Robotics on The DailyShow with Jon Stewart

[Salik Syed]

... sounds cool! I want to watch it but don't have regular access to a TV here. It's definitely great that CS is getting some mainstream media attention. The field has a lot more to it than "programming" or even building software.

We looked at his coal mine mapping robot in one of my classes... very interesting stuff indeed. They use a laser scanner to scan a cross section of the cave and by combining all of these slices create a full 3d model of the cave.

[artdutra04]

Robotics + The Daily Show = w00t!

Originally Posted by Salik Syed

... sounds cool! I want to watch it but don't have regular access to a TV here.

The video's currently on The Daily Show website, available for free for anyone to watch.

You'll have to scroll about a third the way down the list, where you can view the whole segment online. Just look for the segment titled "Lee Gutkind".

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/t...ow/index.jhtml

[Pavan Dave]

I saw it last night. The guy was brilliant and I like how smart scientists and engineers have been on the line up more recently compared to how often they appeared in the past. The I think Stewart shares the need for scientists and engineers for our future....Only if we could get him to promote FIRST somehow. Maybe, just maybe, if the authors of FIRST Robots Behind the Design had an opportunity.