During last week a few of us visited the Melbourne Museum at Carlton. These couple of pics contrast Australia’s first big computer, CSIRAC (c. 1949) with modern playthings Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone Black. Makes you want to fire up a Cray too, doesn’t it?
This Tuesday we were very fortunate to have with us Dr Paolo Bonato from Harvard University & SpauldingRehab. Dr Bonato presented an interesting talk on the kinds of technology required to meet the challenge of rehabilitating an aging population. Challenges outlined included 3d printing, power management, smartphone interfaces, and good design to encourage better compliance
The props/robot workshop day started off nice and quiet, Dayle brought in K9 and I had some Nerf guns I wanted to make more like Star Wars blasters, this was one of the reasons why there are no direct photo’s, I spent most of the day covered in plastic, paint or resin and would dare
