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Industry 1.0 to 5.0 − A Brief History of Progress

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It is the histories of our various pursuits that inform their futures, and manufacturing is no different. For centuries, goods, including food, clothing, and shelter, were manufactured by hand; the first industrial revolution marked the beginning of ...
- 20 Nov 2020
Japanese town deploys two robot wolves to prevent bear attacks

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The monster wolf robot was installed in Takikawa, Japan, in an attempt to prevent bear attacks. Each robot is outfitted with motion detectors. Once triggered, it emits 60 sounds, moves its head, and flashes its eyes. (Image Credit: KYODO/Reuters)&nbs...
- 19 Nov 2020
Light and Diamonds: New Solutions to Fight Climate Change

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Pollution and its effect on the environment are much-debated subjects. Those who believe in global warming are doing their part to reverse it, whether it is at an international level like Greta Thunberg or a personal level like the proponents of the ...
- 18 Nov 2020
3D Printed Homes: The Future of Housing

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One of Mighty Buildings' units in progress. (Image credit 6sqft) I love this. On-demand structures! Though, I do see this as a rather expensive shed option. Perhaps they'll get cheaper over time. Housing is one of the biggest common expense...
- 6 Nov 2020
85-year old primary school building “walks” to a new location in China

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Engineers were able to relocate this 85-year-old primary school building to a new location with the held of 196 robotic legs. (Image Credit: Shanghai Evolution Shift) Sometimes you have to move a building, I guess. In Shanghai, engineers have mo...
- 3 Nov 2020
RS3 Firefighting Robot Extinguishes L.A. Textile Fire on the First Day

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The Los Angeles Fire Department raised $272,000 to purchase the country’s first firefighting robot, the Thermite RS3 that can spray 2,500 gallons of water or foam per minute for up to 20 hours. Los Angeles Firefighters watch a demonstration of the co...
- 3 Nov 2020
Burger Flipping Robot - Flippy ROAR - Selling for $30,000

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Flippy ROAR is attached to a rail under the kitchen hood, allowing it to move around. It's convenient because it stays out of a worker's way. (Image Credit: Miso Robotics) Whenever I see this type of innovation, I can’t help but think of...
- 30 Oct 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Clever Solutions for Smart Cities

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Image by Jason Goh from Pixabay Until earlier this year, urban areas were on a steady path of upward growth and expansion. At the time, more and more people were moving back to cities to live and work. Companies shuttered sprawling suburban camp...
- 29 Oct 2020
Robots to Take Over In Agriculture

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Robots are becoming an integral part of agriculture. A new type of robots will soon be helping farmers with harvesting cauliflowers and other produce. This is a "Fieldworks Robotics" harvesting robot. (Image credit: Fieldworks Robotics)&nbs...
- 27 Oct 2020
Machine Learning Ends World Hunger

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An AI was tasked with combing through 500,000 studies and white papers to find the most relevant information to help end world hunger. Could machine learning help us bring an end to world hunger? (Image credit: Shuttershock) It’s hard to believe...
- 16 Oct 2020
Japan to come up with decision on releasing Fukushima wastewater into the ocean

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The Japanese government is expected to make a decision on disposing of the wastewater from the storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Image Credit: Reuters) Japanese fish industry representatives recently opposed rel...
- 13 Oct 2020
Space Tourism: Why Live On A Planet When You Can Live On Orbit?

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While many space tourism companies are planning to settle on the moon or Mars, there is a company working on building settlements in orbit. 3-D model of the orbital habitat's important features. (image credit: Texas A&M University) Many of u...
- 7 Oct 2020
Artificial intuition is the 4th generation of AI

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The 4th generation of AI, artificial intuition, is similar to human intuition. It can be used in various industries, especially financial services. (Image Credit: pixabay) Artificial intelligence has proven to be one of the most active technolog...
- 1 Oct 2020
Autonomous aircraft are taking over the skies, here's a few

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Pipistrel has unveiled its eVTOL aircraft, which comes in two models that are capable of delivering cargo over certain distances, depending on the payload. (Image Credit: Pipistrel) Pipistrel, a Slovenian aircraft manufacturer, has recently unve...
- 28 Sep 2020
Autonomous ship, The Mayflower, sets sail this month

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The Mayflower, an autonomous ship, embarking on various missions over the next six months ahead of its transatlantic journey. This Mayflower looks nothing like the one in history books. (Image credit: University of Birmingham’s Human Interface Techno...
- 25 Sep 2020
Microsoft retrieved its underwater datacenter after two years of deployment

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The datacenter was retrieved from the seafloor off Scotland's Orkney Islands. Algae, barnacles and sea anemones grew on the datacenter. (Image Credit: Jonathan Banks) Microsoft completed its years-long experiment involving a 40-foot long, 12-rac...
- 22 Sep 2020
Sloths Inspired A Breakthrough in Environmental Study

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Another robot was built to help scientists deepen their study of climate change, and this time they want to slow down the process. Team of researchers surrounding the Slothbot. (image credit: Georgia Tech)Most people believe that global warming is re...
- 18 Sep 2020
Pepper: A Robot To Reduce Loneliness

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Scientists created a robot that can hold basic conversations, and a study discovered that when the robot is put in care homes, it improved the mental health of the residents. This is the robot "Pepper," the new robot to be put in UK care ho...
- 17 Sep 2020
Waymo prepares to roll out self-driving trucks in Texas

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Waymo is ready to deploy its autonomous trucks on Texas interstates. Is this the future of trucking? (Image credit: Waymo) Don't be surprised the next time you see a semi-truck on the road, and there's no driver inside. Self-driving truc...
- 9 Sep 2020
Japan’s first manned flying car takes flight

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SkyDrive’s flying eVTOL car stayed airborne for 10 minutes, lifted ten feet in the air. (Image credit: SkyDrive) It’s 2020, and we still don’t have the flying cars and hoverboards as promised to us by The Jetsons and Back to the Future. While we...
- 4 Sep 2020
Researchers develop an army of microscopic robots that could move inside a human body

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The microscopic robots measure just 5 microns thick, 40 microns wide and 40 to 70 microns long, which are too small to be seen by the naked eye. (Image Credit: Criss Hohmann) Researchers at Penn Engineering and Cornell University have developed ...
- 2 Sep 2020
World’s tiniest robot, RoBeetle, runs on methanol

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RoBeetle is the world’s lightest and smallest microbot that can run on alcohol to move forward. (Image Credit: University of Southern California) Batteries usually power robots, but this can be problematic since they tend to have poor energy de...
- 25 Aug 2020
NoTraffic deploys AI-based traffic platform in Phoenix

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NoTraffic's system ensures the driver has a safe and efficient journey on the road by detecting blind spots, pedestrians and other road assets. (Image Credit: NoTraffic, YouTube) I want to see this everywhere. Drivers in Phoenix could have...
- 19 Aug 2020
CaseCrawler carries a smartphone to a wireless charging pad for you

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CaseCrawler scampers over to a wireless charging pad whenever it’s placed on a desk. (Image Credit: SNU BioRobotics Lab/YouTube) Until now, we usually wouldn’t expect our phone to get up and scamper over to a wireless charging pad when we need i...
- 14 Aug 2020
Are we reaching the limits of artificial intelligence?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is so obtainable for anyone these days. Take a look at the “AI at the edge” series from element14 here. Some researchers believe we’re approaching the limits of AI, while others have made a breakthrough that helps i...
- 12 Aug 2020