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Mantabot, the Underwater Manta Ray Robot
Have you ever watched a manta ray swim in the water, and marveled at how smooth its actions were? They seem to fly as they slide and glide about in the water, making underwater propulsion seem like a simple feat. In fact, the manta ray’s movements are so smooth and efficient that the University of Virginia built
Share and EnjoyBuy Your New Mech Today for only $1.4 Million
Isn’t it time that you forgo the usual type of heavy armored transportation and went with a new mech? Suidobashi Heavy Industries are ready to put you in the driver seat for only $1.4 million, a small price to pay for the ultimate in advanced mechanization bragging rights. The 13 ft tall units, known as the Kuratas, feature such powerful advanced
Share and EnjoyArtificial Jellyfish Created From Rat Cells
It may look and move like a jellyfish, but it isn’t. Instead, it happens to be an artificial tentacled creature composing of silicon and rat cells. The creature, known as the “Medusoid” due to its Medusa like appearance, was created by some obviously fun loving scientists at Caltech and Harvard. The Medusoid is able to
Share and EnjoyRobots Are Taking the Pictures at London Olympics
The good news is that Skynet has not happened yet, and we are free to live without robotic overlords. That is, except for maybe professional photographers, who may find that the robots are indeed taking over the London Olympics. Reuters will have 11 robots set up in places that no human photographer will be able
Share and EnjoySapphires Could Be The Million+ Year Data Storage Solution
Did you ever stop to consider how all of this digital data we live with today is going handle long-term storage? The typical hard drive is rated for about 5 years. The new SSDs fare better, with an expected storage of 8 to 10 years. Even a physical DVD is only good for 25 years
Share and EnjoyA Little Tough Love with Mr. Wizard
Mr. Wizard, aka Don Herbert, made science fun for millions of kids over the years. With his approach of hands on learning and a youthful assistant, Mr. Wizard brought science out of the textbooks and into the real world. But through those years of helping his assistants perform the experiments, there was always a message
Share and EnjoyEvolution of Dance, NAO Robot Style
There is a good chance that you have seen (or at least heard about) the Evolution of Dance video on Youtube, and the extremely popular video has had its shares of remakes and interpretations. But if you want cute technological overload, no one does it better than NAO Robot. Check out the video below. Evolution
Share and EnjoyAugment Reality with Microsoft’s MirageTable
If Microsoft Research has anything to say about it, a virtual, interactive meeting place may be coming to a desktop near you sooner than later. The MirageTable makes the magic happen by utilizing a top mounted 3-D projector to present the visuals on a curved display area, and a Kinect (who didn't see that
Share and EnjoyArchitecture Built by Flying Robots
What if you could have a structure that was built brick by brick by flying robots? Well, the Swiss Federated Institute of Technology in Zurich made that rather Skynet-esque picture a reality recently when they showed their system for the Flying Machine Enabled Construction. The video below shows several quadrocopter-based flying robots picking up and
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