An Android for just $100,000

EDIT: Video (I forgot that wordpress.com doesn’t like YouTube embeds.) I was waiting a while to see if English-language press would pick this up.  Unfortunately, the only news I am finding on my searches from English langauge sources involves another robot in Mexico. The robot in the video, however, was developed by Cinestav (Centro de [...]

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Official Word

Well, it’s official, I can’t go to Mexico: It is with regret that the Office of International Programs at West Virginia University has decided to cancel the May 9 trip to Guanajuato, Mexico. We will be in contact within 24 hrs with further details and with suggestions for alternative programs, both in Business and Economics [...]

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Update on Swine Flu

I got an email from someone at la Universidad de Guanajuato.  In between various points I saw this: 6.- En el caso específico de Guanajuato, el Secretario de Salud Pública del Estado, Jorge Armando Aguirre Torres, reitero que Guanajuato esta en alerta preventiva, por lo que consideró innecesario suspender actividades laborales, educativas, eventos públicos o [...]

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Swine Flu in Mexico

So, I just heard about the swine flu outbreak in Mexico (WHO notice here PRI “The World” report here).  Been watching reports on El Universal (sorry, no embeddable or linkable versions that I can see).  More to come later when I have a clearer idea what this means for travel. UPDATE: So far no travel [...]

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Got my Shots

(Note: If you’ve traveled extensively, this post probably contains a lot of info you already know.  If you haven’t traveled much, but plan to in the future, some of it might be useful.) I got the results from my tuberculosis test today, negative as expected.  The TB test was part of a series of needles [...]

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Where I’m going in 2009

So, since I’ve been starting to make arrangements, I decided I’d take a few minutes to post about my upcoming trips.  If you come accross this blog and don’t know me personally, I am a Foreign Languages major at West Virginia University, studying Spanish and Chinese Studies.  That might seem a little odd, and the [...]

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