From the “Preposterous Headline” Dept: This looks like fun. This guy has put together a C# program that takes input from a Wiimote and passes it to a Lego NXT automobile with a wireless interface. The program looks pretty powerful and customizable and the car certainly responds right (although there’s a little lag). I’d like […]

From the “Preposterous Headline” Dept:
This looks like fun. This guy has put together a C# program that takes input from a Wiimote and passes it to a Lego NXT vehicle with a wireless interface. The program looks pretty powerful and customizable and the automobile certainly responds right (although there’s a tiny lag). I’d like to think these are the projects I’d do if I were a creative and code-savvy guy, but as things are I think I’m stuck writing about them instead.

There’s more NXT-built stuff here if you’re interested. [via MAKE]

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Reporters attending a press conference on the success of the police department’s anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot when a confiscated gun went off in an officer’s hand. One reporter needed surgery, while two others suffered minor injuries from the homemade gun. The press conference, in the Chinese city of Nanchong, was to promote the department’s […]

Reporters attending a press conference on the success of the police department’s anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot when a confiscated gun went off in an officer’s hand. One reporter needed surgery, while two others suffered minor injuries from the homemade gun.

The press conference, in the Chinese city of Nanchong, was to promote the department’s campaign against illegal explosives and weapons.

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High-tech companies are looking to help close the digital divide by determining what people in developing countries need from mobile devices. The role of the anthropologist is well suited for helping to determine how to act upon mobile-related news and information, by acting as a sort of intermediary between third world residents and high tech […]

High-tech companies are looking to help close the digital divide by determining what people in developing countries need from mobile devices. The role of the anthropologist is well suited for helping to determine how to act upon mobile-related news and information, by acting as a sort of intermediary between third world residents and high tech companies.

As anthropology is basically the study of humans in their own environment, this “cultural relativity” has to take center stage when studying issues of need in developing countries. Finding appropriate technologies are at the core of the anthropologists work, as they strive to find needs-driven uses rather than technology-driven uses. To complete the challenge, the necessary tools must then be provided for people to be able to act upon relevant information as it is revealed.

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