20090623 Free Software Makes its Impact on Mechanics
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Willow Garage: The Personal Robot Will Be Open Source
Want to build a robot? Join the club. Want to improve the way we build robots? Join Willow Garage. This silicon valley based robotics company is not just designing robots, they’re working on how we design robots by building a programming language and a standard research bot. Best of all, their software is open source - able to be viewed by its users so that they can understand and upgrade it as needed. Imagine a future where each robotics developer can share hardware and software components with each other in a modular fashion. You could just build a robot like a plug and play computer. With open source techniques Willow Garage hopes to expand the boundaries of robotics, both in research laboratories and in our daily lives.
http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/22/willow-garage-the-personal-robot-will-be-open-source/ 300 MPG Riversimple Urban Car Open-Sources Its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech
A hydrogen-powered two-seater unveiled in London this week can seat two, turn in the equivalent of 300 MPG and hit a top speed of 50 mph. Plus, its blueprints are open source. Take that, auto industry
http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2009-06/its-not-yours-its-clean-riversimple-urban-car The hydrogen car built on open source technology http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/148333,the-hydrogen-car-built-on-open-source-technology.aspx
Related: Silicon Mechanics: Ubuntu? Yes!
Silicon Mechanics is pleased to announce that we now have an Ubuntu Linux offering. The available version of the popular Open Source Linux distribution is the 8.04 LTS server edition, in 32- and 64-bit versions. The operating system comes preloaded for those who include it in their server configurations.
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