SPM vs MuP

Well this is wat cam out from a friend of mine, Kinshuk Kar ( phodu hai ). SPM = Structural Properties of Materials and MuP = Microprocessor Interfacing and Programming. Well this is what happened:

We had SPM and MuP on the same day, and we had hardly ne tym 2 read the two subjects. And as we all know "creativity cumes in adversity". Well juss go thru 

    1)8086 is made up of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite
2)Polling is NOT a heat-treatment process
3)You cannot draw the microstructure of a microprocessor,neither can u
have a microprocessor in a microstructure.
4)The pin CONFIGURATION of 8086 changes at eutectoid temperature.
5)There is no difference between read-write timing diagrams and CCT diagrams.(Only difference CCT has a logarithmic time-scale)
6)Austenite changes to pearlite after quenching to 600 degrees and giving a non-maskable interrupt for 10^3 seconds.
7)Embedded Systems does NOT mean spherical particles of cementite embedded in ferrite.
8)The microstructure formed after heat-treatment depends on the number
of wait states inserted.
9)8086 is not the name of an iron-carbon alloy.
10)Interrupt vector != Slip vector.

I've become strain-hardened after doing memory interfacing :'( plz excuse me.   Really Hats off to KK. He raaaks  

Robo Wars . . .

Well lemme make it clear from the beginning, I am not a man of robotics. I like robots because in some sense or the other it gives you the feeling of being God. You create a robot which obeys you and works according to you, how small the job may be (i made a robo which could pick a ball and move. dats it :) ).

Now coming onto Robo Wars, to me its a great event. You have action, adventure, fear, emotion (if u made the robo which is in the arena),  in short an entertainment package. Few days back I came across this video.

Yup the pic i showed was no way related to the video. Unlike the pic which consists of humanoids, the video consists of robo cars (nt the right word. you know what i mean).


Coming back 2 the video, I did learn how simply u can win a Robo War and how difficult it can be ,when you have an equivalent competitor. If did check the video, you ll agree with me on the fact that the principles rather the way both of the teams desgined their bots were quite simple (large base, big wheels, took toppling into account) and was good enough. The fact that both the teams used the same methods spiced up the competition. The video doesn't show who wins in the end. What do you think? Who won the game?