| Bomb Squad headed to Houston contest
About 25 students on the Baxter Bomb Squad robotics team left early Wednesday morning to compete in a regional tournament in Houston. Team captain Galen Doyel, who is a senior at North Central Christian School, said team members would make adjustments to their robot and compete in practice matches at Reliant Stadium today. .
Bionic suits a workplace hazard of the future?
Bionic suits, robotic assistants and computers that think for themselves, could be just a few of the more unusual hazards facing health and safety managers in the future. Speaking at the recent Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) conference in Telford, Peter Ellwood of the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) explained how safety officials were already looking ahead to 2017 to prepare for possible future risks. The 'Horizon Scanning' project, headed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), had already identified a range of issues to focus on over the next few years. These included obesity, nanotechnology, changing work patterns, increasingly complex occupational health problems and the "hydrogen economy".
Air Malta is Added to Airlogica's Growing List of Flash Clients
Airlogica, one of the leading companies in distribution software and specialists in improving an airline's revenue management options, is very pleased to announce that Air Malta has selected its advanced Flash robotic product. Flash is expected to contribute immensely to Air Malta's revenue integrity objectives. (PRWEB) April 3, 2007 -- Airlogica, one of the leading companies in distribution software and specialists in improving an airline's revenue management options, is very pleased to announce that Air Malta has selected its advanced Flash robotic product. Flash is expected to contribute immensely to Air Malta's revenue integrity objectives. "After we installed Flash in a trial situation we experienced the flexibility of the tool and how it can be used to improve our revenue integrity.
Expert says the future is bright
Ray Kurzweil is one of the country's most prolific innovators and a true evangelist for technology. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor in technology. And in 2002, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the U.S. Patent Office. Before speaking Wednesday night at the University of Houston, Kurzweil chatted with science writer Eric Berger. Q: You're coming to Houston this week. What are you going to talk about? A: I'm going to talk about the law of accelerating returns, how information technology, specifically, is doubling in power every year. And it's actually very predictable. People say you can't predict the future, and that's true for specific projects. But it turns out the overall impact of technology, measured a number of different ways, is very predictable.
ASA hosts annual Multicultural Show [P]
04/17/07 - An unmistakable smile of elation crossed a young girl's face as she listened to the blaring ska music in the Memorial Union Ballroom Friday night.
The music was loud, but that did not stop the girl from dancing along to the Castronauts, just one of nine acts at this year's Multicultural Show presented by the URI Asian Students Association.
The show was diverse in composition and dancing performances during the two-hour night.
Representation of all cultures was necessary to show true multicultural understanding, Mike Varejao, the night's master of ceremonies said.
Although Stephen Yang, the president of ASA, said he was "kind of bummed that people who said they were coming didn't show up," he believed that the group accomplished what it was trying to do.
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