We have seen a flurry of startup acquisitions by Google in the last year or so. The company has apparently set its eyes on the future of robotics. The latest in the list is the acquisition of Deepmind, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup.
Until now there was no device or system that could alert someone when a person is drowning. But now, Aquatic Safety Concepts has brought iSwimband, the “world’s first personal drowning detection system” that can alert someone when the wearer gets drowned.
Rosetta space probe was launched back in 2004 but went into hibernation in June 2011 after it was positioned so that its solar arrays stopped working. After 31 months of hibernation, the probe has finally resumed functioning.
During the test-drive of an advanced camera-equipped robot under the Antarctica Ross Ice Shelf, scientists have discovered an entirely new species of sea anemones which lives upside-down by hanging from the ice.
Fervent AI enthusiasts can keep saying that robots will be as intelligent as humans one day but that’s not happening any time soon. A supercomputer recently took 40 minutes to map only 1 second of human brain activity in detail.
We have seen some truly impressive Lego creations in the past. Joining the league is a programmable drawing machine which has been created by an Apple engineer using Lego blocks.
Safe landing on a planet or on a moon for any space probe is a difficult task.Keeping that in mind, NASA is making a superb robot called the Super Ball Bot that would be able to land on a planet or moon safely even though it lands in a similar way to dropping a ball.
There are two types of drones – one is designed for surveillance purpose and the other is designed to kill. Keeping that in mind, Amsterdam-based designer Ruben Pater has created Drone Survival Guide, which lets people easily detect drones and hide from killer drones.