Solarbotics and the Useless Box have been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article "Looking for Something Useful to Do With Your Time? Don't Try This"! It is dedicated to the historical overview of the uselessness starting with its invention in the 1950s to nowadays. The useless box can take many guises, names and materials […]
Jeff de Boer on CBC Radio
Dave Hrynkiw
December 14, 2000
If you came to the BEAM/WCRG Millennium Games in Calgary last summer, you may have seen Jeff de Boer's lecture on the aesthetic component of robotics. Jeff is a local Calgary artist (recently inducted to the Royal Canadian Order - a huge honor, considering his age), and was interviewed on CBC radio Monday with Shelaugh Rogers on the "This Morning" show.
Now, why would this specifically interest you, a BEAM roboticist? He mentions a project he's going to be working on with Mark TildenÂ… This Windoze media "WMA" format plays on Windows MediaPlayer, and WINAmp players.
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