Author: Richard Nestoff (Page 13 of 109)

Humanoid robots are trash.

Humanoid Robots Have a Serious Design Flaw, And We Need to Fix It

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here.

From the outside, it seems the only remaining challenge is perfecting the AI ( artificial intelligence) software to enable these machines to handle real-life environments.

Humanoid robots won’t be attending the robot revolution.

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Shop class is fun and dangerous.

Sparks in the Schoolyard: What We Lost When Shop Class Disappeared

There are two ways to look at the approach my parents took to academics. 

“We trust your judgement” or, “so long as the school isn’t calling with problems, everything is fine.”

Either way, I could choose my own classes and graduation requirements weren’t as stringent.  I took every shop class that North Olmsted High School offered, and avoided academic classes.

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