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Every two years the Olympic Games roll around and we are treated to endless commentary and an amazingly small amount of actual sport (at least on NBC Universal Channels that have a stranglehold on U.S. broadcasts via their $7.75 billion contract). Outside of the NBC hype machine, we have seen a pattern in recent years of… Read more »
It is almost one month since our most recent energy infrastructure foundering: Crimson Pipeline’s release of crude oil into the hills above the City of Ventura. Lots of developments continue to burble up as we all try to figure out the next surprise. As we assessed the spill in the immediate wake of that June… Read more »
The realization of an epidemic of police violence, racial/economic inequality, and deep-seated divisiveness across our country that has been growing for the past year and half exploded last night in Dallas. The soul searching and groping for ways to move forward has been helped along thanks in no small part to technology. Access to Data […]
The array of robotic platforms and control systems is truly staggering these days. No more so than at the potential entry points for those of us who are “non-experts” but who can see the value in such technologies. While not all of us got to park next to the first iteration of the Google Car […]
Yet another start of the summer and yet another pipeline break on the south coast. A Year of Spilling Dangerously Our oil infrastructure here in coastal southern California has certainly had a pretty horrid year. We started with last year’s mid-May Refugio Oil Spill. The largest oil spill in Santa Barbara County since the infamous… Read more »
Drones at Hollywood’s Premiere Technology Event Cine Gear Cine Gear Expo is an annual technology event by and for Hollywood’s entertainment industry. The Expo returned to the historic Paramount Studios lot for its 21st outing from June 2-5, 2016. Cine Gear primarily targets behind the scenes film and television artists and technicians who sculpt and […]
We are nearing the release of our 2016 Drone Poll Results!!! By way of prep, I am curious as to what you all think about our potential mapping output formats. The underlying data represented in these draft graphs isn’t important at this point. Rather, I am curious as to which you all think is the best […]
The one-year anniversary of the Refugio Oil Spill has brought with it a raft of renewed interest in this oil spill and the consequences as we now see them. We’ve done a good deal of media over the last couple of weeks. Add to that plenty of breaking stories from all quarters (often speaking to… Read more »
Our AARR Team‘s secret Computer Science weapon–Tim Holcombe–proved his robotic chops today during his final exam/competition for our COMP 462: Embedded Systems class. Autonomous Car Challenge CSU Channel Islands’ newest Computer Science professor (and fellow AARR Team member) Dr. Jason Isaacs created our first ever Autonomous Car Challenge for the students in his COMP 462 course this year. Students […]
Raise that Glass The one year anniversary of the Refugio Oil Spill is fast approaching. Lots of folks have been asking my colleagues and me about the impacts of this spill now that we have the perspective of a year. Well, first and foremost, I’m hugely appreciative to the repair man. The repair guy (I… Read more »
