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Robots
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More »
MIT’s AIDA Robot Will Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More » 
Online
Free Open Technology Courses That Will Save You Money
7:20AM Sean Fallon | I get annoyed when I think about all of the money I spent on tertiary education only to find that the internet is riddled with free technology courses from prestigious schools like MIT. More »
Hardware
100-Core Tilera TILE-Gx Processors Planned For 2011
10:56PM Danny Allen | While Intel and AMD look to make a complete jump to 8-cores, Tilera (an MIT start-up) says its upcoming 100-core chip has “at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power”. More »
Science
Teapots Have A Dribbling Problem — Who Knew?
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Just like grandpa, teapots have long suffered from a dribbling problem. No longer. More »
Gadgets
Remainders- Things We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Apple Second Only To Google In Social-Network Buzz…Robots Run Like Cheetahs, Climb Like Geckos…Drunk on Ego, NPR Brands Its Own Internet Radio…San Diego Finally Puts All That Sunshine to Good Use More »
Gadgets
MIT Is About To Revolutionise The Pop-Up Book
9:20AM Sean Fallon | In addition to curing blindness and developing solar cars, the minds at MIT have found time to revolutionize the world of pop-up books by integrating electronics for more “dynamic interactivity.” More »
Robots
MIT’s Autonomous Helicopter: What If Big Dog Could Fly?
12:40PM Chris Jacob | The latest Micro Air Vehicle from MIT does an incredible job of balancing itself in-air. Not to mention that the helicopter models its surroundings so well it could probably fly over to the fridge and make you a sandwich. More »
Science
MIT’s Eyeball Chip Could Make The Blind See
11:40PM Mark Wilson | MIT researchers are developing a microchip that adheres to an eye to revive sight, and it could begin human trials within three years. More »
Science
MIT Students Explain How To Photograph Space For $US150
6:45PM Danny Allen | On September 2, Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh successfully took these images of Earth’s curvature and the blackness of space using only a weather balloon and off-the-shelf components—without complicated hacks. Total cost: $US148. Here’s how they did it. More »
Robots
