before killing off Sergeant Major Jonas Blane - the pivotal character Haysbert plays.
Jackson’s Provine High to celebrate wins with parade Friday
Provine High School in Jackson will celebrate its academic and athletic accomplishments during a parade and ceremony Friday at the school, 2400 Robinson St. In the spotlight will be the championship Provine robotics team and the championship boys basketball team.
The robotics team won the F.I.R.S.T (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Bayou Regional Competition in New Orleans March 7. It also won the Chairmans Award and became the first Mississippi team to advance to the national competition.
The Provine boys basketball team won the 5A state championship. Johnathan Lewis of Provine was named the Mississippi High School Cellular South Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and Provine coach Luther Riley has been selected to coach one of four teams in the USA Basketball Mens Youth Development Festival June 20-24 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Orbital Express Satellites Successfully Separate, Remate
The two spacecraft, known as the Autonomous Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter (ASTRO) and the Next Generation Satellite (NextSat) were separated with use of the ASTROs robotic arm, and the launch ring between them was safely ejected yesterday at 1:54 p.m. EDT. The two spacecraft remated later that evening. .
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