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2017
NTT Docomo gets spherical LED display off the ground
Consisting of a quadcopter contained within a spherical frame measuring 88 cm (34.6 in) in diameter, the device produces images via a series of eight vertical curved strips of LEDs that rapidly rotate horizontally. As the strips rotate, the LEDs flash on
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2017
Kitty Hawk's electric Flyer takes to the air in slick promo video
Silicon Valley startup Kitty Hawk – backed by Google's Larry Page, who also threw his weight behind a rotor-based flying car a few years back – has released a video showing off the prototype of an upcoming all-electric personal flying machine it's calling
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2017
Flexible iSkin sensors lets users turn their skin into touchscreen interface
Turn your entire BODY into a touchscreen: Flexible iSkin sensors let you control gadgets by poking and stroking your skin.
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2017
How marine biology inspired Soft Robotics’ industrial grippers
on Valentine’s Day at Soft Robotics in Cambridge, Mass. a staff member places heart-shaped marshmallow Peeps on a conveyor belt. A mechanical arm snatches them up, one by one, setting them gently in a nearby box. It isn’t much of a romantic celebration, r
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2017
Watch Lilium’s successful test flight of the world’s first electric VTOL jet
Lilium has successfully tested its all-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet for the first time.
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2017
Robotic cheetah moves almost as efficiently as the real thing
The fastest land animal on Earth, the cheetah, has inspired a number of swift-footed robots
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2017
Meet Tarzan, the swinging robot farmer inspired by a sloth
Engineers in Japan have already created a fully autonomous 'robot run' farm, and those already working on farms are adopting self-driving tractors. Robots are likely to play a big role in the future of farming and agriculture.
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2017
Toyota’s new robot leg brace can help those with partial paralysis walk again
Toyota is introducing a new robotic leg brace called the Welwalk WW-1000 that can help patients with partial paralysis affecting one side of their body walk again.
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2017
The robot that takes your job might be cute enough to go viral
Hikvision’s range of package sorting robots. “Little Orange” can be seen bottom center. The other machines are for carrying bigger packages and pallets
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2017
Honda's Miimo robotic lawn mower heads stateside
So why bother if it is summer and if your lawn has an uncouth growth of grass. Honda's robotic lawnmower is here.
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