FAA approves airborne poison-spraying pesticide drones
If glyphosate wasn’t scary enough for you, Monsanto’s newest idea will surely have your hair standing on end. The agri-business giant has come up with a pesticide drone – becaus [...]
If glyphosate wasn’t scary enough for you, Monsanto’s newest idea will surely have your hair standing on end. The agri-business giant has come up with a pesticide drone – becaus [...]
A group of Israeli high school students came in second place at an international robotics competition in Shanghai, China. (Article by JTA) The students also were granted an “Inspiration Awa [...]
Nissan’s first fully self-driving car will be based on technolog that NASA developed for planetary exploration. (Article by Bob Silberg) NASA’s Ames Research Center is in the second year of [...]
There’s an ongoing debate over what makes the perfect vehicle for surviving in a collapsed society. Many argue that a gritty, four-wheeled vehicle with a tough exterior is the key, wh [...]
An industrial robot has tattooed a person’s leg for what the designers claim is the first time in history (+ movie). (Article by De Zeen) The Fanuc M-710iC robot, more commonly used i [...]
I’ve been away from school for a couple of decades or so. I went to college in the ’70s, dropped out, and eventually finished in the ’90s. I leaned toward the theatrical, [...]
Artificial intelligence prophets including Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Raymond Kurzweil predict that by the year 2030 machines will develop consciousness through the application of human [...]
Last year at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, NASA announced a new challenge for humanoid robots: the Space Robotics Challenge (SRC), which will “prepare robots for the journey to Mars. [...]
The sun was sparkling on the Mediterranean Sea on the afternoon when a graduate student from my lab tossed our prize robot into the water for the first time. I watched nervously as our elec [...]
It’s an exciting time to be alive my friends. We got augmented reality games on our phones, AI-virus software searching for vulnerabilities and burritos at Burger King. Times are a changing [...]