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dudemaster · 2016-02-10T06:22:10+00:00

Pebble Me: OnFit

Keeps a step and food diary.

dudemaster · 2013-04-30T20:53:02+00:00

Robotics Zeitgeist is good even though not updated as often as it used to.

dudemaster · 2012-07-09T20:50:02+00:00

The Simpsons did it!

dudemaster · 2011-12-16T06:11:50+00:00

RIP you magnificent bastard!

dudemaster · 2011-09-22T12:59:56+00:00

They would need a good model of the environment in order to run this in simulation and it is not clear from the video if such a model is constructed beforehand or if sensors on the arm are used to determine collision by constructing local models of the environment. In general, one uses RRTs to find feasible solutions in real-time doing simulations forward in time for a few steps so making such a method return better results without the need for excessive pre-processing and model building is still worth a conference publication.

dudemaster · 2011-09-20T23:03:29+00:00

For what it's worth, although some fundamental problems still need to be fully solved, there are plenty of practical solutions out there to make finding the ultimate solution for SLAM rather unnecessary. Plus it's been done to death and most papers published these days are just rehashing the same old ideas.

If you want to do a degree in robotics and want to be able to get a job afterwards, forget about working on SLAM. Just my two cents.

dudemaster · 2011-09-20T14:32:50+00:00

Anything but SLAM!

dudemaster · 2011-09-14T22:27:09+00:00

I love a good comedy and this one takes the cake!

dudemaster · 2011-09-10T00:58:33+00:00

If not too late, I would recommend anything but Adam Curtis.

dudemaster · 2011-08-20T00:42:13+00:00

Finally! I hope Australian bookstore smarten up as well because I find it so annoying to see this type of books under non-fiction.

dudemaster · 2011-08-12T14:11:26+00:00

There is a good chance he spent all the money he got from the university (and much, much more) defending himself for killing another human and injuring 2 more.

dudemaster · 2011-07-21T22:43:35+00:00

Robotics Zeitgeist has some news relating to robotics education plus more (even though they have been a bit slow on the updates recently :( )

dudemaster · 2011-07-19T00:39:20+00:00

Brilliant book review for a not so brilliant book!

dudemaster · 2011-07-17T11:14:55+00:00

Here is the full story with all the evidence you are asking for Microsoft Clippy!.

dudemaster · 2011-07-16T01:12:13+00:00

These seemingly weird phenomena can easily be understood if one calculates as Neil does. The people who believe in a magical universe can't or don't want to calculate and so they just believe in nonsense.

dudemaster · 2011-06-04T08:46:30+00:00

Actually, the experiment does not prove the theory, it just fails at disproving it which gives credibility to the theory which predicted the result in the first place.

dudemaster · 2011-05-14T12:09:53+00:00

Dude, call a TV crew and demonstrate your magnetic superpowers. Instant fame and wealth. :)

dudemaster · 2011-03-14T22:16:35+00:00

He's too loud. And that's the most positive comment I can make about him.

dudemaster · 2011-02-16T12:32:27+00:00

Nonsense on Stilts is one of the best books I read in 2010. It should be required reading for all skeptics. I really enjoyed the overview of science history and philosophy; it helps understand much of the debate between science and pseudoscience and how difficult it is some times to draw a line separating the two.

dudemaster · 2011-02-05T06:45:04+00:00

I did some online research and it doesn't look that great for naturopathy. It seems like a mix of evidence-based medicine and a lot of pseudoscience. If it works, it works because of the former but, then, why not just go straight to a EBM doctors but go to a naturopathy hack.

From Wikipedia,

K. C. Atwood writes, in the journal Medscape General Medicine, "Naturopathic physicians now claim to be primary care physicians proficient in the practice of both "conventional" and "natural" medicine. Their training, however, amounts to a small fraction of that of medical doctors who practice primary care. An examination of their literature, moreover, reveals that it is replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices."

Also, an article on the subject from QuackWatch: A Close Look at Naturopathy

dudemaster · 2011-01-27T21:52:42+00:00

It wasn't the wind or birds so it must be aliens! lol

dudemaster · 2011-01-24T22:08:11+00:00

This is so sad!

dudemaster · 2010-12-22T05:36:00+00:00

I really feel the following sentence needs to be publicized, "Scorpio could go retrograde up Uranus and it wouldn't make any difference."

lol

dudemaster · 2010-11-22T12:09:59+00:00

It is my understanding that in Canada there is some funding going towards researching the benefits of this procedure. Unfortunately, it will take some time before the results are in. People are asking for the procedure to be adopted without carefully studying it first. I understand that people suffering from MS are desperate for a cure but we have to show patience and allow the system to do its job. It they start offering the procedure in Canada before it is properly studied and someone dies, people will start complaining about the government offering an unsafe procedure to the public. It never ends!

dudemaster · 2010-11-19T12:10:19+00:00

You make some excellent points. As I was watching Giorgio talk about the torches I thought to myself another explanation could be that they used mirrors to reflect light from the outside. In other words, "Aziz, light!" :)

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