DPTV-171-2006-06-06

show notes:

• 06-06-06 : The 16th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot – photo of Earth by Voyager spacecraft
• Photo of Earth from one of the Mars Explorer robots (file title : /Mars_to_Earth.jpg)
• Meet Pebbles the Robot for sick students
• New Robots help sick students virtually interact in their real classrooms
• Robot playing pool by Michael A. Greenspan and students
• RoboCup World Robot Soccer Tournament Starts in Germany June 14
• Y-Clops intelligent ground vehicle robot by Brigham Young University
• Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition In Michigan June 10
• 27,000 year old chalk drawing found on cave wall in France
• Amazing stunt flying of R/C helicopter by Alan Szabo Jr.
• Official Incident Report of the crash of a Predator B military drone – pilot error
• Beautiful photos from the Tibet – The Ceiling of the World
• New video of the 2 seat 175 horsepower dolphin underwater vehicle
• Full size replica of the Alien – made from car parts – just sold on Ebay (damn)
• Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies – research by Los Alamos from January 2006
• the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, has successfully replicated Dr Klimovs experiment at Los Alamos
• Princeton University Art of Science Gallery winners announced
• First video of the OLPC prototype in action (One Laptop Per Child)
• Baby’s First Chemical Protection Suit – Americans have lost their minds!
• Funny flash animation on N.S.A. wiretapping in United States

Credits

• Opening Comment by Adam Curry of Daily Source Code
• First ending clip – Addicting Bleach video
• Second ending Clip – Star Wars in 30 Seconds by the Bunnies
• Music – Derek K Miller – Washing Off Like An Aardvark

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