Windows 8, as well as Apple Macs
and Linux workstations. The only
thing required is for the Chrome
browser to be installed. This
development approach is still pretty
new, but if you can create a web
page with some JavaScript using
Chrome apps, you can create
applications that will work on all
major PC platforms.
The second was to source
locally. All of the major components
in Jade robot were purchased and
assembled close to home. This
allowed us to buy on shorter lead
times and lower quantities than if
they were procured offshore. It also
meant that we could respond to
production issues very quickly (just a
jump in the car). Also, my wife is
happy because there haven’t been
any calls at 3:00 in the morning over
a scratchy overseas phone cable
asking for “Mr. Myke.”
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Figure 18. The Jade Robot attracts attention everywhere it goes.
Here it is being inspected by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
at the Challenger Learning Centre in Toronto.
