A Tiltable Head Could Improve Robot Navigation of Disaster Debris
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently built a robot that can penetrate and "swim" through granular material. In a new study, they show that varying the shape or adjusting the inclination of the robot's head affects the robot's movement in complex environments.
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UM Commencement 2011
This time-lapse sequence begins early in the morning of Tuesday, May 10th and documents all of the preparation that goes into making Commencement in the Ole Miss Grove a success.
Pirates of the Caribbean: What have they brought us? What does it mean?
On May 20, Disney will release "On Stranger Tides," the fourth film in its highly successful "Pirates..." series.
The films aren't just escapist entertainment. In this lecture, Roger Rouse, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of History, presents his argument that the films actually hijack complex histories of rebel piracy to incite conformity to corporate visions of life, labor and the world at large.
This talk offers resources for engaging the new film, pushing past the limiting
Inside Rethink 2011: Spoon's Jim Eno on Artist Diversification
Berkleemusic talks with producer and artist Jim Eno (Spoon) behind the scenes at the Rethink Music conference in Boston. Jim was fresh from his panel on "Creativity changes -- Fostering art in a world of technology" and shares his thoughts on artist diversification.
Jim Eno is a producer and recording engineer, based in Austin. He owns and operates Public Hi-Fi studios, and has worked with bands such as Black Joe Lewis, the Heartless Bastards, Will Johnson from Centromatic, Gayngs, and John Van
Ramiro Garces
Interview with Ramiro Garces, VP, Human Resource with Kimberly-Clark. Mr. Garces speaks passionately about the ties between Krannert School of Management and Purdue University, and private sector companies like Kimberly-Clark.
SMU 96th Commencement Address--Senator John Cornyn
SMU holds its 96th annual Commencement ceremony with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn as the featured speaker.
Darden Graduation 2011 Faculty Marshalls and MBA Speaker Announced
The Faculty Marshalls and MBA Class of 2011 Speaker for Darden's Commencement ceremony on May 22, 2011 were announced to the community during a special First Coffee event.
Grant - 60 Second Impressions, Sutton Trust Summer Schools
The Sutton Trust Summer Schools are subject-specific residential courses for Year 12 students from UK state-maintained schools, which aim to provide an insight into life as a first-year undergraduate studying at the University of Cambridge.
Archaeology & Anthropology, Medicine, Modern & Medieval Languages and Physics... these are just a few of the subjects which prospective students can sample at the Sutton Trust Summer Schools in Cambridge. In this 1 minute film, Grant, a student on the Law Su
Northeastern Commencement 2011: President Joseph E. Aoun
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Gates, Cook, Redd offer WSU grads words of encouragement, challenge
--Selected Sections of Commencement Speech--
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates issued a ringing call to public service in addressing Washington State University graduates at the second of three Commencement ceremonies held at the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum on the university's Pullman campus Saturday.
Click here for more about commencement: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=26074&TypeID=25
Elyse Parker: Active Transportation in Toronto
Active Transportation in Toronto
Elyse Parker, Director, Public Realm Section, City of Toronto
November 26, 2009
Sponsored by the Bombardier Foundation and the Active Transport Lab at the University of British Columbia and BC Recreation and Parks Association. Program partner: SFU City Program.
USAWC honors local educators
Quarters One, home of Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin, Army War College commandant, served as the backdrop for the Excellence in Education Reception, which honored top educators from Carlisle, Big Spring, Cumberland Valley, Mechanicsburg and South Middleton school districtsfor their support to military school kids. For more visit http://www.carlisle.army.mil/banner/article.cfm?id=1994
Papola on the Keynes Hayek Rap Videos
John Papola of Emergent Order talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their collaboration creating rap videos based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek. Their first was "Fear the Boom and Bust" which was released January 25, 2010. This past week they released "Fight of the Century." The latest video discusses the overarching differences between the philosophies of Keynes and Hayek and their views on whether government spending promotes recovery from an economic downturn and w
Liver Anatomy
Introduction to the external and internal anatomy of the liver.
Descriptive statistics for interval and ratio scale data
Describing the use of measures of central tendency - mean, mode, median - and dispersion - range, Standard Deviation.
3.2 Evaluation during the planning stage Evaluation at this stage is usually concerned with whether plans represent good value for money. It may be appropriate to evaluate inputs to the project, to ensure that their quality and quantities are sufficient to achieve the objectives. In large building projects, many specialist tasks are subcontracted. Specifications are developed, and potential contractors are invited to tender for work. The element of competition can lead to problems if some tenderers are over-anxious to win contracts.
Seminar I on Agricultural Process Engineering
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Fundamental Technologies in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advanced communication and power distribution technologies fully aware of Earth\'s environment are indispensable for the sustainable prosperity of mankind in the 21st century. In order to ensure technology to fulfill the demands of this kind of future society, there is a need for revolutionary progress in research related to electronic materials and devices, circuit and system design, and communication and power systems. In this course, we will cover an outline of basic electric and electronic t
Positive and negative predictive value of diagnostic tests
This RLO explains how diagnostic test results are a combination of true and false positive, or true and false negative.
