Technology
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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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Roboticist Working On Robot That Can Debone A Chicken
Robots. They can fly. They can perch. They can rock out to the James Bond theme. Gary McMurray, chief of…
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Meet The Aerial Robot That Can Perch
Just imagine: It’s a perfectly fine day, and you’re walking happily through the local park, or back home after a…
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Strange Patents: A Tubular Interstellar Space Craft
Here we have a patent application (US8109471B2) for a “tubular shaped interstellar space craft,” filed on November 14, 2008. It’s…
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Dug North And His Amazing Automata
I’ve been fascinated with automata ever since playing Syberia and reading Gaby Wood’s intriguing (if not occasionally out-of-focus) book “Edison’s…
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