Archive for May, 2006

Video game companies in Sydney

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Recently I discovered a number of companies in Sydney which are involved in the video game industries. In particular two companies, Team Bondi and Micro Forte, are actively recruiting people with strong computing background.

Team Bondi is producing a number of games for PS3 and is in needs for various programmers and animators. I believe developing games is a dream for many programmers. This is a dream that may come true.

Micro Forte develops the technology that supports MMOG. This would interest programmers who like working with networking traffics, server resources and of course, the magic behind MMOG.

Honda has joined the mindgame

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Honda’s technology of using brain signals to control robots has recently made an appearance at the SMH. The technology detects MRI patten of a person when he/she makes a hand movement/gesture and controls the robot to perform the same hand movement. Interestingly, Honda believes that it will take at least 5 or even 10 years before a robot can move according to our will reflected on the brain signals. See the full story here.
Honda is wrong. Several companies, such as Emotiv and Neurosky, has been racing to produce a technology which detects our mind from EEG. Even if Honda is right in its prediction, its technology is definitely lagging behind.

Encounter with a detective

Friday, May 26th, 2006

While sitting at a small park at Ultimo this morning, a detective approached me asking if I regularly pass the park in the morning. I replied that it was my first time being in the neighbourhood. He was investigating about a black cap lying on the grass area next the walking track. He asked everyone that passed by if they were regularly in that area and were aware of the black cap. Hmm…I wonder what is the big deal about this. The only big thing I could think of is kidnapping but I hope it’s not the case.

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Friday, May 26th, 2006

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A cat called Schrodinger

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

While walking home from the Allawah train station, I saw a notice on a light pole about a missing cat. The cat’s name is Schrodinger. I immediately suspect that the owner is likely to be a nerd.

A note for the less nerdy readers, in the Quantum Mechanics, there is a famous paradox called “Schrodinger’s Cat”.  For a quick explanation of the “Schrodinger’s Cat”, see http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/ardlouis/dissipative/Schrcat.html.