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The Twitter Cockroach
You know what the world needed? A cyborg cockroach that you can control via Twitter. Developed by mad scientist (and artist) Brittany…
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HyTAQ Robot Traverses Land And Air
Over the past year, we’ve seen robots that can do pretty much anything. So why not combine those abilities to…
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New Disney Robot Plays Catch, Juggles
Make no mistake: The Walt Disney Company may have begun as a simple animation studio, but these days it’s at…
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Robotic Arms And The Future Of Human Augmentation
Nigel Auckland may have lost his arm a few years ago, but today he’s making history with an experimental robotic…
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Big Dog Goes For A Walk
Maybe it’s Big Dog’s housefly-like buzzing. Maybe it’s the way it walks, or the fact that I feel sorry for…
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In The Future, You’ll Be Able To Charge Your Smartphone Just By Holding It
It’s called Power Felt: a fabric that can convert body heat into electricity. Created by Professor David Carroll and his…
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Disney Could Clone Your Face And Put It On A Robot (If They Wanted To)
Theme park animatronics aren’t new. I mean, I’ve been watching dirty animatronic pirate feet dangle over my head in Pirates…
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Scientists Create Autonomous Earthworm Robot
Researchers at MIT, Harvard University, and Seoul National University have successfully engineered an autonomous robot that can crawl across surfaces…
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An Artificial Jellyfish Made Of Rat Heart Cells
Bioengineer Kevin Kit Parker of Harvard University and his team of scientists at the California Institute of Technology have successfully…
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Museum Curator Creates Replica of Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism
Over a century ago, the broken remains of the Antikythera Mechanism were recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of…
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