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Robotic Fish Patrols Harbors for Pollution
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Scientists and researchers are constantly looking for ways to monitor the pollution in harbors around the world. This week, scientists moved a special robotic fish from the lab to sea trials. The robot fish is going to be used to patrol harbors autonomously in the search for pollution. The goal… |
May 23rd, 2012
Robot Can Use the Microwave, Begun These Hot Pockets Wars Have
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Robots can do all kinds of crazy things. They can save our lives in disaster situations, they can clean our homes, they can kill in wartime and now they can use microwaves. No, not as sensors or weapons. They can use the microwave to cook a meal. That they can’t… |
May 20th, 2012
Robot Bird Perches on a Human Hand
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If a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, what is a robot bird in the hand worth? I have no idea, but this is a robotic bird that is not only capable of flight, but it can also land on a human hand. I guess falconry has… |
May 18th, 2012
Clothbot Robot Climbs Pants with Ease
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We’ve seen some unusual robots around here over the years, but this is definitely one of my favorites in recent memory. This little guy is designed to be able to easily climb cloth surfaces.… |
May 17th, 2012
T-800 Animatronic Terminator Bust Promises Not to Kill You
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Terminator… fans have seen their share of statues and busts, but I am willing to bet that they have never seen the likes of this T-800 bust. It doesn’t just sit there looking pretty. The eyes glow and it actually moves. It’s basically like having a real T-800 (from the |
May 17th, 2012
2012 Wall-E Toy Controlled by a 1983 Portable Computer
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Old technology meets new technology here, and in this case they can actually interface very well despite their age difference. YouTuber Aliencurv modified an old 1983 TRS-80 portable computer with 20kb of memory to control a 2012 Wall-E robot. I hear ya. That’s crazy and pointless you say. I agree. And it’s… |
May 17th, 2012
Russian Researchers Build Creepy Android to Make Humans “Immortal”
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A Team of Russian researchers are thinking big, as in science fiction premise big, building a conceptual mind-transfer android. The ultimate goal is to help mankind achieve immortality by using humanoid robots and interstellar space travel to get away from this dangerous and overcrowded blue orb we call Earth.… |
May 16th, 2012
R2-D2 Rain Barrel Collects Water Without Swimming through the Dagobah Swamp
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I live in an area where being green and recycling isn’t really a big thing. In fact, I lived here for 10 years before I knew we even had a recycling center. In some communities, though, the push to be green is much more substantial. Case in point – in… |
May 11th, 2012
It Doesn’t Hate You, But This DIY Portal Turret Will Still Shoot You
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Sure, we’ve seen the odd Portal turret here and there, but this one actually shoots. It was created by a Penn State University student for his Advanced Mechatronics class’ final project. Just like in the game, it tracks its victims using a camera and shoots at them.… |
May 11th, 2012
Japanese Robot Guy Creates an Amazing Transforming Car
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Watch below as Kenji Ishida’s transforming car changes from a car to a fully working robot just like in the kids cartoons – with no help from Michael Bay’s effects team. We’re not quite sure if it is a Autobot or a Decepticon, but it is 100% awesome.… |
May 10th, 2012
