Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Research Education Support Activities day

Communicating your research
Research Education Support Activities day
For Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Summary:
  • Ulrichsweb.com is the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types — academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed (refereed) titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world. http://ulrichsweb.com/
    In advance search section enter the topic keywords, tick the status: Active, Features: Refereed, and Serial Type: Academic/Scholarly.
  • Research Quality Framework (RQF)
  • ISI Web of Knowledge (Access through UniSA, check out the Impact factor of Journals which shows their prestige)
  • Arrows (A world wide window on UniSA research)
  • Web of Science
  • Communicating the Research: Ezine (e.g. http://ezinearticles.com/)
  • Augmented Reality Project (Wearable Computer Lab): http://tinmith.net/ & Hog3d

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

GORITE

Goal Oriented Teams (GORITE) is a Java platform for implementing Team Oriented designs. By the Team Oriented view of software systems, a running application consists of teams of performers, whose orchestrated operations bring about the application behaviour.
The Team Oriented paradigm is the very latest in software development paradigms, taking systems design to a new level. As design concept it extends Agent programming by including explicit modelling of the organisation of agents that comprise an application, whilst allowing for openness in actual composition.
The Team Oriented design approach is a lot more than a multi-agent approach, as it allows processes and data be attributed directly to teams. It implements an idealised abstraction where teams can operate separately from their members and regardless of having members. In principle however, a team's operation represents the agreed coordination of team member operations, and this only has a meaning with team members to coordinate.
The essence in GORITE Team Programming is to provide software solutions based on delegated autonomy at the architectural level.
GORITE example

Sunday, November 11, 2007

CREATIVE PRODIKEYS WINS "BEST OF CES" AWARD AT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW


World's First Music and PC Keyboard All-in-One Draws Huge Crowds at Creative CES Exhibit
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jan. 11, 2003 - Creative Technology Ltd. (Nasdaq: CREAF), the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for PC users, announced today that the Creative Prodikeys has won the TechTV "Best of CES" award.
This award recognizes and honors the most outstanding new consumer technology products that debuted at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show.
The TechTV appointed panel of product evaluators selected winners according to their innovative appeal, usability, usefulness, and affordability. The Creative Prodikeys won for the Home Audio category, which evaluated consumer stereo and surround sound systems for the home, including speakers, receivers, amplifiers, tape, CD players, and more.
"This is our first major participation in the Consumer Electronics Show and we are able to draw huge crowds to our booth. The Creative Prodikeys demonstration area has been jam packed with people since the show began. There is a large amount of interest about all of our products at our CES exhibit," said Sim Wong Hoo, founder and CEO of Creative, and inventor of the Prodikeys. "Everyone at the show is talking about how easy and fun the Prodikeys makes it to create and share music. We are very excited to win this Best of Show award with our new category of interactive music entertainment."
The world's first PC keyboard and music keyboard all-in-one, the Creative Prodikeys is a full- featured, ergonomic 104-key PC keyboard integrated with 37 touch-sensitive music keys and easy to use music controls. The integrated design gives users the convenience to work and play music on one keyboard.
Priced at only US$99.99 and packaged with a free Sound Blaster sound card, the Creative Prodikeys includes comprehensive software that allows users to play, learn, create and even record and save music in digital audio formats. Be it jazz, dance or pop, users of all ages - novice to professional - can play music with the Impress, Easy Play, Learn and Perform modes.
The TechTV award for the Creative Prodikeys was announced on Saturday, January 11, 2003 at a gala awards ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where the show is taking place. CES attendees, show finalists, TechTV staff and talent, judges, and a host of media gathered at the event to witness the unveiling of this year's winners. Additional information on each of the winners can be found at www.techtv.com/ces. Additional information on the Creative Prodikeys is available at www.prodikeys.com.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Scientists Develop Artery Scurrying Micro Robot

Artery Scurrying Micro Robot

The boffins at Chonnam National University have created a microscopic robot to be used in medical procedures to clear blocked arteries. The minuscule robot has six legs and walks in the same manner as a crab. The researchers have discovered the robot is capable of traveling a whopping 55 yards in three weeks.
The tiny warrior, on reaching the designated location, is able to release stored drugs to disintegrate the blockage. The awesome medical tool doesn't even need a built-in energy source. The main body is rectangular, the three hind legs are longer than the three legs at the front, by attaching to heart muscle the legs bend at the time of cardiac contraction propelling the machine forwards. Sugars in the patient's blood provide an alternative energy source. (How crazy is that?!) Testing has not yet begun, but is due soon.
All in all, this paves the way for the fall of the human race. We've suspected for a while that robots would wipe us out, but we just didn't think it would be the nanobots that would do the trick. We honestly didn't.
http://www.worldhealth.net/p/biotechnology.html

ASIMO

Advanced Step in Inovative MObility
http://www.asimo.com.au/

ASIMO's technical guide