ronald a. richardson » robotics http://ronaldarichardson.com Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:49:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Introducing Hacknmod.com – you Name It. We Hack it http://ronaldarichardson.com/2009/02/01/introducing-hacknmodcom-%e2%80%93-you-name-it-we-hack-it/ http://ronaldarichardson.com/2009/02/01/introducing-hacknmodcom-%e2%80%93-you-name-it-we-hack-it/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:18:07 +0000 Ronald http://ronaldarichardson.com/2009/02/01/introducing-hacknmodcom-%e2%80%93-you-name-it-we-hack-it/ hacking
Joe Utson asked:


We’re pleased to announce the launch of HacknMod.com. At HacknMod, users will find hundreds of tutorials, guides, and even step by step video lessons to train visitors to hack and modify common (even retro) game consoles such as the Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, NES, Atari, etc. Not only does HacknMod demonstrate game console hacking, but they also have loads of information on modding AirSoft guns, Windows, Mac, iPods, robotics, case mods, coke machines, and even elevators (skip floors). Besides being an awesome place to discover the art of modding, HacknMod also allows hackers to sell their mods to eager customers in the HacknMod Marketplace.

The HacknMod team is devoted to seeking out all the best hacks, mods and DIY (do it yourself) projects around web. HacknMod’s step by step hack archive is updated daily (sometimes several times each day) so users always look forward to fresh content. Have questions or problems attempting a hack? No problem. Head on over to the HacknMod forum where users show off their hacks as well as assist others. So when you decide to Speed Up Your Computer, make a Paintball Machine Gun, Add LED’s to Your 360 Controller, or even Build Your Own Segway, stop by and take a gander at what HacknMod.com has to offer.



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Anyways, I have my college I will be attending next year. I’ve been accepted to the University of Advancing Technology, and I’ve decided to go. My selected program is Robotics and Embedded Systems. I’m so looking forward to attending. I even have a cool new email from UAT, it’s ronricha@uat.edu

I’ve been really busy lately, setting up computer networks, and now I have multiple projects I’m working on. Making web edits for companies, and development for organizations.

Also teamed up with a couple of guys, and is now working on a web 2.0 project, hopefully web 3.0. Utilizing my coding, designing, and hacking skills we are trying to bring forth something new together. It’s interesting…

BACK into high school life, my new semester starts next week. I’m looking forward to my much easier classes.

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Polyworld is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS X) program written by Larry Yaeger to evolve Artificial Intelligence through natural selection and evolutionary algorithms.

It shows a graphical environment using the Qt graphics toolkit and OpenGL, in which exists a population of trapezoid agents which search for food, mate, have offspring, and prey on each other. Typically the population is only in the hundreds, as each individual is rather complex and the environment consumes considerable computer resources. The graphical environment is necessary since the individuals actually move around the 2-D plane and the occasional barrier and must be able to “see.” Since some basic abilities like eating carcasses or randomly generated food, seeing other individuals, mating or fighting with them etc. are possible, a number of interesting behaivours have been observed to spontaneously arise after prolonged evolution, such as cannibalism, predators and prey, and mimicry.

Each individual makes decisions based on a neural net using Hebbian learning; the neural net is derived from each individual’s genome. The genome does not merely specify the wiring and weighting of the neurel nets, but also determines their size, speed, color, mutation rate and a number of other factors. The genome is randomly mutated at a set probability, and are also changed in descendant organisms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m97_kL4ox0

Also visit: http://virgil.gr/ – I look up to this man, Virgil Griffith is a genius!

This is the future.

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