[chbot] Sexy Christchurch Technologies looking for worldwide exposure?

[Charles Manning]

John Briiten was not the world's fastest Indian. That was Burt Munro from 
Invercargill.
John made a carbon fibre racing superbike that beat the pants off all the 
Japanese, European and American superbikes.

On Tuesday 06 April 2010 09:29:43 Hanno Sander wrote:
> Thanks Charles,
> Yes, agricultural robotics is a great fit.  Thanks also to the link to
> YAFFS.  I also can't forget your work on LeJOS (Java firmware for the
> Lego Mindstorm)
> I loved the movie about John's work "World's Fastest Indian", so yes,
> I'll include a snippet of that as well.
> Hanno
>
> > Hi Hanno
> >
> > Christchurch is home to some of the most successful industrial (as
> > opposed to toy/hobby) robotic programs. Trimble's Christchurch offices
> > produced robotic steering for tractors, earthmoving machinery etc.
> > http://www.trimble.com/agriculture/guidance.aspx
> > http://www.trimble.com/construction/heavyandhighway.aspx
> >
> > Blowing my own trumpet a bit. File systems might not be very sexy, but
> > they're important (try use a sophisticated product without one). I wrote
> > and continue to develop yaffs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAFFS) which
> > is the file system used in a wide range of products including sewing
> > machines, communication gear, medical devices, point of sale terminals,
> > entertainment and even space probes. The major user is cell phones such
> > as Android based phones.
> >
> > Of course you need to include Britten
> > http://www.splashmedia.co.nz/users/britten/
> >
> > -- Charles
> >
> >
> >
> >
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