Unmanned Robots Push the Limits on the High Seas
Research at sea is vital in evaluating the health of our waters and climate change, but it’s also an arduous task, requiring much time and manpower, and not to mention the cost. There are however…
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Romo is the Household Robot for 2013
Las Vegas start-up, Romotive had an idea. Fascinated by robots when growing, the techies behind the young company felt that small personal robots in this modern world could be possible and with that, they have…
Power Loader Exoskeleton Linking People with Machines
A Panasonic subsidiary venture called ActiveLink is currently developing technology to extend and amplify human musculoskeletal capabilities for use in construction sites and disaster areas. The device called Power Loader is an exoskeleton, meaning it…
Revolutionary Flexible Paper Tablet
At the cornerstone of any good company or economy for that matter is efficiency. At Queens University in Ontario Canada researchers have come up with the ultra thin, ultra light weight, flexible plastic displays called…
Global Fire Power (GFP) Measuring Military Capabilities by Country
A measurement called “GFP or “Global Fire Power” measures and compares the relative strength of a country’s overall military capability (excluding nuclear capability). The top ten in order of size are: US, Russia, China, India,…
“Man Portable” Flying Microbots
What starts out as a new technology that can be applied as a top secret military weapon often makes its way to the mass marketplace as a scaled down, innocuous version of its former self. …
Building Advanced Humanoid Robots
In 1956 the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, was coined by American computer and cognitive scientist John McCarthy and was based on the simple idea that human thoughts and actions could be standardized, mechanized and…
Smart Guns: Biometric Grip Pattern Recognition
There is a growing interest in the use of personalized applications that use biometrics as an access key. Providing access to homes, cars, companies, safes, and even guns can now be controlled by limiting access…
Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes Ready to Go
Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes (SBEBs) with a maximum speed of 45 mph and a range of 30 miles, meet motocross and mountain biking in the middle. Without time to load a pickup with a motocross…
Wind Lens: Fluid Dynamics Concentrated Wind Energy
Yuji Ohya, a professor of renewable energy dynamics and applied mechanics, and his team at Kyushu University have impressed a Japanese consortium enough to attract an investment of $1.5 billion in an offshore wind power…
