Thursday, January 06, 2005

Learning Sciences and Brain Research. The site is still pretty new (I could not resist joining the 'Brain Club' despite the details not yet being available) and the forum only has thirty or so message in it, but this initiative, sponsored by the OECD, looks like it has potential. Or it might be one of those community sites that forever remains a hollow shell. No RSS; tsk. Via European Schoolnet. By Various Authors, January 6, 2005 4:48 p.m. [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 5:43:28 PM      Google It!.

Dog Epilepsy Gene Discovery Could Aid People-Study. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene that causes a rare but severe form of epilepsy in people is also found in highly bred dogs, which could lead to new ways to treat the condition, an international team of researchers said on Thursday. [Reuters: Science] 5:40:33 PM      Google It!.

First Peek at Robosapien V2 [Slashdot:] not quite ready to shovel snow unfortunately -- BL 5:39:42 PM      Google It!.

Space Robot Maker MDA Nets Hubble Repair Deal. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said on Wednesday it has signed a $154 million deal to help NASA's controversial repair mission to fix the aging Hubble Space Telescope. [Reuters: Science] 9:47:16 AM      Google It!.

Iron Pumping Iron. Motors whine, barbells groan and gearheads sweat in the battle to become the robo-powerlifting champion of the world. By Brad Stone from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 9:39:50 AM      Google It!.