Monday, August 05, 2002

************************* DARPA to fund all-terrain robot race August 2, 2002 ************************* The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is putting up $1 million for the "Grand Challenge" in 2004: to see if robotics experts can create a machine capable of traveling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas without human intervention.... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=1158&;m=5595   7:57:59 AM    comment []

************************* DARPA researcher pursues 'nanomemory' August 4, 2002 ************************* Kwan Kwok, a program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said he plans to have a working nanoscale computer memory ("nanomemory") by 2004 that stores 100 gigabits per square centimeter, using individual molecules as electrical components, or "moletronics." Nanomemory's... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=1157&;m=5595 7:56:17 AM    comment []

Useit.Com: Making the Physical Environment Interactive. Soon, many more physical objects may become interactive, and they're likely to contain much more broadly defined and subtle user interfaces than the primitive toe squeezing that Interactive Barney pioneered. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:46:16 AM    comment []

More Memory on the Way. A new type of memory will be able to process up to 256 bits of information instead of the standard 32 bits. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News] 7:39:16 AM    comment []