See that guy? He’s for real. He’s also from Pittsburgh. A team of wizards from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center is presently building a new “human-scale” robot in order to compete in DARPA‘s Robotics Challenge. Part of its charm revolves around the rubberized tracks on its feet as well as on the extremities of each of its four limbs — not surprisingly, these are engineered to help it maneuver in some pretty sticky situations.
According to the institution, it’ll move much link a tank, but it’ll also be able to chug along on the treads of just two limbs when needed, such as when it must use one or more limbs to open a valve, or to operate power tools. Oh, and in case you’re curious, CMU has affirmed that it’ll “be able to perform complex, physically challenging tasks through supervised autonomy,” which sounds precisely like the kind of vague description an ill-willed robot would explain to its master before completely taking over his / her life. Just sayin’.
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Via: Technabob, Geekosystem
Source: Carnegie Mellon
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Call of Duty (commonly abbreviated CoD) may be immensely popular, but the series is far from perfect. As Ryan Evans points out in his delightful parody, cheekily titled Cod of Duty, a lot of standard FPS campaigns are “short, not terribly interesting, and completely over the top with their story elements.” Cod of Duty begins in a forest, where you’re given a pistol and instructed to “leave no fish alive” because the evil cod are planning to destroy a nearby town. The title was created as part of the One Game a Month challenge — which explains its simplistic graphics — and the game’s humor make it very worth the 15 minutes it takes to play. You can download it for free for Windows, Linux, and OS X, or play it in-browser on Evans’ site….
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision (Square Enix for Japan). It was released on November 13, 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows and on November 18, 2012 in North America, November 30, 2012 in Europe, and December 20, 2012 in Japan for Wii U. Black Ops II is the ninth game in the Call of Duty franchise of video games and a sequel to the 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops. The single-player campaign features two connected storylines, with one set in the 1970s through 1980s and the other in 2025. The protagonist of Black Ops, Alex Mason returns as the protagonist in the Cold War section, and chronicles rise to infamy of the game’s primary antagonist, Raul Menendez,[10] a Nicaraguan narco-terrorist and the leader of “Cordis Die”, a populist movement celebrated as the champions of victims of economic inequality. The 2025 section of the game features Alex Mason’s son David as the protagonist during a new Cold War between China and the United States.In this era, war is defined by robotics, cyberwarfare, unmanned vehicles, and other futuristic technology. =================================== Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 @ 3.5 Ghz (389×9) 1.5v Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45C-DS3R Video Card: Sapphire HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 RAM: 2x2GB DDR2 800 MHZ PC6400 Power Supply: Corsair TX650 Operating system: Se7en SP1 x64 Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster T200 20″ HDD: 750 GB Hitachi SATA2 … Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Call of Duty Black Ops ll Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision, Square Enix (Japan) Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U Release date: November 13, 2012 Genre: First-person shooter Mode: Single-player, multiplayer, Co-op Link: www.callofduty.com A time-spanning, generation-spanning narrative, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2 introduces players to an insidious villain named Raul Menendez who hijacks the US military infrastructure to further his own agenda. Harness the power of near-future technology and advanced robotics to pull the world back from the brink of annihilation. Rooted in near-future fiction, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2 multiplayer will introduce players to some of the most cutting-edge weaponry and equipment that 2025 will have to offer. Black Ops 2 multiplayer introduces a re-imagined Create-a-Class, introducing players to a new “pick-10″ allocation system that allows for a combination of any 10 items, making almost anything possible. The new Score Streak system rewards players that play to the objective and help their team win. League Play, CODcasting and Live Streaming combine to make Call of Duty fun to watch, by providing players with the tools to commentate games and broadcast those games to the world. Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHZ RAM 32-Bit OS: 2 GB RAM RAM 64-Bit OS: 4 GB RAM GPU RAM: 512MB GPU: Nividia GeForce 8800 GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 DX: 11 Does the … Video Rating: 5 / 5
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The single-player campaign will feature two connected storylines, one set in the 1970s through 1980s and the other in 2025. The protagonist of Black Ops, Alex Mason returns as the protagonist in the Cold War section, where he will be fighting in proxy wars for the United States in the Cold War. Known locations for this section of the game include multiple sites in Central America and in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. This section of the game will also see the rise to infamy of the game’s primary antagonist, Raul Menendez. Mason’s friend and colleague Frank Woods will also return, and narrate the story into the 2025 section of the game. The 2025 section of the game features Alex Mason’s son David as a protagonist. In it, a new cold war has broken out between China and the United States after China bans the export of rare earth elements following a cyber-attack that cripples the Chinese Stock Exchange. In this era, war is defined by robotics, cyber warfare, unmanned vehicles and other modern technology. Taking advantage of this stand-off, Menendez attempts to bring the two powers to a full-blown war by inciting conflicts between the two. Known locations for this section of the game include Los Angeles, Singapore and Socotra, Yemen. In the 2025 section of the game, the player will have access to special ‘Strike Force missions’, that feature permanent death and the outcome of which can affect the course of the campaign’s storyline. It has been hinted at that the side … Video Rating: 5 / 5
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The single-player campaign will feature two connected storylines, one set in the 1970s through 1980s and the other in 2025. The protagonist of Black Ops, Alex Mason returns as the protagonist in the Cold War section, where he will be fighting in proxy wars for the United States in the Cold War. Known locations for this section of the game include multiple sites in Central America and in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. This section of the game will also see the rise to infamy of the game’s primary antagonist, Raul Menendez. Mason’s friend and colleague Frank Woods will also return, and narrate the story into the 2025 section of the game. The 2025 section of the game features Alex Mason’s son David as a protagonist. In it, a new cold war has broken out between China and the United States after China bans the export of rare earth elements following a cyber-attack that cripples the Chinese Stock Exchange. In this era, war is defined by robotics, cyber warfare, unmanned vehicles and other modern technology. Taking advantage of this stand-off, Menendez attempts to bring the two powers to a full-blown war by inciting conflicts between the two. Known locations for this section of the game include Los Angeles, Singapore and Socotra, Yemen. In the 2025 section of the game, the player will have access to special ‘Strike Force missions’, that feature permanent death and the outcome of which can affect the course of the campaign’s storyline. It has been hinted at that the side …
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Last time we saw a MAG gun controller, it was being splayed all over the FCC. But, that was some time ago; gamers with a gun habit will be twitching those trigger fingers for something new. One option? How about the MAG II? Initially seeing the light of day back at E3, the PS3- and PC-compatible controller has three sensitivity settings, along with motion sensing and gyroscopic induction-based motion tracking. Makers, All Interactive Entertainment, also say that future updates will enable new functions and game play modes. Pre-orders are open now, at a cost of around $ 150, with the full release set for November 20th. Aim and fire at the PR below if you want more info.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II delivers the most groundbreaking and visceral Call of Duty experience ever. Set in the year 2025, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into global conflict featuring advanced weaponry, robotics, and drone warfare in a new Cold War scenario whose seeds are being sown in today’s headlines. New graphics technology drives the stunning cinematic action of the single-player campaign’s branching storylines and non-linear missions. Video Rating: 0 / 5
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this little kid got his parents to get on the mic and talked to me. Im not sure if it was actually his parents. i just thought that it was funny and short so hope you enjoy and sorry about the audio he was talking through the kinect that would play the game sounds back to me and me talking back to me so its kind of his fault the audio is so bad.
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