A humanoid robot capable of working in our homes needs to be capable of doing many different tasks, using our tools, navigating our environments and communicating with us like a human. If you thought this was just a year or two away, you’re going to be disappointed. Building robots able ...
After months of recovery, Dahl returned to the cockpit in 1941 and flew combat missions in a Hawker Hurricane over Greece, but the crippling headaches and periodic blackouts he continued to suffer as a result of the crash made it too dangerous to fly. With his wings clipped, Dahl was reassi...
On Nov. 4, 2015,Chris Stapletonwas a buzzed-about songwriter with his debut album as an artist nominated for a CMA Award. When the clock struck midnight, he was a three-time CMA Awards winner who had given the performance of the night, catapulting himself to superstardom in a few short ...
The Wizard of Ozis not a particular favourite of mine as I always find the story one-dimensional with little or no sub-plot. Just the journey of Dorothy and friends. This offering was no different but I have to say what it did have was a well-written original script. ...
Their study demonstrated that in situations where traffic flow was not separated by road infrastructures, the road users, especially cyclists, were more likely to engage in risky behaviours by travelling closely to automated vehicles. As a compromise of real automated vehicles, the Wizard of Oz ...
Now just in case you think I am completely crazy, this is the fun story I used to tell our kids. I tried to convince them that color was discovered in 1939 and was released to the world through the Wizard of Oz. (Just for the record, if you ask them about this now, they will ...
I was working on my East Lansing past and present article when I saw a picture of the Broad Art Museum that made me stop and think, "Oh yeah, that did happen there, didn't it!". The thing that happened: Warner Bros. filmed part of the "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" movi...
Made it to the ballgame on the Fourth. The park eventually filled up. Ridgerunners find weird stuff along the trails. Death march to a dance party? My co-trail maintainer Caroline married her fiance Kevin in Glacier National Park at the end of July. His last name was LaBelle and hers ...
Silver observes that filmmakers weren’t always subject to such microscopic media scrutiny. “In the middle of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Buddy Ebsen ended up with a skin problem from the makeup he wore as the Tin Man and they had to bring in Jack Haley,” he recounts. “There was no Pe...
The Holiday season is usually a busy time for me, but this year was a little more difficult than most to keep up with everything that was coming out. Thankfully, I got a chance to see two of the more interesting movies that made it to theaters, so we’ll take a look at those now...