标题: A 10-Fingered Robot Plays Piano [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 10-19-2010 11:53 标题: A 10-Fingered Robot Plays Piano 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Alex Jiang, Maestro piano robot makes global debut. Central News Aghency, Oct. 19, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201010190037&Type=aECO
My comment:
(a) HIWIN Technologies 上銀科技
www.hiwin.com.tw
(b) There is no such viceo clip in company's web site or You Tube. The only one I can find is a fleeting one (lasting seconds) in
Robotic Companions at Taiwan's International Robot Fair. NTDTV 新唐人電視台, Oct. 19, 2010.
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_offbeat/2010-10-19/996424764383.html
--------------------------Separately
(1) Siu Han and Yvonne Yu, Sony to outsource high-end LCD TVs to Foxconn and Wistron. DigiTimes, Oct. 18, 2010.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20101018PD204.html
My comment:
(a) This report is about LCD TV, not LCD.
(b) LCD TV market shares in AMERICA:
(i) Riddhi Patel, Samsung Maintains Lead, but Vizio Closes Gap in Q2 U.S. LCD-TV Market. iSuppli, Aug. 18, 2010.
http://www.isuppli.com/Display-Materials-and-Systems/News/Pages/Samsung-Maintains-Lead-but-Vizio-Closes-Gap-in-Q2-US-LCD-TV-Market.aspx
(2Q10: Samsing 19.7%, Vizio 18.9 and Sony 10.9)
(ii) Riddhi Patel, Vizio Takes Lead in U.S. LCD-TV Market in 2009; Samsung Holds Flat-Panel Top Spot. iSuppli, Feb. 22, 2010.
http://www.isuppli.com/display-materials-and-systems/news/pages/vizio-takes-lead-in-us-lcd-tv-market-in-2009-samsung-holds-flat-panel-top-spot.aspx
(2009: Vizio 18.7&, Samsung 17.7 and Sony 11.6)
(c) 2Q10 market shares, by revenue, of FLAT PANEL television (including plasma display and LCD) in WORLDWIDE:
Q2’10 TV Shipments Show Continued Growth, But Some Regions Weakening
. Displaysearch, Aug. 31, 2010.
http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/100831_q2_10_tv_shipments_show_continued_growth_but_some_regions_weakening.asp
(Table 2: Q2‘10 Worldwide Flat Panel TV Brand Rankings by Revenue Share;
Samsung 24.4%, LGE 14.1, Sony 12.8, Panasonic 9.0 and Toshiba 6.4)
LGE stands for LG Electronics, of S Korea.
(2)
(a) John Markoff, Look Officer, No Hands: Google Car Drives Itself. New York Times, Oct. 10, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?scp=1&sq=look%20officer,%20no%20hands&st=cse
(b) John Markoff, Guided by Computers and Sensors, a Smooth Ride at 60 Miles Per Hour. New York Times, Oct. 10, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10googleside.html?ref=john_markoff
("Unsolved problems remain. * * * the design team was stumped by how to train its system to follow the hand signals that a human traffic cop or crossing guard might make.")
(c) Ben Givan, Letter to editor: Google Cars. New York Times, Oct. 14, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/opinion/l14car.html?scp=1&sq=Ben%20Givan%20Google%20Cars&st=cse
My comment: If you have no time, take a look at the Multimedia for schematic designs and read the quote in (b) as well as letter in (c).