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Kids can learn programming basics with Tynker

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The Tynker app is available for Android and iPad. Tynker teaches kids programming by letting them create their own games and animations. (via Tynker)With technology present in most homes across America, toy companies have dedicated time to create kid...
- 1 Jun 2015
One Giant Leap for Robotics: MIT's Cheetah Can Jump Over Hurdles

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MIT researchers who previously built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to automatically detect and leap over multiple objects while it runs. The scientists claim it's the first four-legged robot to be able to do so. To get a running jump, the...
- 1 Jun 2015
[Buidling a Quadcopter][Part 4]

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Prelude The road more travelled 1. ArduPilot 2. DJI NAZA 3. OpenPilot CC3D 4. NAZE32 5. KK2.1 6. KKMulticontroller 7. MultiWii About a RC Transmitter and receiver Using the CC3D Calibration of the CC3D and testing Calibrating...
- 1 Jun 2015
Amputees may sense touch again with prosthetic electrodes

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The macro-sieve created by Daniel Moran. Daniel Moran and his team are developing an electrode implant to re-create sense of touch for amputees. (via Daniel Moran)There have been several innovations in modern prosthetics from ones controlled with the...
- 29 May 2015
Formula Student - Das Lenkrad als Schnittstelle zwischen Fahrzeug und Fahrer

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Um einen genaueren Einblick in die Arbeit unseres Elektronik & Informatik Ressorts gewähren zu können, stellen wir im Folgenden die Platine unseres Lenkrades vor.Das Lenkrad bildet die Schnittstelle zwischen dem Fahrzeug und dem Fahrer. Alle rele...
- 26 May 2015
Scientists giving new meaning to ‘the web’ with super spiders infused with nanoparticles

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Some scientists are giving a new meaning to ‘the web’ with nanotechnology. Researchers at University of Trento have discovered that covering spiders with carbon nanoparticles can allow them to produce silk up to 3.5 times stronger than usual. This we...
- 19 May 2015
Rice University creates wearable energy generator to power artificial hearts

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A leg brace that generates power to keep an artificial heart ticking. Rice University students and researchers have been working on a way to create a wearable energy generator to power artificial hearts for a few years now. They are currently closer ...
- 18 May 2015
Got cash in stacks on stacks? Get an Exosuit...

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So much money... and no way to carry it home... until now! The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp is the first to test Cyberdyne’s exosuits designed specifically to help employees over 65 to carry wads of cash. If successful, this trend could continue with...
- 15 May 2015
Stanford’s robot heavy weight champion: can pull 100 times its own weight!

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www.youtube.com/watchNew from Stanford - a tiny robot called Microtugs that can pull 100 times its own weight. In fact, when they scaled the robot up, it was able to haul even more than 2,000 times its own weight! The new technology is really excitin...
- 7 May 2015
More selfie novelties in time for summer: typewriter prints ASCII selfie art

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::votl:: group modifies a typewriter to print out selfie ASCII art (via votl)This would have been huge in the early 90s! Those fun BBS days.I thought I had seen the last of selfie technology with the toaster that toasts a selfie into your bread.... b...
- 7 May 2015
Formula Student – Elektronik & Informatik als wesentlicher Bestandteil des Gesamtkonzeptes

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Wie bereits im ersten Teil „Vom leeren Blatt Papier zum Formelrennwagen“ beschrieben, sind allein die Studenten für die Entwicklung, Konzeption und Fertigung des Rennfahrzeuges verantwortlich. Neben den alltäglichen Vorlesungen, Tutorien und Praktika...
- 4 May 2015
Star Wars - BB-8 Droid: the story that is sparking the rise of Sphero and consumer toys

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www.youtube.com/watch May the 4th be with you... The release of the upcoming Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has caused a an uproar in the community as the spherical, rolling droid, dubbed the BB-8, is not CGI or a prop! The ...
- 4 May 2015
MIT researchers create self-assembling chair - not fit for humans

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When it's time to get new furniture the first place many turn to is Ikea. But too many know the frustration, anger, and agitation of assembling everything together. Skylar Tibbits and the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT may have found a way put the Ikea fru...
- 21 Apr 2015
Vom leeren Blatt Papier zum Formelrennwagen

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Vom leeren Blatt Papier zum fahrenden Formelrennwagen. Dieser Herausforderung stellen sich die Mitglieder von Infinity Racing – Rennteam der Hochschule Kempten e.V. jährlich im Rahmen der Formula Student. Seit 2008 nimmt das Team der Hochschule Kempt...
- 18 Apr 2015
U.S. Navy showcases SAFFiR, it’s firefighting biped humanoid robot

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SAFFiR (via The U.S. Navy) As robotic technology continues to expand, we see an increasingly impressive army of Artificial Intelligence-based robots gearing up to work “hand”-in-hand with humankind; like the U.S. Navy’s Shipboard Autonomous Fire...
- 16 Apr 2015
7-year-old receives new hand thanks to 3-D printing

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Faith Lennox and her $50 dollar 3D printed arm. (image via press-telegram)3-D printing is an innovative technology that's being used for numerous projects from crafting to cooking. Now, one company has used it to print out prosthetic limbs. Meet ...
- 15 Apr 2015
Farmer uses aerial drone for sheepherding - genius

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Move over sheep-dogs, drones will soon replace you. But, not on cuteness... (via Paul Brennan)Drones are finding ways to make life easier everyday from delivering your online packages to getting a pizza to your front door. But one sheep farmer has f...
- 14 Apr 2015
Twenty Five Teams to Participate in Finals of DARPA Robotics Challenge

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The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is a competition of hardware and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. Designed to be extremely difficult, the DRC Finals, which wi...
- 10 Apr 2015
UK company invents new pen for those suffering from Parkinson’s Disease

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ARC pen final (via Dopa Solutions)If you know someone with Parkinson’s disease, you may be familiar with how increasingly difficult everyday tasks may become for those suffering. That’s why the UK-based design company Dopa Solutions built the ARC pen...
- 9 Apr 2015
Makeblock's mDrawBot can draw you pictures and more

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The mDrawBot creates an image on an egg (via mDrawBot kickstarter page)Robots have been threatening to take over jobs all over. Now, they're ready to invade the art world. Meet the mDrawBot, a 4-in-1 robot that can hold a pen or pencil and draw p...
- 7 Apr 2015
Swiss Students make robotic cuttlefish with 270-degree visibility

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Sepios concept (via Sepios official)While some roboticists are focusing on the development of Artificial Intelligence, others are using their resources to enhance our knowledge of aquatic life. Students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...
- 1 Apr 2015
10 Self-Driving Cars-- Would You Try One?

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Stanford University’s Volkswagen Passat Junior is outfitted with LIDAR and other sensors for self-navigation. (via Stanford)Believe it or not, autonomous vehicles were being experimented with in the 1920’s, underwent promising advancements in the 50’...
- 27 Mar 2015
Computer discovers candidate drug to fight malaria

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Eve (via University of Cambridge) When many think about artificial intelligence, images of military drones and faceless soldiers often come to mind. The University of Manchester, however, is seeking to change that with its robot Eve, an AI robot...
- 24 Mar 2015
Amazon moves one step closer to drone deliveries

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Amazon.com moved one step closer to realizing its dream of using drones to deliver orders to its customers across the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration issued Amazon with an experimental airworthiness certificate last week which allo...
- 24 Mar 2015
New Fears about Artificial Intelligence: Will HAL Open the Pod Bay Door?

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Last week a small group of about two dozen protestors supposedly representing an organization called “Stop the Robots” marched in front of the entrance to the annual South by Southwest tech festival taking place at the Austin Convention Center. The g...
- 23 Mar 2015