A couple of weeks ago I saw Wall-E and I must admit I quite liked. In principle, it is refreshing to see the ultraconservative Disney takes its original spirit (that of its founder, Walt) to tell a story of this nature. On the one hand, they risk making a story that (at least in the first half) has a minimum of dialogue, and poetic images that border on Dystopia, but more importantly, Disney is no longer politically correct speechifying and finally launches a clear message against consumerism and monopolies. Once again, corporations demonstrate something that is lacking many governments: self.
It is good to see the issue of ecology is slowly gaining strength in audiovisual speech. Glad to see that not everything died with the Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth and the Nobel Prize for Al Gore. Hopefully that of hybrid cars, as well as finding other sources of renewable energy are not only fashion.
It is also hopeful that some companies are discovering that recycling not only helps the earth, but their pockets. For example, the increasing price of oil and the increasingly high cost of air travel, Delta Airlines decided to remove the printing of tickets. Now everything will be through e-tickets, which not only simplifies the process and saves millions of dollars to the company but will also save tons of paper ...
It is also very interesting what happens in the world of free software. It's good to see companies like AMD are increasingly becoming involved with the development of operating systems with Linux kernel. And what has to do with the Linux environment? The truth is that the consumer does not have a philosophy, can be very helpful to the environment, not only for its philosophical aspect, but for its functionality.
Last week I spoke with a soundman who is considering purchasing equipment for post-production sound independently. When I asked him about his plan, he told me he is already preparing, but it first needs to sell his "pot" of Pentium III. It is right that the technology moves quickly, but ... Is that why we have to call pot a computer to do anything that helped us do our work perfectly for day to day? That is what philosophies as those of Microsoft or Apple do with us ... Require us to have 1.5 GB of RAM to use the new version of Word ... Almost two jigs to use a word processor! Same goes for Internet browsers, spreadsheets and other applications that are most common among regular users ... Do not use these applications with a lot less hardware requirements?
Of course it does, and this is where Linux distributions come . The last version of Debian, for example, can run with only 64 megs of RAM and 1 GB hard drive. That is enough power to run a good office suite, a good web browser and the most common programs that people need ... The best part is that a computer of these characteristics is achieved in almost given second-hand market, so it's a good way to recycle,And for my friend soundman at the end he recommended distribution argentina Musix, which is based on Knoppix and has dozens of applications for the production of audio ... I hope you can help.
Technology, economy and environment
Robotics
Robotics is a new discipline with its own problems, its foundations and its laws. Is twofold: the theory and practice. In the theoretical Gathering input from the auto, computer science and artificial intelligence. On a practical or technical aspects of construction are (mechanical, electronics) and management (control, programming). The robot then presents a decidedly transdisciplinary.
The first industrial robot was installed in 1961 at a General Motors plant in United States. After United States, the first to robotic industry were Japan and Sweden, while the remaining countries of the OECD robots was first introduced during the decade of the seventies.
However, the growing market of robotics did not take place until the mid-eighties when the cumulative annual rates of growth in the number of robots made more than 20 per 100. The strong growth in demand was mainly due to improved technology, the price of robots in industrial processes and added a number of factors directly related to the competitiveness of business.
The impact of robotic systems is bound to other variables (such as the introduction of new systems of organization, new technologies, globalization, offshoring of business, etc.) Influencing the trend of declining labor conflicts that characterized, according to experts interviewed, the development of advanced technological economies in the coming years.
Flexible automation technologies such as robots and flexible manufacturing systems are one of the elements that supports the "light output".
This production is characterized by the increase in organizational flexibility that allows the manufacture of a greater variety of products in short series. The slight shift to the production requires a series of multi-organizational changes of workers, new relationships with suppliers, etc., but also requires the adoption of technologies that integrate information flows, and flexible manufacturing technologies increase the degree of variability in production.
The robots we make the procedures seem very simple and, with a foolproof security, again and again the same operations. But appearances are deceptive: after a simple motion of lifting and placing a lot of underlying technology.
First in Robotics Engineering
A robotics revolution is underway, and a new breed of engineers will be needed to face the challenges that this exciting field represents. WPI, the leader in project-based education, continues its pioneering tradition by developing the nation's first bachelor's degree program in robotics engineering. In 2009, WPI also announced the introduction of the Robotics Engineering master's program.
The greatest inventions begin with a little imagination...
- You know that robots will make a difference in the world
- You want to be part of this new and exciting field of study
- Your imagination knows no limits
If this sounds like you, the Robotics Engineering program at WPI is for you.
Robotics Engineering at WPI is a multi-disciplinary program involving the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science.
Your classes in Mechanical, and Electrical and Computer Engineering will help you learn to construct the robot. Your classes in Computer Science will teach you how to control the robot's behavior. You'll graduate from the program with a well-rounded education and a promising future in the rapidly growing Robotics industry.