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Category Archives: Robotics
They never saw it coming
Courtesy of BlackFive comes the report that Aurora Flight Sciences is developing a VTOL UAV called Excalibur capable of carrying Hellfires and other air to ground whacking goodies. This machine has all kinds of potential for making America’s enemies sweat. […] Continue reading
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Dextre in space
NASA is set to launch the space shuttle Atlantis this week carrying one of the most interesting pieces of hardware destined for the International Space Station, the Dextre Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. […] Continue reading
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20070531 Science and Technology- Cyborg Engineering
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is involved with a research project intent on implanting microchips into pupal moths that will allow those moths to be controlled as biological UAVs when they have reached maturity. Such moths could then be used as advanced infiltration devices against otherwise unsuspecting enemies. Continue reading
20070131 First Look- iRobot Roomba Discovery for Pets
I love robots!
No, I’m not just repeating the commercial, I actually really do have a, perhaps unhealthy, infatuation with robots, and the iRobot Roomba Discovery for Pets furthers that tendency. Continue reading
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Science and Technology Mega Brief
Welcome to another Science and Technology Mega Brief. The Mega Brief is an extended version of the biweekly glance at interesting science and technology news and profiles on science and technology that is or will affect us all published once weekly in lieu of the normal biweekly post. See the post for this week’s topics. Continue reading
