Monday, April 1, 2002		Lens on IT

Humanoid robot "Posy" jointly designed and developed by Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), Japan, and Japanese robot designer Tatsuya Matsui is unveiled in Tokyo. "Posy" was produced based on the image of a wedding flower girl, SGI Japan said.

Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy makes a point during his keynote address at the 2002 JavaOne Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. McNealy highlighted the latest developments and improvements to the Java platform and outlined future opportunities for Java development including wireless devices.
 

Prototypes of four-legged dinosaur lookalike robots are unveiled by Japanese robot research Tmsuk Co and Omron Corp, one of Japan's biggest manufacturers of industrial control equipment, in Tokyo. Equipped with a camera and a third-generation mobile phone, the robots can roam through a home or building under the command of a security control centre. The companies hope to begin marketing a robot system using the techolology within a year. 

Britain's Culture, Media and Sports Secretary, Tessa Jowell, poses for the press at the Gala Casino in London. The British government has revealed proposals to remove the 1960s laws resticting gambling, allowing online gambling for the first time and casinos the right to offer any form of legal gambling, including Las-Vegas style slot machines with unlimited prizes.

— Reuters photos