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Oscar the TrashBot - System Test

Oscar the TrashBot - System Test

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Oscar the TrashBot

Oscar the TrashBot

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DyIO Setup Using The Neuron Robotics Console

DyIO Setup Using The Neuron Robotics Console

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Neuron Robotics Hexapod Algorithm Update

Neuron Robotics Hexapod Algorithm Update!

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Introduction to Neuron Robotics

An introduction ....

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Opera Bots?

Death and the Powers is a one-act opera featuring a chorus of singing robots. The opera centers on an obscenely rich man transferring what is essentially his personality and experiences into a computer-style system after his demise.
This is a person converting himself into software. It's the ultimate personal reboot.
The libretto is written by three-time U. S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and the story is cowritten by him and writer-director Randy Weiner, whose works include The Donkey Show.
The American premiere will be in March of 2011, in Boston with the American Repertory Theater and Opera Boston as a tie-in to the MIT 150th Anniversary celebration.
Would you go to see an opera starring robots?

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Mass Innovation Night October 13, 2010 Review

Once again, I attended Mass Innovation on behalf of Neuron Robotics. This time, the event was held at beautiful Fan Pier.
Bobbie Carlton and Dan Englander were our gracious hosts as always. The Mass Challenge incubator space at Fan Pier is fun, with a ping-pong table and numerous "idea walls" filled with the scrawlings of excited, creative folk. Makes you proud to be an entrepreneur!
The lucky presenting companies were as follows:

• HiveFire - Curata is B2B online marketing and content curation solution. The idea between content curation is to grab content from all over the web and filter it properly and include it on a website or in a newsletter as aggregated content. While many people do this work manually, Curata is intended to automate a lot of this process although the actual, final piece -- a person looking over the content one last time before publishing it -- is still not automated. But it's probably better that way.
• JoyTunes - They combine actual musical instruments with video games, thereby making it easy and fun for children (and adults!) to learn to play musical instruments. The first application is with a recorder, and they will eventually add the piano to their repertoire. It's hard to explain without a visual, so here's their presentation:
• Second Glass - Discover new wines, remember what you are drinking and share with friends. They've sold over 2500 tickets to various wine events (Wine Riots) and are going on tour so they will not only be in Boston bvut will also get into DC, Chicago and Los Angeles. They are creating a large online wine database. They even brought some wine to try!
• Zenesys - Affordable, Actionable Market Intelligence via crowdsourced research. This is all performed online although their researchers may have access to some offline materials. The cost runs from $1,000 for market sizing to $5,000 for competitive landscape analysis up to business analysis work for which you can get a quote.

This month's experts were:

• Scott Macmillan of Macguffin Games, which makes a new game called Mustache Mercenaries,
• Joe Ciccolo of Levatura, LLC - due diligence for businesses that don't have the time to perform due diligence on their vendors,
• Dan Davis of Accounting Management Solutions, which provides outsourced accounting for busy startups,
• Casey Gustus of High Start Group, which accelerates the market success of innovative products, and,
• Jay Wilder of My Brainshark, which is an online presentation software tool for business communications and elearning.

The other companies present were:

• Agree'nSign which makes electronic document signature software
• Avitage - instantly assemble and deliver digital media programs
• Bubulu Labs, iYuva - Play. Create. Share. These are games for children, that can be played on smart phones
• eVisioner - Project Management, Team Governance webapp
• Penmia - capture your memories. I scored a free trial -- it's kind of like a private scrapbook/diary, online.
• Red's All Natural - The Best Damn Burrito, period. They looked good but the calorie gods were not in my favor. Next time I'll be sure to make some room as everyone I asked was positively raving about them.

Whenever I go to Mass Innovation, I seem to make new friends, like these fine folks:

• Networker Extraordinaire Jon Roussel, who blogged about our presentation from the last Mass Innovation. Thanks, Jon!
• Christopher Austin, a partner at Goodwin Proctor,
• Dan Kriegsman, who is a patent attorney
• Richard Turcott of HiveFire. He had this little flame thing that was mesmerizing.And,
• Eleanor Howe - is there anything she doesn't do? But her blog is what's really fun. Go take a peek and check out her takes on cocktails, Mad Men and the all-around scene in our fair metropolis.

Plus I saw many old friends:

• Ben Hron, who is an attorney who helps startups get to angel and venture capital funding. He's always kindly interested in what we're doing.
• Joe Lima who reminded me about The Community Roundtable. But now that's my day to go into Worcester. Would the community manager cognescenti consider a trip out to the hinterlands, I wonder.
• Eric Modeen, a Product Manager who I've seen at several events over the course of almost a year. It's always great to see him.
• Rama Nandiwada of IT Shore
• Mark Rodman - I saw him fly by, past the Penmia table.
• Rich Sands and I talked marketing. He recently handled a big announcement for his largest client, and he's pretty jazzed about that.
• Tara Greco - I had last seen her months ago.
• Masoud Shadravan who reports that his new job is interesting work and a he's on a terrific team. Excellent!
• Christine Sierra - I saw her rush by; don't think she saw me. And,
• Chuck Tanowitz - we got a chance to catch up on marketing ideas but also his grilled salmon with jasmine rice and roasted root vegetables. It sounded fantastic!

I think the best part for me -- other than reconnecting -- was seeing the Mass Challenge space itself. It's somewhat similar to our own office space. I guess we all start from the same point, more or less.
Here we all go.

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