{"id":267,"date":"2016-07-13T11:31:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T10:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/?p=267"},"modified":"2016-07-13T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T17:25:24","slug":"quick-post-13072016-no-sweat-plus-robots-prefers-adidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/13\/quick-post-13072016-no-sweat-plus-robots-prefers-adidas\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Post: 13\/07\/2016 &#8211; No Sweat!, plus, Robots prefer Adidas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lets Keep Cool Out There!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-271 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/thanko1.jpg\" alt=\"thanko1\" width=\"800\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/thanko1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/thanko1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/thanko1-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>I nearly dropped my coffee this morning when I hit a link on our wonderful web and came across these interesting little devices that could help us all in the summer months. \u00a0Presently only available in Japan from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thanko.jp\/shopdetail\/000000002646\/\">Thanko<\/a>, each\u00a0handy unit blows a cooling breeze into those sometime damp armpit areas, solving a problem plaguing human-kind since the dawn of time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I could be picky and state that the overall design leaves a little to be desired. \u00a0I mean, how comfortable does it look to have a small plastic box sat right under your armpit? \u00a0Also, I&#8217;m guessing it might generate some noise as well? \u00a0But what&#8217;s some noise and discomfort when you end up with cool armpits!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just wondering now if they ship to the UK so I can try them out. \u00a0That said, I need some high quality summer sun as well (or a quick jog around the neighbourhood).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" src=\"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--284\" data-mce-placeholder=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Robots Now Walk in Style<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots of research out there now covering robot walking and balance, but I&#8217;ve yet to see a robot who which was picky about its footwear.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at\u00a0AMBER Lab describe the work they&#8217;ve carried out as, &#8220;Human-like walking on the humanoid robot DURUS. The robot displays the natural heel-strike and toe push-off behaviors that play a key role in human locomotion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, because the robot has a realistic walking pattern, footwear is applicable and so it&#8217;s been kitted out with a nice pair of Adidas. \u00a0My preference is Nike, but in this case I don&#8217;t think it matters!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below and see it in action!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DURUS Walks like a Human\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1fC7b2LjVW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets Keep Cool Out There! I nearly dropped my coffee this morning when I hit a link on our wonderful web and came across these interesting little devices that could help us all in the summer months. \u00a0Presently only available&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/13\/quick-post-13072016-no-sweat-plus-robots-prefers-adidas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-tech","category-quick-post","category-web-snippet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}