Category Archives: Science, Engineering and Technology

Contest Central

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Jeff Block

I don’t normally get into contests, but our network is running several at the moment, that you need to check out. First of all, Monster Community (one of our latest – the official user community for Monster Cable) is giving … Continue reading →

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What’s your favorite Robot video?

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Jeff Block

One of the many sites I work with is RoboCommunity.  Here we talk mainly about WowWee robot toys, such as Robosapien and RS Media, Roboquad, Roboreptile, etc.  However, we have recently broadened our scope to focus more on robots in … Continue reading →

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Where Science Becomes Philosophy

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Jeff Block

In a recent discussionon the beliefs and preferences of Americans, we broached the topic of academic liberal bias.  I would like to take a particular subset of that discussion, and blow it out for further / more indepth debate… Neva, a … Continue reading →

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Tryptophan Strikes Again … and Again … and Again …

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Jeff Block

A shameless Techlore reprint… Okay, this is so wrong, but I feel compelled to be a little off today…Disclaimer:There is NO point to this blog entry. Every year I vow not to eat myself unconscious on Thanksgiving, but again I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Search for (Artificial) Intelligence

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Jeff Block

  As many of you know, my company (Capable Networks) recently launched http://www.robocommunity.com, the official online community for WowWee Robotics– a brilliant little up-and-coming robotics / intelligent toy company.  WowWee is the proud parent of Robosapien (V1 evolution; V2 evolution), Robopet, Roboraptor, … Continue reading →

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The Rubik’s Cube is No Match for This Bot

Posted on November 1, 2006 by Jeff Block

Check this out!  A robot designed to solve the Rubik’s Cube.  Maybe I’m more easily impressed than others, but I think this is kinda amazing actually.  It’s the RuBot II.  I’ll take a dozen. Also, check out the discussion on RoboCommunity.  … Continue reading →

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