Engineers at Raytheon-Sarcos in Salt Lake City have attached a set of tele-operated robotic arms to a modified mini-digger. Operators apparently require no training – intuitively ‘meshing’ with the machine as it mirrors the movements of their arms, wrists and shoulders.”

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Eamon Dunphy holds forth on Sam Smyth’s dismissal from his “Sunday Supplement” show on TodayFM.

Caution: may cause offence to portly, tax-exile billionaires.

This should be listened to in conjunction with Sam Smyth’s “Sunday Supplement”, where his paper review yesterday included headlines which report on his sacking. This is swiftly followed by the revelation that TodayFM’s policy of discussing Denis O’Brien must first be cleared by the station’s CEO, Willie O’Reilly.

Sam has no such clearance…unlike Justine McCarthy who pitches in at about 4:20.

Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCpY_3Sac8

As the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who approaches, it’s worth noting that the late William Hartnell (above, who played the first Timelord) would have turned 103 this year.

Here’s Brian Rimmer’s compilation of all the Doctor’s regenerations from 1963 to 2010. The last one (at around 8.30) is very silly indeed.

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KernType is a game where you compare your kerning skills to those of professional designers.

You may think you’re instinctively pretty good at kerning. You’re not. Unless you are. In which case we apologise unreservedly for doubting your epic kerning skills. You big kerning legend, you.

Now let’s get kerning.

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