Collaborative Robots Changing Agriculture
The recent suggestion by economics professor Mark Blyth of Brown University that just 10% of the world’s population will need to work to provide all of the goods and services needed by humanity is amazing.…
Design
Insane Life-Size Iron Man Toy Features 46 Motors Powering 567 Parts
We’ve seen some neat Iron Man toys come along, but a Chinese company called The Toys Asia has pushed the envelope even further. Using a remote control, you can make the life-size Iron Man toy…
How the Internet & Social Media Are Affecting Thinking, Behavior
How “Internet Brain” Affects Thinking & Behavior Scientists and researchers are now studying how computers and the internet, including social media, are affecting our brains, memories, image processing, social lives, and more. One of the…
How 3D Scanning & Printing are Reverse Engineering Everything
Recent reports suggest that as soon as a product idea shows up on Kickstarter, if the idea has any merit, within a matter of two or three months that product is for sale in China.…
Healthcare Robot Shipments Climbing
A recent operation involved a medical robot with four arms, 3D vision, and very steady hands. While large healthcare robots are now available, the promise of microbots that would be able to perform upkeep and…
Weapons Community Sparks Fast Growing Anti-Jamming Equipment Market
Electric signals or waves are as important to electronic equipment as blood is to humans and animals: when deprived of these life-giving elements, equipment, people, and animals are rendered dead to the world. The Military…
Human Computer Interaction at the Speed of Thought
The Technological Singularity is the merging of humans and machines into a superintelligence. Perhaps the most well-known example of human-computer interaction is the movie “Minority Report.” Getting there requires advances in human-computer interaction. It has…
China’s Smog Sucking Vacuum Tower is Actually Working
In spite of being world’s most populous country, China recently became the second largest economy. However, this development has imposed huge environmental impacts. The Chinese government is aware of it and is working hard to address…
Interactive Design Interface Allows You to Create 3D Figurine Musical Wind Instruments
Autodesk Research has developed one of the coolest 3D printing applications, which also has the potential to be the most annoying. Using a simple interactive design interface software, you can now turn any 3D-printed figurine…
Chinese Solar Firm is Going to Build a Solar Plant in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone
Two Chinese energy firms are planning to construct a solar power plant in the area around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, which suffered a powerful explosion in 1986. This area has been abandoned since that accident…
