| Braintech Ships Bulk Order of eVF(TM) Licenses to ABB
VANCOUVER, BC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/18/07 -- Braintech Inc. (OTCBB: BRHI), a leading provider of Vision Guided Robotic ("VGR") software technologies, announced today that it has shipped fifty (50) eVF software runtime licenses to ABB, Inc. (NYSE: ABB), in accordance with the terms of the Exclusive Global Channel Partner Agreement signed by the two companies in April 2006. This shipment represents a dollar value of approximately $740,000. These licenses are being used to fill orders for an expanding user base of ABB's TrueView Vision Guided Robotic systems (powered by Braintech's eVF robot vision software). Steven West, ABB's TrueView's Business Development Manager, states, "I'm excited by the increased level of interest in TrueView systems throughout our global customer base.
The Anxious Search: Are We Alone?
Second Story Books in Bethesda has a good selection of out-of-print science books and I drop by from time to time. I was surprised to find recently that they had a whole shelf of books about the search for extraterrestrial life. Here are just some of the titles, all published in the 1990s:
We Are Not Alone (1993), Are We Alone? (1995) Are We Alone in the Cosmos? (1999), Is Anyone Out There? (1992), Extraterrestrials: Where Are They? (1995), A Brief History of Life on Other Worlds (1998), The Hunt for Life on Mars (1997), After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (1997), Beyond Star Trek (1997). I could add half a dozen more, and others have appeared since, including Rare Earth (2000), Where Is Everybody? (2002), and on and on. Since 1981, four books have been published with the title Are We Alone?
So what's this all about? The novelist Michael Crichton commented on one aspect of this comedy in an entertaining and instructive lecture at Caltech in 2003 -- "Aliens Cause Global Warming." There is "not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms and in 40 years none has been discovered.
Leo Prime - Classics - Figure
The Supreme Commander of the beasts is back. Leo Convoy is now Leo Prime. In the Transformers Classic Legends serise we have been getting more, Leo Prime has come to Hasbro, I think it is the first time too. Beast Wars Neo was a Japanese series with Japanese toys so this is the first US version of Leo Prime/Convoy we ever got. I got him in Australia in the Big W store and I got Perceptor, Trypticon and Fireflight so I got the whole wave 1 Legends series or actually wave 5 if you listen to the package, it says series 5 and that means wave five, and we continue in wave six for wave six. Strength:10 Intelligence:10 Speed:10 Endurance:10 Rank:10 Courage: 10 Fireblast:10 Skill:10 Package The package is quite small. At the front we see the figure packaged in robot mode and the word Autobot and under that it says his name LEO PRIME.
US Creates Vehicles That Operate Without Drivers - VIDEO STORY
DETROIT - April 12, 2007: Vehicles that operate without a driver and allow passengers to safely use their mobile devices are being tested by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has created Boss, a Chevrolet Tahoe, designed to drive itself. Boss is a robotic vehicle equipped with 25 lasers, cameras and radars to enable it to sense objects and know which direction to go. The self-driving vehicle is scheduled to be tested in November during The Urban Challenge, a 60-mile course in which various robots race across a city or suburban environment. In addition to helping the military, General Motors officials expect this new technology will also play a future role in dangerous tasks such as mining. .
Two Tivos To Paradise 04.06.07
Industry Notes, Pilot Updates, & Casting NewsAmong the winners of the prestigious Peabody Awards this year were series Scrubs, The Office, Friday Night Lights, Ugly Betty, Brotherhood, and The Boondocks. Documentaries receiving TV top honor included When The Levees Broke, Baghdad ER, and Billy Jean King: Portrait Of A PioneerVictor Fresco brings his considerable producing & writing track record (My Name Is Earl, Mad About You, Evening Shade, Andy Richter Controls The Universe) to a new, untitled comedy for Fox that stars Academy Award nominee Tom Conti as a crazy grandfather guiding his grandson (Nathan Gambel, Babel) through lifeI'm In Hell, Jason Biggs comedy pilot for CBS, just took a huge leap towards respectability by adding Timm Sharp (Undeclared), David Cross (Arrested Development) and Erika Christensen (Six Degrees) to their opening credits Fox and Marta Kaufman (co-creator of Friends) have teamed up for a Gifted, a reality show pilot that puts the skills of people who claim to be psychic to the testBravo is working on Money Shot, a project runway for paparazzi wanna-be's with cash and a job at People Magazine on the lineNBC is fast tracking The Great American Singing Bee, with contestants singing the missing lyrics to songsJeffrey Dean Morgan returns to Grey's Anatomy once again as Denny narrates a clip show on April 12thBilly Campbell returns as series killer Wayne Callison on the season finale of SharkABC has changed their minds AGAIN about Notes From The Underbelly; while the debut will remain in the 10, post-Grey's time slot next Thursday, it will shift to Wednesdays at 8:30 the following weekFX gave a 13 episode order to the new Glenn Close legal drama, Damages.
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