• Science

    Making a Hopping Robot

    By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes Posted on 9.8.2008 3 Comments

    What started as an academic problem in a robotics class—how to build a robot that can hop like a pogo stick, roll on wheels, and walk up stairs—has grown into a concept that could one day help with search-and-rescue missions.

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    9.5.2008 at 08:46pm - Comment by solarbike

    This is freakin awsome!

  • PPX

    PPX: Halts and Payouts Aplenty

    By Posted on 2.11.2008 9 Comments

    We have a few delistings and halts going on today. First, despite the bad news for HD-DVD that surfaced last week, there were more titles available on HD-DVD than Blu-Ray at the year's end. And so our HDVSBLU prop pays out at $100. The market missed out on this one: trading was halted at $47.25 per share.

    2.21.2008 at 02:40am - Comment by solarbike

    whatever happened to admin's commentary when delisting and IPO?



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