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View ArticleThe 8 crazy animal robots you have to see to believe
Whether they use pneumatics, hydraulics, or some other type of motion control, robots are increasingly being modeled after the greatest designer of all—Mother Nature. Here’s a look at some of the most...
View ArticleFrom Plough to Pipette
In part 2 of our plant synthetic biology series we teamed up with Cameron Tout of the Legume Laboratory blog to introduce some of the tools of plant synbio and how these are being applied to...
View ArticleAutomating the warehouse: Robots can increase productivity of existing labor...
The use of robotics is expanding in a number of business environments, but warehouses seem especially well suited to the adoption of autonomous machines of various types. "Automation in the warehouse...
View ArticleDaily Report: Robots Can Kill and Deliver Beer. Do We Need Humans?
While Uber has been deploying self-driving technology for the task of delivering beer, military strategists have been considering weightier issues: autonomous weapons. As Matthew Rosenberg and John...
View ArticleLaunching the Women In Robotics Directory
When I was working as a conference organizer, my primary struggle was to find great people to speak on subjects chosen for the conference. It’s one of the best jobs on Earth : all you have to do is...
View ArticleSingle-cell analysis supports a role for cancer stem cells in brain tumor growth
A study analyzing brain tumor genomics on a single-cell level has found evidence that cancer stem cells fuel the growth of oligodendrogliomas, a slow-growing but incurable form of brain cancer. In...
View ArticleThe Polls Tighten with Six Days Left: A Closer Look
Find out why Loading... Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Nov 2, 2016Seth takes a closer look...
View ArticleWe’re Scientists. We’re Moms. And We Avoid Non-GMO Products
Written by Dr Alison Bernstein, Dr Layla Katiraee, and Dr Anastasia Bodnar We are scientists and moms concerned about the health of our children and the planet they will inherit. Last year, we wrote to...
View ArticleHow a robot could be grandma’s new carer
Sitting in a studio in Kensington, London, the designer Sebastian Conran walks me through a worst-case scenario. “Basically, what it’s looking for is a break in routine,” he explains, pointing to a...
View ArticleOvercomplicated technology and the need for biological thinking
Sam Arbesman's newest book, Overcomplicated, looks at how many technological systems have grown so complex that they defy easy understanding. In the following lightly edited excerpt, he argues that we...
View ArticleThose Insane Early Voting Lines Were a Direct Result of Republican Voter...
Millions of Americans eager to cast a ballot before the Election Day rush have stood in gallingly long lines during early voting as their overstuffed polling places struggled to accommodate increased...
View ArticleAudi Allegedly Used Software to Fake Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Audi cars allegedly fooled environmental regulators by emitting less carbon-dioxide on a testing mount than the cars allowed themselves to spew when on the road, the weekly German paper Bild am Sonntag...
View ArticleBehind the Music: How "Robot Drone Man" Built His Flying Avatar
The most entertaining video we posted on Video Friday a couple weeks ago was almost certainly Robot Drone Man, a parody of this PPAP (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen) video, which for some reason has 150...
View ArticleCan Synthetic Inertia from Wind Power Stabilize Grids?
As renewable power displaces more and more coal, gas, and nuclear generation, electricity grids are losing the conventional power plants whose rotating masses have traditionally helped smooth over...
View Articlenasa/NASA-3D-Resources
Welcome to the 3D Resources github site. Here you'll find a growing collection of 3D models, textures, and images from inside NASA. All of these resources are free to download and use.Our team's goal...
View ArticleElection 2016
Donald Trump will be at center stage and potentially in the line of fire on Thursday as 10 leading Republican presidential candidates look for a break-out moment at their first debate on the road to...
View ArticleHackaday Prize Entry: Dtto Modular Robot
A robot to explore the unknown and automate tomorrow’s tasks and the ones after them needs to be extremely versatile. Ideally, it was capable of being any size, any shape, and any functionality,...
View ArticleATtiny104 Xplained Nano Evaluation Kit - Atmel
The Atmel ATTINY104-XNANO Xplained Nano evaluation kit is a hardware platform for evaluating ATtiny102/ATtiny104 microcontrollers. The high-performance Atmel tinyAVR® picoPower® 8-bit RISC-based...
View ArticleICYMI: Some robots independently sing, others help babies
Today on In Case You Missed It: A new neural network robot in Japan can independently sing and move whenever it wants to. Researchers developed a robotic onesie for babies who may have cerebral palsy...
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