iRobot’s Packbot | R2D2 v 1.0 :) what you get for $ 200 grand

iRobot PackBot EOD is a rugged, lightweight robot designed to assist military in combat to remove EOD/IEDs, surveillance, reconnaisance and payload (communication) delivery. why is good: this little robot already saved many lives by disabling bombs and clearing other potential hazards. price: a cool $ 200 Gs.

this robot is made by the same company making Roomba, the vacuum cleaner robot.

>> for more info check iRobot website

>> irobot website has a special section reserved to show its use for the military
you can access that information here: gisupport.irobot.com

apple, making more pie… tablet, anyone ?

we all know that reading is dope, but is apple going to transform the reading experience and reignite the fireeeee??? (read fire, with excitement dot dot dot)

so… now that we been waiting since year zero for something like this. apple took their time to slow bake this pie, and make sure its fully roasted before giving us a peek, just so you can drool some more. yes, the technology has been around for some time, but no one yet did master the business model to make it work.

in typical fashion, apple is about to say yes or no on it tomorrow. lets keep our pretty fingers crossed, hope that the fairy tale continues, and watch stevie & co. pull another rabbit out the hat. hopefully apple delivers the scratch …

meanwhile, gizmodo has the geek team on standby (they must be real itchy by now):

“The Apple tablet could change everything. That’s what people are hoping for, revolution. But revolutions don’t actually happen overnight, especially if you’re talking about turning around an entire diseased, lumbering industry, like publishing.”

… linky linky : (Pondering The) Apple Tablet’s Print Revolution

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(Pondering The) Apple Tablet’s Print Revolution

twitter in space = twitterrific

twitter in space baby = twitterific
NASA + twitter in space = twitterific, baby : )

NASA – The First Tweet From Space

Tweeting is no longer only an earthly phenomenon. A NASA astronaut made Twitter history on Friday by sending the first tweet from outer space. Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer broadcast the following message directly from the International Space Station:

“Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s”

// click >> here << for the rest of the article : )

And yes, Guy Kawasaky is also known as a world wide phenomenon when it comes to twitter postings… Here you can see another collection of other interesting first twitter bits:

// Most Influential Tweeters in the Twitterverse

Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents, … Wikileaks needs your support now | video

what is WikiLeaks:

“Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents, while attempting to preserve the anonymity and untraceability of its contributors.”

these boyz are running on a different kind of fuel, and if you pay attention to what they are doing you will see and understand they are the real heroes of today. watch the video, decide for yourself. this is part 1 of 7 videos released on youtube.

for more info check the wikipedia article on wikileaks:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks