Sunday, January 29, 2012

week 4 {January 22-28, 2012}

Sunday, January 22
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Furniture has been moved. Now we wait for the new couch and chair to arrive!

Monday, January 23
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Milk face.

Tuesday, January 24
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We're working on reducing the swaddle. So far, one arm out. This is how he woke up.

Wednesday, January 25
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Exploring.

Thursday, January 26
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Someone did NOT want to be put down tonight.

Friday, January 27
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I took him back to daycare at lunchtime, and he was asleep right up until I fastened him in his car seat.

Saturday, January 28
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She really is a good cat.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

week 3 {January 15-21, 2012}

January 15
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My sweet boy.

January 16
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Reading time.

January 17
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It was in the low 40s. Not exactly top-down-convertible weather.

January 18
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Smiles!

January 19
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Bundled up!

January 20
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Date night.

January 21
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Sewing project complete! (See more on my other blog)

Sunday, January 15, 2012

week 2 {January 8-14, 2012}

Sunday, January 8
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He eats just about anything.

Monday, January 9
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I'm working on using the manual mode on my camera. The baby is working on his back muscles in his exersaucer. Win-win.

Tuesday, January 10
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It was chilly, but warm enough to take a walk. And check out the hat!

Wednesday, January 11
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This was the last night my brother was home.

Thursday, January 12
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Good morning!

Friday, January 13
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Seriously. His hats are pretty amazing.

Saturday, January 14
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Bumbo time!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

week 1 {January 1-7, 2012}

Rather than the day by day posts, I'm going to go with the weekly posts this year. I love the challenge of taking a picture every day, and this year I'm going to try really hard to branch out from my baby and cat. Though you'll still see a lot of them on here.

January 1
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Uncle Jason is visiting!

January 2
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My mom made this outfit for the baby, for Christmas. I just love his sideways grins.

January 3
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My brother, knowing my love of pineapple, brought this from Hawaii. Love.

January 4
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With grandpa.

January 5
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My brother, my child, stepmom and dad.

January 6
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Snuggles before bedtime.

January 7
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Chloe. Enough said.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Where Humans Dare Not : NASA’s Spidernaut robots will go


While the robot pictured made above may seem scary to those individuals who experience from arachnophobia, in fact it’s one of the next additional car programs (EVR) that NASA is operating on for upcoming space-borne development tasks. Properly known as “Spidernaut” for its arachnid creativity, it appears like its real-life version enough that we believe the fact we did not want in order to match the element in a black street.

Built by groups at the Jackson Place Middle, Spidernaut has been created to fix the exclusive issues that the next technology of space trip existing. With programs still in the operates at NASA to deliver a manned car to Mars and other beautiful vacation spots, the business recommendations for the tasks contact for automobiles that are either too huge or too weak to be created here on Soil. NASA’s option is to deliver several payloads into space to develop space channels that will become space-docks. These channels will be the holding details for the development of the automobiles required to aid human being life during extensive inter-planetary trips. To help with the developing procedure, Spidernauts will be used to do function that would either be too risky or would need a stage of management that would be challenging for a person being in an area fit.


Spidernaut
 

While the software made above may seem scary to those individuals who experience from arachnophobia, in fact it’s one of the next additional car programs (EVR) that NASA is operating on for upcoming space-borne development tasks. Properly known as “Spidernaut” for its arachnid creativity, it appears like its real-life version enough that we believe the fact we did not want in order to match the element in a black street.

Built by groups at the Jackson Place Middle, Spidernaut has been created to fix the exclusive issues that the next technology of space trip existing. With programs still in the operates at NASA to deliver a manned car to Mars and other beautiful vacation spots, the business recommendations for the tasks contact for automobiles that are either too huge or too weak to be created here on Soil. NASA’s option is to deliver several payloads into space to develop space channels that will become space-docks. These channels will be the holding details for the development of the automobiles required to aid human being life during extensive inter-planetary trips. To help with the developing procedure, Spidernauts will be used to do function that would either be too risky or would need a stage of management that would be challenging for a person being in an area fit.

Spidernaut straddling

The experts at NASA liked the concept of using an arachnid-inspired EVR for the benefits its eight feet would provide for space-borne development. Using Spidernaut is valuable because its eight feet will be able to propagate the bodyweight of the EVR out while journeying over components that are in development and the capability to straddle elements like solar arrays and telescope showcases while accomplishing servicing. This will allow the EVR to function on said components without putting them in threat of being broken by Spidernaut itself.

The Spidernaut even has the capability to make its own web, just like a actual examine, for use in journeying between two components. Using space tethers, the EVR can make a assistance program that will allow it to examine around to the different places it needs to go. The addition of this capability is genuine professional on NASA’s aspect as this assistance program will be able to move and respond but not separate, generating it suitable for the afflication of space.

Right now there is one operating magic size in Dallas that is being designed for upcoming tasks, and is being used as the time frame for other EVR’s being designed for different requirements.

Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/nasas-spidernaut-robots-will-go-where-humans-dare-not-2012012/