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Raytheon Heavy Lifter Prototype: Is Anyone Else Thinking of Aliens?
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This Raytheon-Sarcos modified DitchWitch is basically lifter with large robotic arms, allowing the operator to lift and manipulate large loads. It reminds me a lot of those robots in the movie Aliens…. This robot could someday replace forklifts and other types of machines. |
October 15th, 2011
Mobile Building Can Travel by Land and by Water
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I know only a handful of people who still haven’t seen Up…. I think it’s one of the most creative, touching, and meaningful movies ever made (with a touch of quirkiness and a whole lot of cool on the side). One concept the movie unknowingly introduced to the world |
September 12th, 2011
10-foot Tall LEGO Trump International Hotel and Tower Would Make The Donald Proud
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LEGO is the geekiest building material on the planet I think. People use the little bricks to make all sorts of awesome projects. The latest LEGO project that I have come across is massive. Artist Sean Kenney has constructed one of the most accurate LEGO buildings I’ve ever seen.… |
September 6th, 2011
Awesomely Detailed Wooden Replica Caterpillar Excavator: Dig It?
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This is one of those strange DIY projects that is awesome, silly, and just plain weird all rolled into one. If I were going to spend thousands of hours making an exact 1/16 scale replica of something it would certainly not be a Caterpillar 5230B front shovel. This is one… |
July 8th, 2011
Coral Tools Multi Tool Even Keeps Hammer from Meeting Fingers
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I admit that I have a bunch of tools around the house and I can only find half of them. Every time I need a tool, it’s generally the basic screwdriver or hammer that I am on the hunt for and just can’t find. I doubt I’d lose something quite… |
July 1st, 2011
Artist Builds a Room Out of PC Parts
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I have about six different computers around here along with a hoard of old hardware that is just crammed into boxes. Artist Marek Tomasik has taken three years of his old computer parts and used them to make a room that is creepy, cool, and reminds me of the Borg… |
June 15th, 2011
KRE-O Transformers Construction Toys Look Awesome
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I played with LEGOs all the time as a kid and the construction blocks have been around for years. There are other construction brands that are similar to LEGO on the market, and Hasbro has announced a new competing offering called KRE-O. The new construction toys debut with a number… |
February 15th, 2011
SawStop Does Its Best to Not Cut Your Finger Off
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If you’ve ever used a table saw, you’ve probably had the horrific image of your fingers going flying off if you slip. The incredible SawStop system uses capacitive sensors to detect when you accidentally touch the deadly spinning blade with your flesh. The SawStop can detect skin within 5 milliseconds,… |
December 20th, 2010
Moogle Inspection Bot: is That a Robot in Your Crawlspace?
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This 6-inch robot is supposed to be able to go where no human has gone before: into small crawlspaces to see what’s up. Daiwan House will be putting this ‘bot on the market in April 2011 and hope making inspections a wee bit easier, thanks to their pint-sized robot pal.… |
November 2nd, 2010
Husqvarna Demolition Robot: the Ultimate in Automated Destruction
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Destroying things is fun. Destroying things with robots is even cooler, especially with large robots that are basically used in construction and have a full-sized jackhammer on board. That’s the DXR 310 in a nutshell. I love how Husqvarna uses the words “compact” in the description of this robot, but… |
May 12th, 2010
