Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
In response to rumors circulating the internet on sites such as
FoxNews.com, FastCompany.com and CNET News about a “flesh eating” robot
project, Cyclone
Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYPW) and Robotic
Technology Inc. (RTI) would like to set the record straight: This
robot is strictly vegetarian.
On July 7, Cyclone announced that it had completed the first stage of
development for a beta biomass engine system used to power RTI’s
Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR™), a Phase II SBIR project
sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
Defense Sciences Office. RTI’s EATR
is an autonomous robotic platform able to perform long-range,
long-endurance missions without the need for manual or conventional
re-fueling.
RTI’s patent pending robotic system will be able to find, ingest and
extract energy from biomass in the environment. Despite the
far-reaching reports that this includes “human bodies,” the public can
be assured that the engine Cyclone has developed to power the EATR runs
on fuel no scarier than twigs, grass clippings and wood chips – small,
plant-based items for which RTI’s robotic technology is designed to
forage. Desecration of the dead is a war crime under Article
15 of the Geneva Conventions, and is certainly not something
sanctioned by DARPA, Cyclone or RTI.
“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots
feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,” stated
Harry Schoell, Cyclone’s CEO. “We are focused on demonstrating that our
engines can create usable, green power from plentiful, renewable
plant matter. The commercial applications alone for this earth-friendly
energy solution are enormous.”
CORPORATE PROFILE
Cyclone Power Technologies is the developer of the award-winning Cyclone
Engine – an eco-friendly external combustion engine with the power and
versatility to run everything from portable electric generators and
garden equipment to cars, trucks and locomotives. Invented by company
founder and CEO Harry Schoell, the patented Cyclone Engine is a modern
day steam engine, ingeniously designed to achieve high thermal
efficiencies through a compact heat-regenerative process, and to run on
virtually any fuel - including bio-diesels, syngas or solar - while
emitting fewer greenhouse gases and irritating pollutants into the air.
Currently in its late stages of development, the Cyclone Engine was
recognized by Popular Science Magazine as the Invention of the
Year for 2008, and was presented with the Society of Automotive
Engineers’ AEI Tech Award in 2006 and 2008. Additionally, Cyclone
was recently named Environmental Business of the Year by the
Broward County Environmental Protection Department. For more
information, visit www.cyclonepower.com.
Robotic Technology Incorporated (RTI), a Maryland, U.S.A.
corporation chartered in 1985, provides systems and services in the
fields of intelligent systems, robotic vehicles (including unmanned
ground, air, and sea vehicles), robotics and automation, weapons
systems, intelligent control systems, intelligent transportation
systems, intelligent manufacturing, and other advanced technology for
government, industry, and not-for-profit clients. Please visit www.robotictechnologyinc.com
for more information.
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1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are
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