Apologies for the lack of of updates over the last two weeks, it has been very difficult here! I seem to have got myself what everyone calls a "slipped disk, or a prolapsed disk. I'm not sure how I got it, but it means I can't really walk very well, and I can't lie down. Most of all it hurts A LOT to sneeze and cough. The main symptom to my slipped disk is Sciatica, which means that the disk has herniated and is squashing my sciatic nerve, in my right leg. This means I've been off work for a few days, and haven't really done much.
However, before my leg got really bad, Ryan and I went to a local university here, Universiti Tenaga Nasional. We went on our little business trip to meet a few robotics experts who are also lecturers at the University.
College of Engineering Reception
Ryan and I felt very jealous about their big reception, it was so much more welcoming than in Wolfson, no glass windows between the receptionist and the visitor, lots of seats to sit and wait, there are even potted plants. Wolfson has 4 chairs and a bunch of students handing coursework in...
On Display in the Reception
I guess Wolfson does have one in the Cafe, well there is a Malaysian one here too. It gave Ryan and I extra peace of mind, because every engineering department needs to have a crappy formula student car on display, otherwise it isn't a real engineering department.
Oh something I saw as I was leaving the department... Wolfson NEEDS one.. the number of times I have stayed in late, and wanted to order food, but haven't had the cash on me... Every engineering student knows how annoying it is, because its a whole 10 minute walk to the nearest... ATM!!! I could be spending that 10 minutes pretending to revise!
ATM.. in the department!
Question 30 Points: Which bank does the ATM belong to and what does the name stand for?
Isn't it magnificent? I wanted to get closer to take a picture, but people were using it, and I didn't want to get arrested for taking photos of people using ATMs.. but you can still see it in this photo.
The trip was really cool, I didn't take any pictures of the robotics lab, because I thought that might be rude/prohibited. The guys we spoke to were extremely clever and knew everything about robots, Ryan and I felt kind of out of their league, as we know very little about robots. Give it a few more months, and we will be robot pros, I can start taking in orders for robot armies now if anyone is interested.
