Ok, though I'm not a child anymore:
Image source: www.educatec.ch
... well, ok, this is not mine...
but this is what it could look like :)
... not at all childish, don't you think?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Looks like I was a bit hasty...
For a better understanding: Lego Mindstorms is the name of a product series by the toy manufacturer Lego, containing a programmable Lego brick (RCX = Robotics Command system, or NXT) as well as electric motors, sensors and Lego Technic components (toothed wheels, axes, hole beams, pneumatic parts, etc.) to design and program robots and other autonomous and interactive systems.
Ok, though I'm not a child anymore:
Image source: www.educatec.ch
... well, ok, this is not mine...
but this is what it could look like :)
... not at all childish, don't you think?
Ok, though I'm not a child anymore:
Image source: www.educatec.ch
... well, ok, this is not mine...
but this is what it could look like :)
... not at all childish, don't you think?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Video of the 2010 Geneva motor show
“That’s it,“ declared one loud-voiced onlooker in the early-morning crowd surrounding the Porsche stand. “We’ve seen the show star; now we can go home.”
It was barely breakfast time on the first of the 80th Geneva motor show’s two preview days, but Porsche’s magnificent new 918 Spyder looked so beautiful and desirable - and so close to reality - that it seemed highly unlikely anyone else was going produce a car to trump it. And no one did.
»»» Source: www.autocar.co.uk
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Exotic vehicles in Geneva
Every time I am fascinated by the special cars which are build only in a small series or as an individual item; here are some examples:
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Excursion: Geneva Show 2010
Porsche 918 Spyder Concepts HybridIf you're a lover of high-end machinery designed for ultimate driving fun, three of your favoured marques could well be Ferrari, Porsche and Lotus. None of these three is a name you would immediately associate with the green-tinged motoring that our legislators would like to force upon us but, at the Geneva show, all three revealed cars designed specifically to tackle environmental sensibilities head-on.
»»» Source: www.classicdriver.com
Lotus Evora 414EFriday, March 5, 2010
Elektor’s DIY self-balancing vehicle
I found an interesting magazine: ELEKTOR
Everyone agrees; the internal combustion engine is coming to the end of its life cycle. However you don’t need to go to the expense of a Prius or Tesla to experience the future of transportation devices. If you would prefer something more personal (and don’t mind turning a few heads) why not build the astonishing ElektorWheelie? First take two electric motors, two rechargeable batteries and two sensors, now add two microcontrollers and the ElektorWheelie is ready to transport you in style to your destination.
»»» www.elektor.com/projects
Everyone agrees; the internal combustion engine is coming to the end of its life cycle. However you don’t need to go to the expense of a Prius or Tesla to experience the future of transportation devices. If you would prefer something more personal (and don’t mind turning a few heads) why not build the astonishing ElektorWheelie? First take two electric motors, two rechargeable batteries and two sensors, now add two microcontrollers and the ElektorWheelie is ready to transport you in style to your destination.
»»» www.elektor.com/projects
Thursday, March 4, 2010
It is winter
...admittedly: a bit too long, but I still love the snow... outside my window, winter road maintenance is dealing with the iced-over street.
Pretty impressive, these gritters with their huge shovels, don't you think?
(Source: dailymail.co.uk)
Pretty impressive, these gritters with their huge shovels, don't you think?
(Source: dailymail.co.uk)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Metropolis returns
The world premiere of the restored version of METROPOLIS in Frankfurt and Berlin brings back to the screen the original version of the monumental silent film classic which for decades was considered to be lost.
»»» http://www.metropolis2710.de/en/
Metropolis is a 1927 silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and Thea von Harbou.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Transformers vs. Metropolis
Ok, this is pretty obvious - Transformers...
Source: www.hasbro.com/transformers/
»»» Further information on Wikipedia
... view back into the past:
The sensational news headline two years ago: Lost parts of Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" found. The parts have been restored and the film completed at Wiesbaden's Murnaustiftung since then.
»»» Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)
Source: www.hasbro.com/transformers/
»»» Further information on Wikipedia
... view back into the past:
The sensational news headline two years ago: Lost parts of Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" found. The parts have been restored and the film completed at Wiesbaden's Murnaustiftung since then.
»»» Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)
Monday, March 1, 2010
What is this guy talking about?
(Picture by www.ew.com)
''I've thought more about robots in a year and a half than probably anybody,'' sighs Michael ???. Slouched in his chair, a gentle breeze wafting through his surprisingly zen Santa Monica, Calif., office, he's still hung over from the previous evening's mega-premiere of his latest summer-action extravaganza, ???— the movie adaptation of the 1980s cartoon TV series and Hasbro toy line about a race of alien machines who bring their war to Earth. (He may be doing more celebrating after seeing the estimated $36.3 million in box-office revenue from the movie's first 36 hours in theatres, including $27.5 million on July 3, its first full day of release, a new record for a Tuesday opening.)”
»»» Source: www.ew.com
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