Willow Garage’s robot is called PR2. It is a two-armed wheeled robot of size similar to a human. Willow Garage plan to release it to the public to be used for academic and industrial robotics research. Willow Garage is maintaining ROS (Robot Operating System) and the OpenCV computer vision library. Both projects use the BSD license, an open source software license.

On May 26, 2010, Willow Garage held a graduation party in which the 11 PR2 robot’s were introduced. Some PR2s even "danced" with humans while being led by their grippers.

The PR2 has two 7-DOF arms with a payload of 1.8 Kg. Sensors include 5 megapixel camera, a tilting laser range finder, and an inertial measurement unit. The "texture projector" projects a pattern on the environment to create 3D information for capture by the cameras. The head mounted laser scanner measures distance by time-of-flight. Two computers in the base 8-core servers with 24 Gigabytes of RAM for a total of 48 GB. The battery system consists of 16 laptop batteries.

The Willow Garage and PR2 can be reached via http://www.willowgarage.com/

Check nice videos below of PR2 robot dancing

Stopping before the company he tells his assistant, “Mujhe yehi company kharedni hai.” When she(an assistant) expresses her doubts he says, “Inhone hum par do sau saal tak raj kiya, ab hamari bari hai.” He gets the company and treats the ex-owners to Rajnigandha.

Well it was fun and proud watching that advertisement, I never thought this can really happen! But nothing is impossible, Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-born entrepreneur who completed the process of buying the East India Company in 2005. Sanjiv Mehta acquired the company in 2005 and has since invested $15 million.

East India Company, established in 1600, owned by a group of merchants with one and only purpose of trading in India and other neighboring countries. The company ruled India for more than 200 years.The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, tea, and opium.

After the Indian revolution of 1857 known to us as the “First War of Independence”, British government nationalized the Company and as a penalty, the Company lost all its administrative powers; its Indian possessions. The East India Company also lost its armed forces, which were taken over by the Crown pursuant to the provisions of the Government of India Act 1858. The Company continued to manage the tea trade on behalf of the British government, until the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act came into effect, on 1 January 1874, under the terms of which the Company was dissolved. The trading name of the company continued to exist, owned by the British Government Treasury.

In 1974, the company was reestablished by a group of private investors, focusing on Tea and Coffee retail.

Since its dissolution in 1874, a small part of the East India Company survived into a brand name and a small tea and coffee trade. In August 2010, Sanjiv Mehta, an India-born man based in Britain, bought the remnants of the company and plans to use it to sell fine food and luxury goods. The East India Company was owned by  almost 30-40 people before Sanjiv Mehta owned it.

The company cab be reached here http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/

!!! Happy Independence Day !!!

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) Wednesday launched new sedan, Verna Transform with price range approx. Rs.6.5-7.5 lakh. With a tag line ‘Dynamic by DNA’ Petrol version of Verna Transform starts ranges in between Rs.6.5 lakh and goes up to Rs.7.3 lakh. The Diesel version is expected to be priced between Rs.7.8 and 9.1 lakh.

The Verna Transform expected to boost Hyundai’s already superior line-up of products.

The petrol version comes with a 1.6 litre engine and promise to deliver 15.5 km a litre in the city. The diesel version has a 1.5 litre engine and comes with a four-speed automatic transmission.

The Hyundai Verna Transform is essentially inspired by the concept of ‘large on the inside and compact outside’. The design treatment is trendy and stylish. Bold and muscular exterior lines with well-proportioned looks. A balanced front end with integrated full width lower intake, moderately flared wheel arches and optional 14″ alloy wheels which lend it a sportier look. The strong shoulder lines and confident stance at the same time gives it a strong and well defined character. The overall impression it creates is of a well made car with a dynamic character which ensures that no matter where you go, the Verna, will be an eye-catcher and a stare-grabber par excellence. You just can’t miss it on the roads.

The new Verna Transform is available in six colours – crystal white, stone black, sleek silver, blushing red, deep ocean blue and champagne gold.

He shouted, "Papa see all trees are going behind".
The old man smiled and admired his son’s feelings.

Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listening all the conversions between the father and son. They were little awkward with the attitude of a 25 year old man behaving like a small child. Suddenly the young man again  shouted, "Papa see the pond  and animals.  Clouds are moving with train".

The couple watched the young man, embarrassed. Then it started raining and some of water drops touched the young man’s hand.

He was filled with joy and he closed his eyes.

He shouted again," Papa it’s raining, water is touching me, see papa".

The couple couldn’t help themselves and asked the old man.

"Why don’t you visit the Doctor and get a treatment for your son."

Old man said,  " Yes, we are coming from the hospital because today my son got his eye sight for the first time in his life".

Moral of the story: "Don’t draw conclusions until you know all the facts"

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