http://adrianroman.ro Tech News, How Tos and Random Stuff Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://adrianroman.ro/2009/08/11/whatever-your-passion/ [Via GeeksAreSexy] http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/22/honda-asimo%e2%80%99s-new-and-improved-ai-we-start-to-play-god/ University of Pennsylvania professor Daniel Lee is working to imbue robots with human-level thinking and behavioral ability. Lee believes the key to this advancement is achieving a better understanding of how living things compute information and transferring that information to the robot realm. "Traditional computer algorithms which do fast search and ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/14/making-robots-more-like-us/ World Wide Web - What happens behind the scenes A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers and links.   The Complete History of Internet An animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. Related posts:Internet Comes Before Electricity University of Michigan engineers have ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/10/videos-how-the-internet-works/ [Via GeeksAreSexy] Related posts:Why IT Pros Always Seem to be Doing Nothing Via: GeeksAreSexy.net ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/10/html-tattoo/ Google provided a look inside its data center operations at the Google Data Center Efficiency Summit held Wednesday, 1st of April, in Mountain View, California. Related posts:Data Travels Six Times Faster in the Clouds The University of Illinois at Chicago’s National Center for Data...Google Launches Google Code Labs Google has created a ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/09/inside-a-google-data-center/ Google's Gmail Labs is constantly developing new features and applications, and while many of the projects and releases may appear to be casual or random, the Lab's Todd Jackson says there is a method to the madness. "Labs is for Gmail to experiment with new features when we're not really sure ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/04/07/behind-the-scenes-at-gmail-labs/ Researchers at Seagate Technology are pursuing a laser heating recording method to improve the capacity of computer hard drives. The researchers have developed a test magnetic recording head that includes a new device that acts like an optical antenna. They say that a thin film of tiny magnetic particles could ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/03/31/when-frying-the-hard-drive-is-a-good-thing/ A movement is underway to eliminate power cables from consumer mobile devices by using wireless recharging. However, while the technology may be sound, a profitable business model remains elusive. Developments that may help convince manufacturers to incorporate wireless charging modules into their devices include the organization of the Wireless Power Consortium, ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/03/26/wireless-charging-adaptor-die/ The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) has developed an augmented reality (AR) system for underwater use that outfits a scuba diver's mask with a display that overlays computer-generated virtual scenes onto real underwater surroundings. The AR technology is being explored to find applications for professional divers. Underwater use ... http://adrianroman.ro/2009/03/24/augmented-reality-under-water/