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2009-06-07

Radio-controlled Live Beetle

Radio-controlled Rhino beetles are cool

US University Shows Radio-controlled Live Beetle

The University of California, Berkeley succeeded in the experiment of controlling a live rhinoceros beetle by radio and disclosed the video of the experiment at the MEMS 2009 academic conference taking place in Sorrento, Italy.

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The Army's Remote-Controlled Beetle

The insect's flight path can be wirelessly controlled via a neural implant.

Cyborg beetle: Shown here is a giant flower beetle carrying a microprocessor, radio receiver, and microbattery and implanted with several electrodes. To control the insect’s flight, scientists wirelessly deliver signals to the payload, which sends electrical signals through the electrode to the brain and flight muscles.
Credit: Michel Maharbiz

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UC Berkeley Succeeds in Radio Controlling Live Beetle for Military Purposes? Cyborgs?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US funds the research making the experiment something intended for military purposes.

The university says that the technology can be utilized for peaceful purposes as well. Haven’t we heard this kind of argument before?

Radio-controlled beetles can be useful in places that are too narrow or dangerous for a human to enter. That makes sense. But what’s a beetle going to do there? Pirates used to send their parrots in to undesirable places, too.

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PD-100 Black Hornet -- World’s Smallest Spy Helicopter

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Fly another day: The James Bond inspired 'microcopter' that will come in packs of three

The world's tiniest helicopter has been specially developed for spies and soldiers

Weighing in at just 0.5g, the tiny servos mean the PD-100 is even smaller than a toy battery helicopter.

Powered by an electric motor, the microcopter has 4in rotor blades, carries a tiny digital camera and flies at speeds of up to 20mph.

It has been tested successfully inside and outside in very light winds.

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The idea is that soldiers might carry a few Black Hornets in a pocket. If they fancied a look inside a building, over a hill or crest, down a tunnel or something, they'd simply launch an almost-silent palmtop microcopter for a recce. Should the tiny chopper come to grief due to flat batteries, a prang or perhaps a rolled-up newspaper, no matter - several cheap replacements could easily be carried. The standard package will come with three aircraft, a pocket controller and a charger.

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PD-100 Prototype - Flight testing

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PD-100 Black Hornet

PD-100 Black Hornet is a small video camera equipped helicopter not more than 100 mm long, weighing less than 20 grams. It can be carried in your pocket and launched within seconds to give immediate situational awareness. This new ultra small aircrafts is a valuable tool in situations where a closer look at a hostile area or inside a contaminated building is crucial.

Operational Concept

Deployment
• Complete PD-100 System Carried by One Man
• Ready to Fly – In the Air Within One Minute
• Requires No Prepared Surface
• Stealth – Small and Quiet
• Reusable with Fly Home Capability
• Low Cost
• Easy to Fly, Requires Little Training

Missions
• Look Behind Objects
• Birds Eye View of Areas of Interest
• Visual Information in Urban Operations
• Reconnaissance Inside Buildings
• Hover and Stare
• Object Identification
• Target and Damage Assessment
• Deployment of Special Payload

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Vue -- Avaak Wireless Camera System

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Vue Personal Video Network

Avaak has developed a wireless multi-camera system called the Vue Personal Video Network. The Vue is designed for home monitoring, but may garner interest in the business world as well.

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Debuts at DEMO

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eWEEK Interviews Avaak at DEMO 09

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2009-03-01

MITRE -- Head Tracking Visual Telepresence

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MITRE Immersive Vision System

Demonstration of a highly responsive head tracked vision system used for visual telepresence.
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"With remote robot interaction we can use visual telepresence to trick users' brains into thinking their eyes have been transported onto the robot," says Kyle Fawcett. "This unlocks the brain's natural ability to build a mental model of the remote environment. The better our vision system mimics interaction with the remote environment, the more we tap into our brain's natural spatial mapping abilities."

Clipped from: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: MITRE immersive spherical vision system

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

MITRE immersive spherical vision system

MITRE scientists have worked out a solution to this latency problem replacing the limited field of view camera on the pan-tilt unit with a spherical vision camera which has no moving parts. The camera of choice is the Ladybug commercially sold by Point Grey Research in Canada. Stanford's Urban Challenge autonomous car also used the same camera for part of its perception system. This spherical vision system consists of 6 cameras which capture images simultaneously covering a large portion of the view sphere around it. Software stitches the images together into a single view in real-time. These spherical vision images are then available to the operator to view for any orientation of his head.

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Immersive Vision Gives the Best Control to Military Robots

2009-02-25

Anybots QA -- A Telepresence Robot

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Telepresence

Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location.

Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the user(s) may be given the ability to affect the remote location. In this case, the user's position, movements, actions, voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this effect. Therefore information may be traveling in both directions between the user and the remote location.

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Anybots QA Telepresence Robot - TFOT

The California based company Anybots demonstrated its telepresence QA robot during CES 2009. The QA robot weights 30 pounds (14 kg), has a height of 5 feet (152 cm) standing and 2 feet (61 cm) bending and will be used for telepresence, allowing a user to control the robot from across the globe using the internet while still seeing and being seen, talk and listen, and collaborate in ways and places never before possible.

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Experience Telepresence

QA operates simply, cleanly, and quietly while still giving you a full physical presence. It allows you to see and be seen, talk and listen, and collaborate in ways and places never before possible.

Technical Specifications

Batteries: rechargeable Li ion, 4-6 hours of operation
Connectivity: 802.11g wireless (optional 3G cellular)
Cameras: two 5 MP color, with ir illuminator
Video: 20 FPS @ 640×480 (depending on network)
Audio: full duplex, high fidelity
Display: 7 inch (18 cm) color LCD in chest
Laser pointer: green 10 mW, points and draws shapes
Navigation: LIDAR, 5.5 yard (5 meter) range
Speed: up to 6 MPH (10 km/h)
Wheels: two 12 inch (30 cm) diameter rubber
Height: 5 foot (152 cm) standing, 2 foot (61 cm) bending
Weight: 30 pounds (14 kg)
Client software: PC and Mac compatible

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Anybots' New Telepresence Robot QA

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2008-08-26

Teleconferencing with Telepresence

Rather than traveling great distances, in order to have a face-face meeting, it is now possible to teleconference instead. Telepresence brings people in remote locations together with a life-size, high resolution full motion video and high quality surround audio.

Introduction

Clipped from: Telepresence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location.

Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the user(s) may be given the ability to affect the remote location. In this case, the user's position, movements, actions, voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this effect. Therefore information may be travelling in both directions between the user and the remote location.
Clipped from: Telepresence @ InfoComm - A Review with Howard Lichtman's Thoughts and Analysis - Human Productivity Lab

Telepresence @ InfoComm - A Video Review
A review of most of the telepresence offerings at InfoComm.

Glowpoint

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Glowpoint - Telepresence Managed Services

A video overview of telepresence managed service provider Glowpoint. Glowpoint provides managed network, managed services, and a Telepresence Exchange Network (TEN) for a variety of telepresence systems including solutions from Cisco, Digital Video Enterprises, Polycom, Tandberg, and TelePresence Tech among others.

Cisco

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Cisco TelePresence. For more information on TelePresence at Cisco and the emerging telepresence industry please visit: www.HumanProductivityLab.com the Internet's #1 destination for Telepresence News, Research, Analysis, and Consulting.

Nortel

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Imagine meeting your colleagues in San Francisco, London, Mexico City and Osaka without traveling to any of these locations. You don't have to imagine it, it's here. Telepresence brings people in remote locations together with a life-size, full motion cinematic view along with extraordinary StereoSurroundTM audio with high resolution content.

2008-04-25

WebEx PCNow -- Access your PC from anywhere

About WebEx: a web service that allows remote acces to your PC or Mac from any internet connected mobile device.

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How It Works

WebEx PCNow gives you access to your PC or Mac regardless of where you are. From any Internet-connected computer or mobile phone, you can quickly, easily and securely access and control your PC or Mac.

Sign up for a PCNow account.

Download and install the PCNow software on the computer you want to access remotely.

Login at www.pcnow.com from another computer or your Web-enabled mobile phone to access your computer.

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Features

Remote desktop control

Fast and easy setup

Total security

Mac/PC cross-platform
support

Guest screen sharing

Remote webcam access

Remote printing

File sync and transfer

Remote sound

Multi-monitor support

Mobile Access

Mobile access to
your files and folders

Mobile organizer

Share files from your
computer or mobile phone

Mobile search

Remote Storage

Secure online storage

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2009-06-07

Radio-controlled Rhino beetles are cool

US University Shows Radio-controlled Live Beetle

UC Berkeley Succeeds in Radio Controlling Live Beetle for Military Purposes? Cyborgs?

2009-05-08

Fly another day: The James Bond inspired 'microcopter' that will come in packs of three

PD-100 Prototype - Flight testing

PD-100 Black Hornet

Operational Concept

2009-03-06

eWEEK Interviews Avaak at DEMO 09

New Avaak wireless camera system puts low-cost video to...

Simple Setup

2009-03-01

MITRE Immersive Vision System

MITRE immersive spherical vision system

Immersive Vision Gives the Best Control to Military Robots

2009-02-25

Telepresence

Anybots QA Telepresence Robot - TFOT

Experience Telepresence

Technical Specifications

Anybots' New Telepresence Robot QA

2008-08-26

Introduction

Glowpoint

Cisco

Nortel

2008-04-25

How It Works

Features

Mobile Access

Remote Storage