Tech Mania
09
2016
Robotic glove tech developed for space station adapted by GM for newer applications
A robotic glove that was originally designed for use on the International Space Station (ISS) has been licensed for use back home, where it could be put to work helping manufacturing workers. Developed in partnership between General Motors (GM) and NASA,
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2016
South Korea's nationwide IoT network completed six months early
The race to roll out a nationwide network for Internet of Things (IoT) devices may have come to a photo finish. When Dutch telecommunications company KPL announced last week that the Netherlands was the first country to switch on a nationwide IoT network,
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2016
RemoveDebris to launch space cleanup demonstrator
According to the Surrey Space Centre, there are some 7,000 tonnes (7,716 tons) of space debris circling the Earth, consisting of dead satellites, booster rocket stages, paint chips, and shrapnel from collisions. Whizzing in orbit at tens of thousands of m
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2016
Dutch robot claims victory in Amazon Picking Challenge
Last year, Amazon kicked off its inaugural Picking Challenge to encourage teams to create robots able to perform the task of an Amazon stock picker. This year the competition was expanded to include not only picking items from a shelf and placing them in
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2016
Juno arrives at Jupiter after five-year voyage
Jupiter got a little less lonely today as NASA's Juno deep-space probe arrived after a five-year journey capped by a dramatic engine maneuver. The space agency's Deep Space Network has confirmed that the unmanned spacecraft successfully initiated a 35-min
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2016
Ingestible origami robot
In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, st
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2016
Pneumatically powered motor enables robots that can take a beating
In recent years robots have gone soft – literally – bringing with them a number of advantages. They are safer for humans to work with, can grasp different types of objects and now, may soon be better equipped to handle rough terrain. Scientists have devel
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2016
Google launches Project Bloks, a new open hardware platform for teaching kids to code
Google today announced Project Bloks, a new open hardware platform that allows developers, designers and educators to build physical programming experiences that can help kids (5+) learn to code.
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2016
Fancy footwear enables amputees to take part in gamin
When Gyorgy (George) Levay lost both hands to a meningitis infection five years ago, many people might have assumed that his gaming days were over. That's far from being the case, however. Working with two other Johns Hopkins University grad students, he'
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2016
Pebble Core Review: It isn't your average wearable
The Pebble Core is a first from the company as a non-wrist wearable, officially ushering forward Pebble's push into fitness. The little device was designed for people who don't want to be tethered to a phone but still want to be connected to the internet
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