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...that the instructors will demonstrate some “more advanced permutations” of basic Aikido moves on Saturday, including throw-downs and one-on-one weapon work. The demonstration will feature instruction and performance from members and teachers of Harvard Aikikai, replacing flowing oboes with flying elbows. Hi...
Remember to touch a personal chord," the instructor tells the class. "Make the other person feel important." Thus advised, the first graduating class of Bangalore's new Dale Carnegie Training center splits into pairs, each earnestly practicing a routine the students have spent four months learning. "Hi, my name is Gautam," I'm told while my hand gets a vigorous shake. Dazzled by the bright smile and seemingly effortless eye contact, I barely manage to mumble my own name before my companion moves briskly along and I find myself being asked what I do for a living. All around...
...Scientist Amit Lal and his team insert mechanical components into baby bugs during "the caterpillar and the pupae stages," which would then allow the adult bugs to be deployed to do the Pentagon's bidding. "The HI-MEMS program is aimed at developing tightly coupled machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis," DARPA says. "Since a majority of the tissue development in insects occurs in the later stages of metamorphosis, the renewed tissue growth around the MEMS will tend to heal, and form a reliable and stable tissue-machine interface...
...what's hot at DARPA right now? Bugs. The creepy, crawly flying kind. The Agency's Microsystems Technology Office is hard at work on HI-MEMS (Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical System), raising real insects filled with electronic circuitry, which could be guided using GPS technology to specific targets via electrical impulses sent to their muscles. These half-bug, half-chip creations - DARPA calls them "insect cyborgs" - would be ideal for surveillance missions, the agency says in a brief description on its website...
...Remember to touch a personal chord," the instructor tells the class of mostly twentysomething techies with resumes that spell fat salary packages. "Make the other person feel important." Thus advised, the 20-odd students split into pairs, each earnestly practicing a routine they've spent four months learning. "Hi, my name is ..." I'm told while my hand gets a vigorous shake. Dazzled by the bright smile and seemingly effortless eye contact, I barely manage to mumble my own name before I realize the conversation has moved into Part II of The Routine - I'm being asked what...