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| - Posted by Doug - 2:04 PM
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Lucasfilm will offer a sneak peak at the upcoming Star Wars: Episode II at Dragon*Con 2001, Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Atlanta. The convention is America's largest annual convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror, comics and art, games and computers, animation, science, music, television and films.
Steve Sansweet, director of fan relations for Lucasfilm, will present a look at the entire Star Wars saga and how Episode II will fit in. The presentation will include special footage that will be shown only at Dragon*Con. |
| - Posted by Pam - 4:15 PM
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Eek!
New Scientist (05/26/01) Vol. 170, No. 2292, P. 22; Graham-Rowe, Duncan
Scientists at MIT's Bio-Instrumentation Laboratory have developed a tiny robot that could serve as the model for precision tools that manipulate individual atoms or molecules to build nanomachines or even study DNA. The three-legged, three-centimeter tall robot, dubbed the nanowalker, can cover 20 centimeters a second or tiptoe along in 4-nanometer steps. It is the vision of Sylvain Martel, who has built the probe and imaging circuitry of a scanning tunneling electron microscope (STM) into the small robot, which he intends to use to record pictures of a single atom while other robots return to manipulate it later. The tiny robot also contains a water cooler system for continuous cooling to prevent it from burning out, a broadband infrared communications system for controlling and recording its position, and flexible circuits that drive the device. The nanowalker is powered through its legs at 15 watts. Its legs extend when a similar voltage is applied into its four piezoelectric ceramic quadrants, shrink when the voltage is reversed, and bend when opposite polarities are applied to opposite quadrants. Surface structure dictates its gait, which ranges from bouncing to stepping. Martel anticipates hordes of nanowalkers, which can conduct 200,000 measurements a second, working to together to perform millions of operations a second.
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| - Posted by Pam - 9:58 AM
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