Building Up

Got the midterm back.
"I'm sorry. I made the test much harder than I meant to"
The words of the professor.

So despite all things including a dismal class average, leaving questions blank, and screwing up with my study focus I managed to avoid a complete Horror show and Salvaged a B-.

Now it's time to start building up the greatest knowledge base in this subject that has ever been attempted. Only a month until the exam, I figure an 80 should be easily obtainable with a given 100 hours of study or so. (I only had a measly 20 for the test.)

In other Developments, my good friend and Genius Matt has gotten the soon to be "Brain" of the halotis prototype robot up and running. Preliminary coding will undoubtedly soon begin. My research into sensor interfacing, particularly the circuits and devices used to connect sensors with real time computer styled brains is ongoing. I'm still full of questions and wondering if electrical engineering reall should have been my #2 choice. Well someone needs to design the mechanisms right? and the numbers speak for themselves. Of 54 Mechanical engineers, 24 have found jobs. Of 48 Electricals, 8 have jobs. Who's in more demand? who's better :)

In other news, with thanks to ebay I've procurred the Lego RCX 2.0 invention kit. Usually going for $299 CAD, I've gotten a hold of it for 150$ CAD plus shipping. My hope, fueled by my reading and the fact that researchers use kits that are much the same, is that I will be able to get a good hold on just how a robot brain interfaces with the sensors. In addition, the versatile little kit will be a golden tool to use for prototyping and visualizing designs. Much handier than having to cut cardboard, wood or aluminum for "proof-of-concept" prototypes.

Like in all things, I'm hoping that the setup and the prep is the slowest part.
With this solid foundation in place some serious building up is about to begin.