Chris Long's Column: Of Buttons And Fuses...
News On the phone to the garage I was talking to the sales person who was on a computer connecting to the Rover central server (basically if I can't get a car I'm going to get a dog). Yup the TR7 is likely to be pensioned off (as long as I can find some...
[June 30, 1999, 7:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog That Rover runs off a 2MHz 80C85 processor -- the same as in a Tandy Model 100 notebook, and around half as powerful as the processor in a ZX Spectrum -- and talks back to the lander via a cut-down walkie talkie and a 2400bps radio modem.
[July 12, 1997, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News That Rover runs off a 2MHz 80C85 processor -- the same as in a Tandy Model 100 notebook, and around half as powerful as the processor in a ZX Spectrum -- and talks back to the lander via a cut-down walkie talkie and a 2400bps radio modem.
[July 12, 1997, 8:00]
C++ Creator: It's Bigger Than Ever
News Sun Microsystems has touted the use of Java in the Mars Rover, but Stroustrup claimed that C++ was also used. For example, C++ was used for scene analysis and route planning in the Mars Rover autonomous driving system, according to Stroustrup.
[April 22, 2005, 14:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog In practice, it's almost happening: while I had to hang on the phone to find out what was going on with Magellan a few years back (that was the probe to radar-map Venus), I pretty well watched the Mars Rover do its thing live on a JPL website.
[February 5, 1999, 16:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News In practice, it's almost happening: while I had to hang on the phone to find out what was going on with Magellan a few years back (that was the probe to radar-map Venus), I pretty well watched the Mars Rover do its thing live on a JPL website.
[February 5, 1999, 16:30]
Open Source Developers Provide 'glimmer Of Hope'
News For example, I would dearly love to have a good look at the [proprietary] code running in the Mars Rover. James Coplien, a software design expert who currently works as an object architect at US-based software company DAFCA, said in an interview at...
[April 22, 2005, 11:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 23/1/2004As I type this, I'm watching the clock and anxiously waiting for the next scheduled attempt to communicate with the Mars rover. Good luck in getting the thing back, chaps, and let's hope the second rover lands safely this weekend.
[January 23, 2004, 12:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I am baff, I am surprised", said Steve Squyres, scientific director/conductor of the Rover mission. Being a space cadet of the first rank (even if I'm still waiting for a shiny tin-foil suit that fits), I find this very exciting -- but I've got an...
[March 5, 2004, 16:20]
Car Crash Software
Blog Buy a Range Rover and you can probably bounce along as fast as you like, but can you afford it in the first place as it’s a pricey motor? Perhaps I’m not alone in drawing this analogy then? Giving them their due, I was prompted to start talking...
[August 13, 2008, 20:50]
Gadget Translates Woofs Into Words
News The company unveiled a new gadget on Thursday, called Bowlingual, which can scrutinise and translate a dog's bark into expressions, such as "I've had enough" or "I'm a little bored, let's play. The device detects feelings -- including happiness...
[May 10, 2002, 14:30]
