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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Where are the robots in Japan's nuclear crisis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Humanoid robots like the HRP-3 were designed in part to work in hazardous places like nuclear plants. Millions have gone into impractical prototypes.(Credit:Screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET)Six workers were exposed to excessive radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Saturday as a mile-long power line was connected to Reactor No. 2 in an effort to restore power to its cooling system. Crews hope to restart the system Sunday, The New York Times reported, but meanwhile observers have been speculating how many robots authorities have deployed to keep people out of harm's way.  The answer, apparently, is zero. RaBot: Another useless prototype(Credit:Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)&quot;I don't know that we have any such devices,&quot; said Hiro Hasegawa, a spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), when asked whether robots were being used at Daiichi, which was struck by a tsunami following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake March 11. It's surprising that Japan, long considered a technological powerhouse, has had to resort to such rudimentary methods of cooling the plant's reactors as water-bombing them with lead-lined helicopters.  Tepco apparently never imagined a situation in which the main and backup power to the coastal plant would be knocked out, despite the fact that Japan is one of the most quake-prone countries in the world, sitting atop a number of shifting tectonic plates. Japan has invested untold millions in developing all kinds of robots, including machines that can work in hazardous places like nuclear power plants. All too often, they've proved to be expensive but useless prototypes. Tepco only has robots that can inspect reactor shrouds for cracks, according to Hasegawa. After two workers died and dozens were injured following exposure to radiation in Japan's previous worst nuclear accident, in September 1999 at a JCO uranium reprocessing plant in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, the government said it would develop remote-controlled robots to deal with leaks at nuclear facilities. It drew inspiration from France's Groupe Intra, created in 1988 to maintain a fleet of robots to work in a major nuclear accident. iRobot&amp;39's PackBot 510 is heading to Fukushima. (Credit:iRobot)The precursor to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency came up with several nuke bots, including RaBot, a rolling, double-armed robot that was resistant to radiation and could open and close valves while operating under remote control. An asset like that might have come in handy at Fukushima, where heroic workers are placing themselves at grave risk to avert a meltdown. But little of RaBot has been seen since 2001. Was it another shelved robot prototypeIn their desperation, Japanese authorities have turned to Massachusetts-based iRobot for help. The Special Ops division of Japan's Self-Defense Forces apparently asked for assistance from the U.S. military contractor, and four robots were en route to Japan Friday, according to IEEE Spectrum. The PackBots and Warriors can be operated from over 2,000 feet away and could be used in tasks like hauling hoses to help fight fires and measuring radiation levels. iRobot staff will apparently train the Japanese military personnel who will operate them. It's ironic that robot-crazy Japan has had to ask for outside assistance in this critical area. Let's hope iRobot's battle-tested machines help bring the situation under control. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Next Windows Phone 7 update gets small delay]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Citing hiccups following the rollout of last month'sWindows Phone 7 software update, Microsoft is pushing back the release date of the update that will bring Windows Phone users new features.&quot;I believe it's important that we learn all we can from the February update,&quot; wrote Eric Hautala, Microsoft's general manager of Customer Experience Engineering, in a post on the Windows Phone blog. &quot;So I've decided to take some extra time to ensure the update process meets our standards, your standards, and the standards of our partners. As a result, our plan is to start delivering the copy-and-paste update in the latter half of March.&quot;The news is likely to be unwelcome to those who were looking forward to finally getting their hands on the copy-and-paste feature Microsoft first unveiled all the way back in October, as well as some of the speed improvements the company detailed atCES in January. That update had originally been destined to reach users in the first two weeks of March, leaving just four days from now for Microsoft to deliver. Even with the changes, Hautala said that this does not change the launch time frame of the much larger update, due sometime in the next three months.&quot;This short pause should in no way impact the timing of future updates, including the one announced recently at Mobile World Congress featuring multitasking, a Twitter feature, and a new HTML 5-friendly version of Internet Explorer Mobile,&quot; Hautala said.The now infamous February update Hautala had been referring to was meant to prepare phones for this first update that will bring copy and paste, among other additions. It ended up leaving some users with Samsung devices unable to update their system software, with the process hanging just beyond the halfway point. In some cases this left users with an unusable device. Microsoft then pulled the update to make fixes, before re-releasing it. Even then, however, a handful of users still ran into problems. All told, Microsoft had said that about 10 percent of customers were running into problems with the update. That includes other problems such as not being able to download the software due to Internet connectivity issues, as well as not having enough onboard storage, the company had said. &quot;Let me be crystal clear: We're not satisfied when problems prevent you from enjoying the latest Windows Phone updates,&quot; Hautala wrote. &quot;When we find an issue, we study and fix it. To that end, we're carefully studying the current update process and will apply the lessons learned from it to all future ones. This is how we get better.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung Suede with Muve Music (review): Slightly off-pitch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gamesflasheb2acom</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)The Samsung Suede is attuned to music, that we know. In fact, its bundling with Cricket Wireless' Muve Music service is what made us nominate it as a Best ofCES contender, and makes the Suede one of the best music phones around. In terms of offering all-inclusive music for a great monthly deal, the Suede and Muve Music deliver. Yet the combination falls short on the finer points of speed, usability, and general luster. Check out our full review of Muve Music and the Samsung Suede--with video!--to see why.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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