Most robots that are designed to travel use wheels or try to mimic animal or human legs to move. But researchers from the ETH Zurich’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control have developed a little six-inch cube called Cubli that can walk, jump, and balance itself on a corner.
Now a days, drones have become much popular. But are the future drones coming with blessing or curse in our life? Carnegie Mellon robotics professor Illah Nourbakhsh says drones will be “uncomfortable and very annoying” in future.
Once upon a time cancer was a lethal disease. Thanks to science, for which it’s no more a lethal. But still there are some cancer like liver cancer which can be dangerous. However, lately, a group of researchers from the Michigan State University has found genetic defect to trigger liver cancer.
What maximum amount of weight can you lift? 200-pound? 500-pound? What if I say you can lift more 40-pound of weights besides the capability of lifting the maximum amount of weights at the same time? You might be be thinking I’m kidding, but actually I’m not. Anyone can lift extra 40-pound of weights effortlessly besides the capability of lifting the maximum amount of weights via Titan Arm bionic exoskeleton.
To land on the Moon, lunar lander is a must. Last week, commercial space company Moon Express revealed the design of a lunar lander named MX-1 at Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Moon Express aims to send this lunar lander to the Moon in 2015.
The social media has been abuzz with Amazon’s plans of launching delivery drones and the subsequent statement by UPS citing a similar plan. However, Google may beat them both by using it’s self-driving cars.
At present, many houses and offices run on solar energy. And now it seems like it’s time for Earth to run on solar energy. Japan’s leading engineering firm Shimizu Corporation has planned to build an array of solar cells around the Moon’s equator in order to harvest solar energy and beam it back to Earth. The project is called Luna Ring.
Now a days, many things are delivered by drones. In continuation to delivery trend, online retailer Amazon has planned to deliver packages to customers within 30 minutes or less after they hit the “buy” button online using drones. Amazon is calling this new delivery system, Prime Air.