Jeff Bezos and his plans to combat climate changeAmazon CEO Jeff Bazos speaks at a press conference to unveil the companies plans to fight climate change. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) On September 19th, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unv...
University of Illinois (UI) researchers have developed minuscule soft robot machines, dubbed “the swimmer,” that are made of artificial and biological components that swim around when exposed to light. It’s a promising development as it brings ...
The new plastic is 14 times stronger and eight times lighter than steel. This lightweight material was inspired by the mother of pearl. (Photo from University of Buffalo) A return to indestructible plastic phones and devices? Yes, please. ...
Motoyasu Tanaka and his University of Electrocommunications research team based in Tokyo, Japan have developed a snake-like articulated robot that can move through narrow spaces and climb obstacles for search and rescue missions on disaster sites. Th...
Japan’s unpiloted supply ship, HTV-8 (known as Kounotori8) was supposed to launch to the International Space Station on September 10th, but it was postponed due to a fire on the launch platform of the mission’s rocket. A new launch date has yet to be...
Sam Battle, a London-based musician, programmer and owner of Look Mum No Computer YouTube channel, where he showcases various complex electronic instruments, like the organ made of 44 Furby toys, dedicated a large sum of his time building an entire e...
Is this the future of extracting hydrogen? (mage credit: Getty Images) A new discovery from a team of scientists may change the way we think about hydrogen. A group of Canadian engineers claims they have developed a way to extract hydrogen from ...
Russia’s Skybot F-380 is expected to perform a series of tasks under the control of cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. (Image credit: Roscosmos via Facebook) Russia’s humanoid sometimes gunslinger robot Skybot F-380 has finally reached the ISS after...
You wouldn’t normally expect to see a robot controlling a marionette in today’s technological world, especially because there’s little to no demand for these robots, and it would be very complex to develop such a system. However, that didn’t prevent ...
Google’s subsidiary YouTube took down numerous videos of robot battles, like BattleBots, citing the content was in violation of the site’s terms of services, stating the videos showed acts of animal cruelty. One of the videos that got removed f...
Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England (UWE) have developed a new generation of swarming robots called “Teraflop Swarm” that can adapt to new environments and independently learn new behaviors through a p...
Most soft robots rely on an external power source and control in order to operate. This causes them to remain tethered to off-board systems or become equipped with hard components. Researchers from Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and App...
The NNSA ‘El Capitan’ supercomputer is expected to have a peak performance of more than 1.5 exaflops in computing power. (Image credit: Energy.Gov) The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - the federal agency ...
Norway’s first all-electric battery-powered plane crashed into a lake on Wednesday. The crash poses a step back in Norway’s attempt to reduce fossil fuel-powered flights. Known as the Alpha Electra G2, the plane is owned by Norway’s airport operator,...
Wearable robot devices have been developed in the past by researchers at various universities and industry labs to help people in rehabilitation centers with walking or running, but small wearable devices could never seem to do both. Developing a rob...
A pair of Daimler’s Freightliner eCascadia battery-powered trucks are headed to customers at their research and development center in Portland. (Image credit: Daimler) Electric auto manufacturer Daimler have been hyping their electric trucks fo...
In May 2019, NASA launched two tiny robots called Astrobees to the International Space Station. Both robots started their journey on an Antares rocket, arriving to the space station just two days later, with NASA’s astronauts welcoming them aboard. T...
The ADIFO (All-Directional Flying Object) features four ducted fans for VTOL and low-speed maneuvers, and a pair of vectored jets provide thrust and a high degree of agility in horizontal flight. (Image credit: ADIFO) A pair of Romanian enginee...
Sometimes we ask young children odd-sounding questions that are word game riddles designed to challenge their typical way of thinking. Every child has probably been asked “What has hands but doesn’t clap?” Eventually, they all know to answer “a...
The automated knitting system uses a neural network to create garments. Gloves created by the automated knitting system. (Image credit: MIT CSAIL) Knitting is a craft that takes a certain amount of skill, finesse, and patience. But these require...
Wearable tails are a fashion trend that humans enjoy wearing for entertainment events or cosplay, but none of them have the ability to maintain their balance. Researchers at Keio University in Japan have developed a wearable tail named the Arque tail...
I'm checking if I can use OpenPLC on small Linux devices.The software is known to work on a Raspberry Pi. I'll try it out on that first.I can focus on the functionality instead of installation and dependency resolution.It 'll also give me...
On August 5th, Japanese electronics firm, NEC Corporations, a global technology company, developed a “flying car” prototype that was able to hover in the air for just one minute during demonstrations in Abiko, Japan, 22 miles away from Tokyo. The new...
Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha and his team came up with a submarine prototype that can help fight off climate change. The submarine would be stationed in the Arctic, re-freezing sea water to produce mini modular icebergs that eventually merge together to ...
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a robot bug that imitates the way a cockroach moves around on the floor. That may be more than enough to make some people writhe as they stare down at the robot, anticipating its ev...
