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NASA and ESA will team up to deflect Earth-bound asteroids
If humanity is going to stop dangerous asteroids, countries will likely have to work together -- thankfully, that might just happen. NASA and ESA teams are meeting in Rome next week to discuss progress on on the Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment, a joint research mission to study the viability of diverting an asteroid by crashing a spacecraft into its surface. The project aims to deflect the orbit of one of the two Didymos asteroids between Earth and Mars, with an observer craft gauging the effect of the impact more effectively than ground-based observers could manage.
Gamerkraft announces Aida Arenas MMO brawler
Ready for another free-to-play MMO brawler? Ready or not, here it comes in the form of Aida Arenas, a new title just announced by Game Bridger Entertainment for its Gamerkraft F2P distribution platform. Aida Arenas is an action title from Korea's GalaxyGate development house, and it looks to combine classic beat-'em-up arcade stylings with the character progression and social features commonly found in MMORPGs. The world of Aida is a place where "good ol' fashioned rough-housing" is a primary pastime, and "the game's accessible controls and gameplay mechanics are sure to appeal to a wide range of both hardcore and casual gamers," according to a Game Bridger press release. Game Bridger is the publisher behind F2P titles like Freejack and Priston Tale 2, and you can learn more about its latest offering by viewing the Aida Arenas trailer after the cut.
MIT's Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy's lovechild (video)
If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times, stop trying to make robots into "friendly companions!" MIT must have some hubris stuck in its ears, as its labs are back at it with what looks like Clippy gone 3D, with an extra dash of Knight Rider-inspired personality. What we're talking about here is a dashboard-mounted AI system that collects environmental data, such as local events, traffic and gas stations, and combines it with a careful analysis of your driving habits and style to make helpful suggestions and note points of interest. By careful analysis we mean it snoops on your every move, and by helpful suggestions we mean it probably nags you to death (its own death). Then again, the thing's been designed to communicate with those big Audi eyes, making even our hardened hearts warm just a little. Video after the break. %Gallery-76874%
