Al-Khwārizmī, Persian astronomer and mathematician, wrote in Arabic in 825 AD, on how to use digits and decimals (precursors of digital numbers - see algorism). Latin translation title of his book transmogrified to include his name was "Algoritmi de numero Indorum" (al-Daffa 1977) where "Algoritmi" was anglicized Latin transliteration of the author's name. Further research is required to determine if Al-Khwārizmī is related to Al Gore.
Hedy Lamarr - Revered for her beauty which was surpassed only by her intellect, her invention of "frequency hopping" (spread spectrum wireless) make Wi-Fi and CDMA possible, and that is why TelephoneWorks.com, Switzerland, Germany and Austria honor the day of her birth on Novermber 9th as Inventor's Day .
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My Aibo Dog's Smarter than Your Aibo Dog 'Cause He's Got Color-Based Object Recognition Powered by a 300 PC Grid
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RMSYFggnmMM&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/RMSYFggnmMM&rel=0</a> Color-Based Object Recognition by a Grid-Connected Robot Dog. Authors Frank J. Seinstra and Jan-Mark Geusebroek, University of Amsterdam. YouTube Information-Attribution: Om te laten zien wat hij aan het ontwikkelen is, leert Jan-Mark Geusebroek het robothondje Aibo objecten te herkennen. Dit hondje is verbonden met een aantal computers over de hele wereld die het rekenwerk doen wat daarbij komt kijken. Volgens Geusebroek is het hondje daarmee "de eerste robot die effectief een 'brein heeft ter grootte van een planeet', zoals ooit door Douglas Adams beschreven in zijn beroemde boek De hitchhikers guide to the galaxy". Robotic Aibo dog intuits its place among German Shepherd pack through superior reasoning abilities: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pqtsR-2Ph94&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/pqtsR-2Ph94&rel=0</a> YouTube information-attribution: This video is part of a a series of exploratory studies on animal robot interactions in collaboration with the ethology group of the University of Eötvös University (Hungary). The purpose of these experiments is to investigate, from an ethological point of view, how much dogs see AIBO as a conspecific. The questions adressed are: what is the influence on the dog's reactions of movement, smell, presence or absence of eyes, sounds, etc. More information: http://www.fkaplan.com
SpiralAirFoil >> Kinetic sculpture >> clean energy source
The SpiralAirFoiltm - Kinetic architecture in the finest Yankee tinkerer tradition from the mind of inventor Dan Parker to the market via his company SpiralWindLLC
Hedy Lamar connection to Inventor's Day November 9
Hedy Lamarr - Revered for her beauty which was surpassed only by her intellect, her invention of "frequency hopping" (spread spectrum wireless) make Wi-Fi and CDMA possible, and that is why TelephoneWorks.com, Switzerland, Germany and Austria honor the day of her birth on Novermber 9th as Inventor's Day .
