Although their web site was unusable for heavy Flash usage, the tweakfest.ch 2005 was actually very interesting. Thanks again to all the organisers for an entertaining event, interesting discussions and a good time. One of my personal highlights was Fuminori Yamasaki of the iXs ("Cool Robotics") Research Corporation with his talk "Robots are better Dancers" including a demonstration of the KHR-1 eco-robot, which they sell in a do-it-yourself kit for 1000 USD:
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The robot on this picture did a complete sideways flip-over during the demonstration, pretty amazing.You should also check out their web page for pictures of the dancing robots.
Now that I am back to Hamburg, it is time to prepare for the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. A very cool thing I discovered during the ESLAM III conference in Manaus was this set of Brazilian WSIS stamps, which Sergio Amadeu da Silveira had with him:
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Naturally my favorite is the "Software Livre" stamp.
I just hope those tickets will be in the mail tomorrow.
P.S. Before I forget: While in Switzerland, John Leach sent mail that the "Everybody loves Eric Raymond (except me)" t-shirts are finally there. Check them out.
