DARPA’s M3 Robotic Cheetah set a new land speed record for legged robots. The Robot Cheetah was able to gallop at 18 mph on a lab treadmill.
Testing of a free running cheetah robot prototype is planned for later in 2012. The cheetah robot was developed by Boston Dynamics.
The robot’s movements are patterned after those of the cheetah in nature, increasing its stride and running speed by flexing and un-flexing its back on each step.
DARPA video demonstration of M3 Cheetah Robot:
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, supplies technological options for the entire Department of Defense and is designed to be the technological engine for transforming DoD.
Ground robots have already saved many lives and preventeds thousands of injuries in military explosive disposal missions.
Robots may more effectively assist soldiers across a greater range of missions.
DARPA’s M3 – Maximum Mobility and Manipulation program seeks to create and demonstrate significant scientific and engineering advances in robot mobility and manipulation capability.
Maximum Mobility and Manipulation or Terminator? Unleash the hounds.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, News of the World has paid an estimated £10,000,000 in settlements, attorney fees and costs to make their notorious phone hacking scandal go away.
A high court judge determined from the confidential court papers detailing the cover-up allegations made by hacking victims against NGN News Group Newspapers executives and directors.
Charges included that the company put out public statements that it knew to be false, that it had deliberately deceived the police and had destroyed computers, evidence of wrongdoing and the deletion of a substantial number of emails.
Actor Jude Law was believed to have received the largest damages settlement of £130,000. It appears again that the attorneys were the big cash winners.
Jude Law was truly appalled being kept under constant surveillance for years.
“ No aspect of my private life was safe from intrusion by News Group Newspapers, including the lives of my children and the people who work for me.
It was not just that my phone messages were listened to. News Group also paid people to watch me and my house for days at a time and to follow me and those close to me.” – Jude Law
After a 3 hour, 70 tweet twitter rant, Mr. West suggested that through his new design company DONDA, he will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce their dreams and ideas.
Named after his late mother, DONDA will encompass 22 divisions with a goal to make products and experiences that people want and can afford.
@kanyewest said “ Being a celebrity has afforded me many opportunities but has also boxed me in creatively. I care about people who have never heard of me… There are over 7 billion people on the planet now. Schools should be designed to prep human beings for real life. What good is fame and prestige if you can’t use it to help people… I want to help by doing what I know how to do best … create.”
The King of all media is assembling a team of architects, graphic designers, directors, musicians, producers, writers, publicists, social media experts, app guys, managers, car designers, clothing designers, DJs, video game designers, publishers, tech guys, lawyers, bankers, nutritionists, doctors, scientists and educators for this ambitious project.
Kanye said he hopes to use his influence to positively change the world through design and to pick up where Steve Jobs left off.
“ My area of expertise is in music, my passion is in design, my strength is in connectivity. There are so many broken systems from the economy to school to jail. We need experts for this – amazing creatives – to directly affect governments. I sit everyday and ask what can I do to make adifference.” – Kanye West
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