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When this is over, you will have nothing that you want
The cap does not look good on you, it's a duffer's cap, and when you come to the microphone, you look like the warm-up guy, the guy who announces the license number of the car left in the parking lot,...
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Squirts of Water can Boost Engine Performance, Fuel Economy by 13%
According to Bosch, which knows a thing or two about cars, “even advanced gasoline engines waste roughly a fifth of their fuel.” Since everything I know about cars came from trying (and failing) to...
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Harvard’s soft robot octopus could be a big step for autonomous robots
The field of robotics has seen incredible advancements over the last few decades, and today they are used for everything from industrial manufacturing to vacuuming your floor and scaring your dog. But...
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Nvidia Jetson TX1 Cat Spotter and Laser Teaser
If you’re reading about artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, and neural networks, but not quite getting it, you’re not alone. It’s all so high-powered and supercomputer-y, it seems beyond the...
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Disney Robot With Air-Water Actuators Shows Off "Very Fluid" Motions
Like other Disney creations, Jimmy looks rather magical. While humanoid robots can be painfully slow, Jimmy moves with lifelike speed and grace. A video posted earlier this year shows the robot waving...
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Biohacking Will Let You Connect Your Body to Anything You Want
0 How many cyborgs did you see during your morning commute today? I would guess at least five. Did they make you nervous? Probably not; you likely didn’t even realize they were there. In a presentation...
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When I’m Mistakenly Put on an Email Chain, Should I Hit ‘Reply All’ Asking to...
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Find a Faire Near You
Community-based, independently produced Maker Faires are happening all over the globe. For more information on starting a Mini Maker Faire where you live, see How to Make a Maker Faire. For more...
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GOAT legs will let future robots handle rough terrain with ease
A Master’s Thesis by CMU’sSimon Kalouche posits a new form of robotic leg, one designed for maximum range of motion and, more importantly, an easily control method for force reduction. In other words,...
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Dyson’s 360 Eye robot vacuum succeeds by seeing more
Dyson’s 360 Eye robot vacuum has been a long time coming to U.S. carpets. The squat little cylinder of a bot first broke cover in September 2014, with a splashy product announcement and a consumer...
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A Book Examines the Curious Case of a Man Whose Memory Was Removed
PATIENT H.M.A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family SecretsBy Luke Dittrich440 pp. Random House. $28. On Aug. 25, 1953, a Connecticut neurosurgeon named William Beecher Scoville drilled two...
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From Passwords to Passthoughts: Logging into Your Devices With Your Mind
A password, a fingerprint, or a retinal scan—these are ways to verify that we are who we say we are, allowing us to log into our devices or enter a high security area. But if we are to we move beyond...
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From Project To Kit: After The Sale
However you sell your kits online, you’ll have to find a means of shipping them to the customer. For an online operation this unseen part of the offering is more important than any other when it comes...
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Video Friday: Self-Driving Tractor, Robot Sumo, and Trolley Problem Solved
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your organic Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two...
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Decoding Rediscovered Rope Memory From the Apollo Guidance Computer
On August 25th, 1966, an Apollo Command Module was launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket in mission AS-202. This mission was intended to immediately precede the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission, the AS-202 was...
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ExoAtlet: Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
interview by Audrow Nash Health & Medicine September 2, 2016 In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ekaterina Bereziy, Founder and CEO of ExoAtlet, about exoskeletons for the disabled and for...
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August fundings and acquisitions
August was another big month for funding robotic startups. 18 deals. Almost $430 million (bringing the year-to-date total well over $1 billion)! Plus another $1 billion paid in August for four...
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China ratifies Paris climate agreement
China's top legislature has ratified the Paris global climate agreement, state news agency Xinhua reports. The country is the world's largest emitter of harmful CO2 emissions, which cause climate...
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Git 2.10 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.10.0, with features and bugfixes from over 70 contributors. Here's our look at some of the most interesting new features: When you run git push,...
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Backed by White House, Zipline to test U.S. medical drone delivery
On the heels of a recent White House initiative announced after its first “Workshop on Drones and The Future of Aviation,” San Francisco based robotics startup Zipline will test drone delivery of...
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