Mars One has selected 50 men and 50 women finalists from which it will choose the first astronauts it will fly on a one-way trip to Mars. These candidates were chosen out of a pool of 202,586 applicants. The finalists hail from several parts of the Earth: [...]
Self-driving cars are getting tested on the streets of the United Kingdom. Government officials have made it legal to operate driverless cars during three £19million trials. Drivers of self-driving vehicles, who henceforth will be known as “vehicle [...]
A 19 year old recent high school graduate who built a $350 robotic arm controlled with thoughts is showing any one how to build it free. His goal is to let anybody who is missing an arm use the robotic arm at a vastly cheaper cost than a prosthetic limb [...]
You’re in a life-or-death situation inside a burning building, where the situation is so out of control that human firefighters wouldn’t be able to reach you. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, comes the flying Gimball to rescue you. It’s a globe with a [...]
His name is Spot, he weighs around 160 lbs and he’s good indoors and out. But this dog didn’t come from the pound or the pet store. Spot is a robot, and he was created by Boston Dynamics, which is now a subsidiary of Google’s. Boston Dynamics develops [...]
Army scientists are making lighter, more powerful, and more durable batteries to help soldiers lighten their loads on the battlefield. Lithium ion batteries and battery chemical properties are studied and tested at the Army Research Lab, in Adelphi, [...]
