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Bigger isn’t necessarily better

Admin — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:04:50 +0000

Is building giant robots possible?

Building giant robots is a lot more complicated than it sounds. The bigger something is (whether animal or robot) the weaker it becomes proportional to its body weight.

That’s because when you increase an object’s size, what you’re actually doing is increasing its length, width and height. Therefore the weight increases by a power of 3 and the energy required to perform increases by a power of 4.

Amphicoelias

Say, for example, that you wanted to build a robot that is 10 times the height of an average human while maintaining human proportions. You also want to make this robot capable of jumping a height equivalent to the distance between its knees and the ground. The distance between knees and ground is also 10 times bigger for that robot than it is for the human, so you have to move 1,000 times the weight 10 times as far, which equals 10,000 times the energy requirement.

That’s why even dinosaurs never grew bigger than species such as amphicoelias, which scientists believe was 40 to 60 meters in length and weighed up to 135 tons. When they get bigger they have a harder time dragging around their own weight. It’s a little bit counterintuitive—you’d think it’d balance out but it doesn’t.

Source: http://www.space.com/21990-giant-robots-possible-pacific-rim.html

Great websites for sharing presentations online

Admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:55:59 +0000

Have you ever needed to share your PowerPoint or Apple Keynote presentation with someone who didn’t have the software for viewing them installed on their computers? Or have you ever wanted to publish some of your great slideshow presentations on your website or website? Here are few useful websites you can use for just that.

www.slideshare.net
prezi.com
www.empressr.com
www.powtoon.com - create animated videos and presentations.
www.sliderocket.com - SlideRocket is a revolutionary new approach to business communications designed from the start to help you make great presentations that engage your audience and deliver tangible results.
www.zoho.com/docs/ - create, manage, organize, share and collaborate on documents easily with Zoho Docs.
www.authorstream.com - share PowerPoint presentations on the web.
www.mindflash.com - Online Training Made Easy.
Goodle Docs - With Google Docs you can upload your own images and video, add text, and create presentations quickly. You can allow anyone to view or edit your presentation. Existing PowerPoint files can also be uploaded for sharing. Google Docs is free.

Great websites for photographers

Admin — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:50:59 +0000

www.photoshelter.com - PhotoShelter offers professional photography websites, built-in eCommerce, secure cloud storage, and client proofing tools – all in one platform.

Best Online Resources for Web Developers

Admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:05:49 +0000

Here is my list of some good resources for web developers:

Hello world!

Admin — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:36:53 +0000

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