Robot Ready to be a 'Master' Great Mathematics

Maybe for some among students, mathematics is a boring lesson. A robot that is able to somersault and dance will be the 'teacher' of mathematics is fun for the pelajar.Adalah Ed-E, a humanoid robot will probably be the coolest math teacher. Revealed by its creator, Jim Wyatt, the presence of Ed-E will help the education world, as quoted from 3News, Monday (01/26/2009). Ed-E can be used as props are fun and inspire interest in students to study complex materials . Armed with a small motor 17, Ed-E will be able to perform movements such as jumps and flips. "It is difficult for the children, even adults to understand the problem of 3-dimensional mathematics and physics. Programs Ed-E and see how the robot movements it will make it easier to understand mathematics and physics, "said Wyatt.Bagi school who wanted this robot to make it up for 428 pound sterling, or approximately USD 6.4 million, more expensive than the consumer version that is 400 pound sterling (approximately USD 6 million), because robot for the school version equipped with educational software packages.
source: detikinet.com

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Kryptos - CIA's secret code of monuments

When you visit CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia you will see a monument that contains a secret message. Messages that are confusing even for the most brilliant agent the CIA. The monument was called Kryptos. Twenty years have passed, and the Kryptos puzzle still unsolved.

In recent years, an object has been the subject of debate both outside and inside the CIA headquarters. A fixed monument in the courtyard of CIA office called Kryptos. Kryptos containing 865 weird characters that look random and irregular.
Kryptos is made by an artist named James Sanborn. He was assigned to create the monument in 1988 when the CIA built a new building behind the main building. This is Kryptos

 

















Agencies that want an outdoor installation to decorate the area between the two buildings. Sanborn uses Kryptos name to call it work. The word is derived from a Greek word meaning "hidden." Kryptos describes as a reflection of nature, the nature of secrecy and complexity of the truth, and the message was delivered entirely in code.
A fellow named Ed Scheidt Sanborn estimated that the entire puzzle will be solved in seven years. But 20 years have passed, the hidden message is still not fully resolved. Cooperation among the geniuses in the world and some CIA staff only managed to break the 3 parts of the monument which turned out to produce prose-prose that makes this puzzle becomes increasingly confusing. The third part is called K1, K2 and K3. Still unsolved 97 characters from section 4 (K4). And the longer it hangs the puzzle, the more curious they are made. This is photo james Sanborn



 













Perhaps because of curiosity, Sanborn often strangers caught spying on his studio. Some others even sacrificing his career for the sake of Kryptos. An example of a man from Michigan was willing to leave the software industry just in order to devote time to break the code.
Another man named Randy Thompson has spent three years to solve the puzzle. "I think I'm close to the answer. Can be tomorrow, or it could be I spend my whole life to find it." He said. This puzzle also attracted interest Dan Brown, author of The DaVinci Code pertaining to Kryptos in one of his novels.
In 1999, a computer expert from Los Angeles named Jim Gillogly announced he had successfully solved the first 3 sections of code with the help of a Pentium II computer and homemade software.

When the work of Jim Gillogly spread, the CIA soon release a report extraordinary. A few months before Gillogly, a CIA agent named David Stein others also have solved the three parts of it only by using pencil and paper! Stein takes 400 hours to solve it and he has announced the answer to the riddle in the presence of a set of CIA agents in the auditorium of the CIA in February 1998. The result of that meeting had not been publicized to the media.
There are still 97 more characters to be solved. Stein and Gillogly intend to devote time and rest their minds to solve this puzzle.
"All this is about privacy," said Sanborn. "This is really describe the condition of the CIA itself, full of secrecy and confidentiality that attract our curiosity into the sky. The people calling me the devil agent because I do not want to tell my secrets," Clearly, Sanborn said, smiling. "But Kryptos will reveal the deepest secrets over time."

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