MIT’s electric-powered Cheetah robot runs tether free
Helping to advance biomimetic and tether-free robotics, MIT recently tested their latest running robot, the Cheetah, that ran, jumped, and walked unleashed.
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Salt water-powered sports car an engineering marvel
The Quant e-Sportlimosine is a high-performance sportscar that uses a revolutionary new salt water flow cell battery.
Siri creators developing Viv, a next gen AI for your smartphone
Viv is 'her' and the next evolution in AI for your smartphone that is capable of learning and fulfilling "almost any query and perform almost…
Advances in soft robotics promise machines with a human touch
Soft robotics developer Super-Releaser recently demonstrated several prototypes that inflated, crawled, and twisted before crowds of wide-eyed onlookers.
Hirobo’s redesigned single-seat all-electric helicopter
Designed for personal transport (read, rich people) and emergency relief, Hirobo's HX-1 single-seat helicopter is planned for take-off next year.
China tests faster-than-a-jet “Super-Maglev” train
Super-Maglev technology promises a new revolution in transportation whose effect may be as profound as air travel was to previous generations.
The Picturephone: 50 years old and still unpopular
On April 20th, 1964, Bell Telephone exhibited the Mod 1 Picturephone, a predecessor to modern video calling applications Skype and FaceTime.
The first autonomous drones to fly as a coordinated flock
Scientists in Europe have successfully developed drones capable of swarming autonomously much like how birds fly in flock formation.