Disney go into making animatronic toys. With their position as a 3D
design house already proven, this seems a sensible move:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/disney-enters-growing-robotic-toy-market/9251/
In memoriam. Albert Hofmann, inventor of lysergic acid diethylamide
or LSD dies at the age of 102 at his home in a village near Basel:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNDRiP53gl6YPZEcojTe2sK6ERWwD90C9KS80
HP Researchers develop the "memristor", a new basic electrical
component that remembers how much current flows through it:
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932054-7.html?tag=nefd.lede
Arduino develpers put together an Arduino-controlled brewery:
http://www.hackaday.com/2008/04/29/arduino-beer-brewing/
And finally. Ever wanted to kick a piece of electronic equipment
into insensibility? Well this rebot rebuilds itself afterwards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIn-sMq8-Ls
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.