Apr 10
Have you ever wanted to create your own robot? Thanks to a researcher at MIT, you now can – provided you have a few simple electronic components with a total value of about $20. Oh, and paper. Lots of paper. Yes, I’m serious.
Apr 10
Millions of people worldwide take glucosamine supplements to reduce
arthritis pain, but with varying effects; some are helped by it, some
not. But researchers have been studying the effects of glucosamine on
another aspect of aging… longevity.
Apr 09
The Office of Naval Research today announced that it’s created the future of combat support – a robotic helicopter, linked up to a simple touchscreen tablet that a soldier can use to send the chopper into missions too perilous for human pilots.
Apr 09
Death is a big business, and if you’re a regular reader, you know this
already. It is a highly competitive market, with many people hoping to
profit off of a service category that is needed by everyone (except for
the immortal, like vampires – but for you skeptics, we can overlook this
fact). Because of the stiff competition, many businesses are forced to
get creative with their products and services. The latest one will be
music to your forever at rest audiophile ears.
Apr 09
An Israeli tech startup, StoreDot,
has come up with a cell phone battery that charges your phone in 30
seconds! In its prototype stage right now, it joins several other
proprietary products in StoreDot’s stable of yet-to-be-released
inventions that are based on the properties of biologically available nanodots.
Apr 08
Mainstream media has been slow on the uptick in covering the U.S. government’s current investigation of ZunZuneo by
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy. If you are unfamiliar with the name,
it’s most likely because of the covert actions that led to the rise and fall of this enterprise. . .
Apr 08
Harnessing The Power Of The Stars: How The U.S. Navy Plans To Beam Solar Power From Space.
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Imagine scientists shooting solar panels in to space – enough to span 9
football fields – for the sole purpose of being assembled by robots, in
order to construct an object capable of capturing solar power. Then,
having the harnessed energy being beamed back to Earth through the use
of radio waves – allowing a vehicle fitted with a solar receiver to
capture enough energy to move about on land. The U.S. Navy is hoping to introduce such a device, and it may just cure our energy woes.
Apr 08
Is there a way to tell if food has gone bad without experiencing that unpleasant attack on the nostrils by opening the container? Read all about the innovative Chinese research team that devised a smart tag to eliminate all that and possibly revolutionize the food and beverage industry.
Apr 07
Gaming’s foes have long held that there’s a direct link between video games and aggressive behavior. They were at least half right – scientists have just linked aggression to games with an interesting bridge: incompetence. Apparently, being bad at something – especially games – makes us angry.
Apr 07
No, that’s not a typo. While many automotive manufacturers are embracing robots in the workplace, Toyota is apparently taking the opposite approach: they’re actually reducing the number of robots used in the production line. Even stranger, they’re actually becoming more efficient as a result.
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