The Expanding World of Shrinking Robots

The Microrobotics Lab at Harvard University is working on microbots that might be able to help, if not totally reshape, fields including agriculture, medicine and police work. These innovative microbots are being developed with the…

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South Koreans Kings of DARPA Bot Battle

First Place Bot Battle Prize Goes To DRC-Hubo The 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge in Pomona, California, took place on this past Friday and Saturday with DRC-Hubo robot from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and…

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Electrochemical Power Generation: Fuel Cells Making Great Strides

While wind and solar energy are in the spotlight most often these days, other forms of renewable energy are making strides. Fuel cell technology, for example, is now helping power large utilities, next generation fuel…

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World’s Largest Photograph – A Football Field-Sized 365 Gigapixel Panorama of Mont Blanc

An international team led by photographer Filippo Blengin has published a panoramic photograph of Europe’s highest peak. It is the largest photograph ever created. You can zoom into this 365 gigapixel interactive image on the project’s website.…

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Beware: This Text Message Can Crash Your iPhone

A newly discovered bug can instantly crash your iPhone when a certain text is received. The text message is a string of characters in English, Arabic, Marathi (one of India’s twenty-three official languages) and Chinese (in…

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NASA Funds Electricity-Harvesting Robotic Space Eel Destined to Explore Distant Planets

This squid-inspired robot, funded by NASA, is a concept which is destined to explore the seas of Europa (one of Jupiter’s moons) or other distant planetary bodies in near future. The biggest problem for exploration…

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California Plans to Give Free Solar Panels to Low Income Families

Solar panels are becoming more and more efficient, but because of high installation costs it remains mostly limited to middle-class homes. A new policy in California will bring free solar power to its poorest citizens.…

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NASA Guide to Houseplants for Improving Indoor Air Quality

Most of us think that pollution and health issues only arise from big factories and industrial processes, rather than from normal homes. But this is a wrong conception. The buildings in which we work and live…

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A Chronicle of the Dark Digital Underworld

Most people spend their time on Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Ebay or similar sites and a handful of favorite news sites. In this way, most internet users exist on the tip of the iceberg (see…

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Tesla’s Ultra-Speed Transportation System ‘Hyperloop’ Could Offer 700 mph Rides for Free!

Elon Musk’s tubular Hyperloop transportation system is the world’s next breakthrough in transportation. The Hyperloop track seeks to move people and cargo at super speeds never thought possible. The first $100 million test track for the…

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