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Stanford University scientists have recently developed a computer algorithm that has the capability to learn 20 years of radio-controlled helicopter expertise within 10 minutes. Just as the birds learn to fly by watching other birds, similarly with the help of this software, Helicopter could be made to learn various complex aerial tricks. Scientists involved in this project had an aim of writing a program that could fly a helicopter as good as an expert. Mathematical calculations involved in developing the software were too complex. As dynamics of helicopter are amazingly complicated; such as blades are flexing, air is churning etc hence it was really a challenge for Stanford scientists to develop such a project. This software monitors accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers with great precision. Air traffic control equipment at the ground level can also interact quite easily with this software so as to maintain a safe and secure flight. All of the data from the surface are feed back to the computer of helicopters and manipulated closely by this software. Now as this software is a huge success, large number of companies from all over the world is approaching to buy this fabulous software.

Scientists have recently developed a new class of submersible robots that can swim like a fish and hover like a helicopter deep inside the sea while mapping seascapes. This new class of robot has been named as autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Since when satellite images have discovered close sea surface activities, it had been a challenge for scientists to develop a robot that can glide for thousands of miles under the sea by utilizing the ocean’s stored heat for power. This autonomous underwater vehicle has the capability to withstand a very high under water pressure so as to dive nearly about seven miles under the sea. This latest technology has been discovered to reveal the oceanographic knowledge that extends all the way down the seafloor and beyond. These AUVs can provide us amazing underwater images that we haven’t seen before. One of the newest robots of this kind is named as Sentry that can travel at a speed of about 2.3 miles per hour. With its streamlined shape it can even move across the narrow regions beneath the rocks. Scientists have planned to establish a sensor network with the help of sentry robots so as to facilitate proper underwater wiring system.

Video search has always been a tiring job for the net users all around the world. If you are searching for a video clip, you will have to move around lots of trial and error. A latest technology is soon to be launched by Yahoo Inc. that will make your video surfing simpler. With this complex technology your computer will be able to recognize images of various formats and index them scene by scene. A trial version of the above technology has been performed by the Yahoo and is running successfully, although users will have to submit their e-mail ID and password before using this technology. A question may arise that what could be the difference between other video search engines like youtube, google, MSN and this latest video search. Main difference lies in the indexing process of the crawlers. Other video search engines crawl the Meta tags and heading of the videos where as this latest video search crawls on the images of the video and recognize them snap by snap. This latest technology enables your computer to see directly inside the video and sort out the exact clips you are looking for.