From another list... More prizes and much more difficult task. See: <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12583619/> <http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp> ...
Due to Mother's Day on the 14th we've bumped the meeting up by one week (this Sunday). Something to think about: we are tenatively hosting another robot ...
Monday, May 1, 2006 A Universal Chip for Cell Phones A single chip for wireless devices that's multifunctional, more energy efficient, and space saving is in ...
Point Grey Research - Insights May 2006 Point Grey Research - Insights May 2006 If you encounter any problems viewing this newsletter, click here to view the...
Friday, April 28, 2006 Tiny Lenses Offer Wide-Angle View A novel lens-making technique creates an artificial insect eye, which could lead to better camera ...
Hello Everyone, I have a few things to discuss, show, and give away at our meeting this Sunday 1) I have booked Science World for our practice competition June...
Hello Everyone, I forgot the third thing: 3) Saturday June 17th we have been invited to the Whalley Community Festival and Cultural Food Fair, North Surrey...
Reminder from the Calendar of vancouverrobotics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday May 7, 2006 10:00 am...
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The Portland Area Robotics Society, PARTS, invites you to participate in our Spring 2006 BotFest competition Saturday, May 20, in Portland, Oregon. BotFest is...
Hi everyone, Due to underwhelming organization on our part (i.e. we're completely unprepared) we decided to delay our competition from June until Octover 21. ...
Here are some links to SIFT relevant material: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~lowe/keypoints/ The presentation given by David Wyland can be found here (as a Power Point...
I was also talking about the fonly lathe, which uses a dremel drill. Here's the link: http://www.btinternet.com/~two.mm/index.htm -- Dave Hylands Vancouver,...
Hi , there will be a Pop Culture Collectibles Fair this Sat May 13th at the Capitol Hill Community Centre, 361 South Howard St North Burnaby. Hours : 11am-4pm ...
Don't Forget to Register for RoboGames 2006! If you've already registered - Thanks! Can't wait to see you! If you haven't registered, you've got 5 weeks to...
Hi there! My name is Danjel, I live in East Van and I am a nerd. When I was in highschool I competed in the second and third FIRST robotics national comeption....
Hi Danjel, ... RP Electronics (in Burnaby) had some surplus stuff the last time I was in. SMI Electronics (in Langley) aslo has some surplus stuff. One of my...
Greetings, Great to hear from you!. For loose components head to lees electronics or RPE on main street in vancouver. A good retail source of assorted motors,...
Hi guys, There will be a 7 days-long conference on Radical Robotics at SFU in mid August. I was wondering whether anybody wants to show off his/her creations...
Hello, I am looking for some opinions from you programmers as to what book is considered 'the Bible' for learning C Programming. A co-worker told me he thinks...
Hi Lee, "The C Programming Language" is by Kernighan & Ritchie, the guys who made C. It certainly is the Bible for C programmers, or at least was once. I don't...
Hi Markus, Thanks for the reply. I would like to focus mainly on programming AVR mcu's for now and I would just be using Windows XP on my PC. I think I...
Hi Lee, The book by Kernighan & Ritchie (often shortened to K & R) is a reference manual. It tells you all the specific details of the language such as what ...
Hey guys and gals! Only 6 days left before registration closes. This is a great show, and we've already got almost 400 robots. It's a great chance to meet...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 Ultra-Low-Power Cell Phones Programmable analog circuits could drastically reduce the power needs and cost of electronics in portable ...
HI guys, I have soem specific parts I need to source (online is fine): 1. antifriction rubber coated linear bearings (I think this is what they would be...
Next week VanDev is hosting a presentation entitled "UBC's Team Thunderbird Meets the Robotics Challenge" by Chris Johnson of Team Thunderbird. Chris will be...
Hey, ... Check Mcmaster-carr - they're the only supplier I can think of that might have them. 2. lengths of rack (as in rack and pinion) ... Again, Mcmaster. ...
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Micron to unveil 8-megapixel image chip CHRISTOPHER SMITH Associated Press BOISE, Idaho Chip-maker Micron Technology Inc. to unveil a thumbnail-sized digital ...
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