Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Fri May 2 11:12:41 NZST 2008

Today Index

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.