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"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson -
Fast Feature Detection and Stochastic Parameter Estimation of Road Shape using Multiple LIDAR
"We are pleased to inform you that the paper referenced above, for which you are listed as the corresponding author, has been accepted for presentation and publication in the Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008) to be held in Nice, France, on September 22-26, 2008." -
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Testing out the http://ping.fm blogging engine for updating Tumblr and Livejournal, which doesn't seem to accept html tags. Anyone know how to make it play nice with html markup? -
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A fully-populated 128-bit storage pool would contain 2128 blocks = 2137 bytes = 2140 bits; therefore the minimum mass required to hold the bits would be (2140 bits) / (1031 bits/kg) = 136 billion kg.
That's a lot of gear.
To operate at the 1031 bits/kg limit, however, the entire mass of the computer must be in the form of pure energy. By E=mc2, the ( Read more... ) -
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I'm posting just to let folks know that I am not, in fact, dead. I've been busy with work, although happy with my job. We had a big demo last week, and another big one this week.
Most of my updating now happens either on my Twitter feed or my Tumblog. I'm really digging the more micro-content style setup ( Read more... ) -
Our relationship could've gotten a Bachelor's
So, this post is to say "Happy Anniversary!" to charon124, with whom I've been for four years now. That's right, four years ( Read more... ) -
I guess I should update
So I finally turned in my thesis on Wednesday. I presented my work on Monday, and passed without issue. So I'm officially a Master of Robotics. I suppose that means I can join in the fight against/with Mega Man. Woo ( Read more... ) -
Tartan Racing wins the Urban Challenge
We won the $2 million prize!
Stanford took second, Virginia Tech took third.
Congratulations to all!
