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To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/6/2026 7:31:31 PM
From: David	Respond to of 219896

I do not know what that post is talking about. I need to say something to remedy a detail. With reference to the discussion about what uncle Lewis submitted to the book SI Message, during that discussion I said I do not know how to do that "installation of running water". I'm still thinking about saying that and I think that is referring to what I know as dad's favorite joke being 'Bark chicken'. I don't know how to do the barking and I think that relates to dad's material "If it gets you up in the morning". I think the chicken in that joke refers to the 'clouds of flies' in the chapter The World of Sounds SI Message from uncle Si's book that I do not know how to either, I had Kailey find the Wikipedia page for Handlova Wikipedia and mentioned the castle and she quickly saw the link for Bojnice Castle. Trying to explain 'bees' to them was difficult, I asked if they remembered that comic 'Bill the Cat' and no one did. The 'hail storm that nearly broke every window in the house' was not discussed. I did mention 'the switch from 32volt to 120volt' and told Tyler "if you run over some one, back up and run over them again". I told Tyler "The center is yours" and explained it well I think. I told Tyler "respect the girls" and I do not think I explained it well, probably shouldn't have tried to explain it. As we were using copies Elaine had provided I did mention that I have the book and there are other families in the book and a lot of them are Ukrainian. As for 'Christmas Eve', I will reference again uncle Ed's "you can have it good and cheap but it won't be fast" choice. During the beanbag tossing tournament I did talk to Sasha and her husband. Sasha said she was taking a break during the winter and clarified that she did building houses and not selling houses. Her husband said his work had changed and I said to him 'better to do something than do nothing'. Eve looked and acted very respectable when I met her for the first time at Bruce and Berverley's 50th wedding aniversary. I asked Tanya who called Eve and I said to her "Nice to meet you" and she replied "Nice to meet you". I feel better now.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/6/2026 10:26:31 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 219896

re <<offering new approach>> ... to carrying stuff that go boom or kaboom, presumably, in alignment with 2026, year of AI hardware, and am guessing can be built to any size, go land / water or dropped from the sky, for much to vacuum, another guess bloomberg.com Robot Vacuum Maker Roborock Shows Off Stair-Climbing Model With Legs Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum cleaner in a demonstration for media during CES 2026. Photographer: Dana Wollman/Bloomberg By Dana Wollman January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM GMT+8 Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Roborock unveiled a concept device called the Saros Rover, a robot vacuum cleaner with two legs that can climb stairs in people's homes. The Saros Rover navigates using a combination of artificial intelligence, several motion sensors and 3D spatial information, and can raise and lower its legs independently to climb steps and navigate uneven surfaces. The device does not have a confirmed launch date, and companies like Roborock face challenges such as high prices and improving mobility and battery life to achieve mainstream adoption of home robots. Roborock, a Chinese robotic vacuum cleaner brand, unveiled a concept device with two legs that can climb stairs in people’s homes, a flashy example of efforts to sell ordinary consumers on the idea of home robots. The device, called the Saros Rover, is one of many robots on display at CES, the annual technology conference opening in Las Vegas on Tuesday. It’s the first robot vacuum cleaner with two wheel-legs, according to the company, which is formally known as Beijing Roborock Technology Co. Those legs can be raised and lowered independently of each other, the firm said in a statement Tuesday, allowing it to climb steps and navigate other uneven surfaces while making sudden stops and small turns along the way. Roborock was a surprise hit at last year’s CES, when it unveiled a different robotic vacuum, the Saros Z70, which had a mechanical arm that could pick up stray socks. While the company dazzled onlookers at the show with a tightly choreographed demo, the device was met with a lukewarm reaction from tech reviewers when it went on sale a few months later for $2,599 in the US. Aside from the high price, a common complaint was that the Z70 could only recognize a small handful of items, such as tissues, paper and slippers (but not, say, kids or pet toys). Following that ill-fated launch, Roborock is taking a different approach with the two-legged Rover, which does not have a confirmed launch date, according to the company. The Rover navigates using a combination of artificial intelligence, several motion sensors and 3D spatial information. In a demonstration for media ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, it successfully climbed several steps, rolled down a ramp and pulled off a small jump — a maneuver it might use to go downstairs or bypass certain obstacles, a company spokesperson told Bloomberg. Like the Z70 before it, however, the Rover moved slowly when standing on its legs — more so than a regular robotic vacuum cleaner that’s always low to the ground. The company declined to say how long the device might last between battery charges. Roborock’s Saros Rover is the first robot vacuum cleaner with two wheel-legs, according to the company.Photographer: Dana Wollman/BloombergIt was not immediately clear from the carefully staged presentation what happens if the Rover falls and whether it can reorient itself without the help of a human. In the event of an accident, the robot will try to get up by itself, the spokesperson said. Robotics will be such a prevailing theme at CES that the conference’s organizer, the Consumer Technology Association, set aside a dedicated space for the category at this year’s show. In addition to home appliances like the sort Roborock is selling, a number of brands will be showing humanoid robots, some of which promise to be capable of complex, multi-step tasks, such as sorting and folding laundry. Many challenges remain before mainstream adoption of the technology, not least of which are the high prices of mechanically complex machines like the Rover. Companies also have to show progress in improving mobility and battery life to levels where consumers can feel comfortable entrusting tasks to a domestic robot.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/7/2026 4:43:40 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 219896

Curious

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/9/2026 9:12:58 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Secret_Agent_Man Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219896

Watch & brief The great chip leap: China’s semiconductor equipment self-reliance beats targets scmp.com

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/14/2026 9:18:16 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Secret_Agent_Man Respond to of 219896

pity, another one scmp.com Zheng Yu, ‘rising star’ in chemical engineering from MIT, quits US for China The researcher who specialises in wearable devices has taken up a position at Peking University Dannie Pengin Beijing Published: 9:00pm, 14 Jan 2026Updated: 6:13am, 15 Jan 2026 A leading young Chinese chemical engineer has left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to return home to Peking University. Zheng Yu recently completed her postdoctoral training in bioelectronics in the US but has now joined the Chinese university’s college of chemistry and molecular engineering as an assistant professor. According to her Peking University webpage, Zheng is working on wearable and implantable electronic devices, such as smart bandages that are used to monitor health. Her research focuses on special materials that allow electronic devices to understand the biological signals sent by the body. Zheng graduated from Nankai University in Tianjin in 2017 before heading to Stanford University in the US for her PhD, where she worked with Zhenan Bao, a chemical engineer best known for her work in areas such as flexible electronics and electronic skin. She has spent the past three years at MIT, where she was selected for the university’s rising stars programme in chemical engineering in 2022. The following year her PhD won an award for young chemists sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the chemical multinational Solvay. Zheng’s work has been published in leading academic journals, including Nature Energy, Science and the Journal of the American Chemical Society. She has also received an award for excellence in graduate polymer research from the American Chemical Society, as well as a travel grant from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. China’s top-tier research institutions are increasingly becoming a magnet for rising academic stars who studied in leading Western universities. Xie Zhenfei, an HIV vaccine researcher at Harvard University, joined the State Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety at Wuhan University in October. Last March, nuclear physicist Liu Chang, formerly a research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, left the US for a position at Peking University researching nuclear fusion.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/14/2026 9:24:34 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 219896

much pity

To: Julius Wong who wrote (219032)	1/15/2026 2:00:58 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 219896

Quite funny, as in ha ha, but a pity. Doubtful China allows NVDA anything imported that would move the gauge Maybe 1,000 but less than 10,000, perhaps just a dozen finance.yahoo.com China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips, Nikkei Asia reports Reuters Thu, January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM GMT+8 1 min read Jan 15 (Reuters) - China is working to set rules on how many advanced artificial ?intelligence chip companies can buy from foreign ?makers such as Nvidia, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday, citing ?two people familiar with the matter. The Chinese central government is working on rules that will likely regulate the total volume of cutting-edge AI chips ?local companies can ?purchase, effectively allowing some sales by Nvidia instead of banning them outright, the ?report added. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Nvidia declined to comment. This follows the Trump administration's decision on ?Tuesday to give a formal green light to ?the sale of U.S.-based Nvidia's H200 chips to China. U.S. lawmakers and former officials questioned Trump's decision on Wednesday, arguing that the move erodes America's AI edge and threatens to electrify Beijing's ?military. Reuters reported exclusively on Wednesday ?that Chinese customs authorities have ?told customs agents this week that Nvidia's H200 AI chips are not permitted to ?enter China. The ?Chinese government summoned domestic technology companies to meet where they were explicitly instructed not to ?purchase the chips unless necessary, sources told Reuters. (Reporting by ?Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu ?Sahu and Rashmi Aich)