The Trouble With Robot ...

Most of us are familiar with this fellow. He’s a cute little robot vacuum who’ll zip around your home to keep things tidy. He’s got plenty of quirks and troubles though—something his competition is trying to avoid. More » Go here to read the rest: The...
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Multi-touch Surface Use...

We’ve seen plenty of robots popping up all over the place recently, but what about the methods of controlling the robot? This robot control system that uses Microsoft Surface is quite cool as it allows you to control a swarm of little virtual robots in Star Craft fashion while...
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MIT’s Solar-Powered R...

MIT researchers tested the first prototype of the Seaswarm, a pack of robots that use nanotechnology to suck up oil from the surface of the ocean for immediate processing. When completed, the robots will be able to travel along oil-spilled waters, collecting oil more cheaply and...
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Prototype Robot Swarm C...

This solar-powered fellow is part of a robot group called Seaswarm. He and his buddies are cheap, autonomous, and communicate via GPS and Wi-Fi. And 5,000 of them could theoretically clean up the Gulf oil spill in a month. More » The rest is here: Prototype Robot Swarm Could...
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Come and Get Your Droid...

Joining the proud lineage of rooted phones, Droid 2 has officially been compromised . What took you so long, guys? As always, please proceed with extreme caution. It’s not the most complicated hack in the world, but a wrong move could do some serious damage to your phone. [ XDA...
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Deflate This Inflatable...

As I’m getting on a bit, I’m finding my creaky back needing the (relative) comfort of an air mattress when we go camping. Only trouble is, carting around that bulky pump as well as the mattress. Here’s a nifty solution: More » See original here: Deflate...
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Eureka: Hello Invention...

Once upon a time, “inventor” was an honest-to-god occupation. You could check a box, and tell the U.S. Census Bureau that’s what you were. Now, inventors are as-seen-as-on-TV caricatures and “innovation” is a corporate-speak. We want to celebrate invention....
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Robots to inspect power...

Inspecting power lines is not an easy job, fraught with plenty of danger, so why not get a robot to do it instead? That’s what has happened with Hydro-Québec’s LineScout, a robot which is smart enough to go around obstacles simply by detaching part of itself from the power...
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Space Steerage [Image C...

When the Robonaut shoots into space on its very first mission aboard STS-133, it will not do so in style. More » See the original post here:  Space Steerage [Image...
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Space Steerage [Image C...

When the Robonaut shoots into space on its very first mission aboard STS-133, it will not do so in style. More » Here is the original post: Space Steerage [Image...
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