Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog NASA has agreed to extend the Rover missions for another year from October, so it's Martian Martinis all round and on with the show. Fourteen degrees South, 175 degrees East, to be exact, where Mars Rover Spirit is patiently sitting out its second...
[August 11, 2006, 19:15]
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]
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. The one glimmer of hope is the people who've said, 'Screw the industry, we're going to write excellent software and give it away', in other...
[April 22, 2005, 11:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You'll note they're not too worried about the other rover, Opportunity: again, the press conferences don't tend to say too much about this, but seeing as the filing system is running properly there I'd imagine there's no difficulty in deleting...
[January 30, 2004, 15:10]
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). I replace the fuse and of course that blows too, and now I'm running...
[June 30, 1999, 7:36]
Apple And Chips
Talkback BMW could, at any time, have made cheap, tinny runabouts that cost little, make little return, and fill the streets (they had ample opportunity with Rover). They've had plenty of opportunities to 'sell out' - go for the numbers, so to speak, but...
[June 6, 2005, 14:10]
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. If Dr Dolittle can't make animals talk, perhaps...
[May 10, 2002, 14:30]
