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American University Reveals New Robot Dog Concept Design
We have in recent years seen a number of design teams working on what are essentially robot dog projects. There is, of course, the much-loved Sony Aibo that you can buy as a very clean pet (presuming you have a spare £2000). We have also seen the work from Boston…
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Doodle For Google Competition Launches
Doodle For Google Every year Google traditionally holds a competition offering quite a significant prize. Yes, the Doodle For Google premise has generally remained the same but has always been popular and certainly synonymous with their own style of changing their search engine logo practically every single day. This year’s competition…
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Scientists Build Ladder Climbing Snake Robot
Scientists Build Ladder Climbing Snake Robot Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a number of new innovations in robotic designs. Only a few days ago we saw how the University of Berkeley had designed (well, technically upgraded) a robot of theirs that was capable of movement via hopping motions.…
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Nvidia’s AI Technology Set To Be Used To Detect Cancer
Nvidia’s AI Technology Set To Be Used To Detect Cancer With the launch of the Nvidia 20XX graphics cards, we were given a lot of details surrounding them. Particularly the impressive use of AI technology within the new cards and at Nvidia in general. While this was all rather impressive…
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UK Designed Space Junk Collector Is Deployed!
UK Designed Space Junk Collector Is Deployed! As you can imagine, over the years we’ve sent rather a lot of things into an orbit of our little planet. So much so in fact that we currently have a bit of a rubbish issue up there and a call to your…
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Quadcopter Dancing Robot Is Both Bizarre and Intriguing!
Quadcopter Dancing Robot Is Both Bizarre and Intriguing! Robot technology is certainly coming along in leaps and bounds. We’ve seen robots designed to monitor car parks, those designed to act as secretaries, even those capable of firing a gun. Dancing robots though are a little more unusual. New researchers from…
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New Blood Test May Be Able To Predict Your Death
New Blood Test May Be Able To Predict Your Death As we don’t live in the world of Logan’s Run, for most of us, the predictability of our death isn’t that clear. A new type of blood test, however, may have just made our planned mortality a little more clear…
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MIT Reveal Latest Upgrades To Cheetah 3 Robot
MIT Reveal Latest Upgrades To Cheetah 3 Robot Robots are going to play a part in the future of the human race. Hopefully, that part isn’t enslaving us or wiping us out, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Either way, it’ll be a nice surprise! We are,…
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Scientists Train Spider To Jump For Robot Research
Scientists Train Spider to Jump! I think it’s pretty safe to say that spiders are somewhat divisive when it comes to our likes and dislikes. While some are happy to have them in their homes eating insects and flies, others of us have to consider burning down the house to ensure the…
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UK Robot Delivery Company Order 1000 New Bots
UK Company launches expansion with 1000 delivery bots ordered Robot delivery services are slowly but surely starting to emerge throughout major cities. Whether it’s delivering parcels or your lunch, it seems that many believe that they will have a key role to play in the future. One such company, Starship…
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Experts Claim Korean University Are Working On Killer Robots
Korean University May Be Working On Killer Robots Overall, the opinions on our future living along sides robots are generally not good. Many people, including the late Professor Hawking, are convinced that our end will likely come at the hands of, if not robots, then AI. Elon Musk has regularly…
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UK University Offering £5,500 Computer Science Degree
Computer Science Undergraduate Course These days, getting a degree can be a very costly experience. If the actual living expenses weren’t enough, with the hike in tuition fees, most students are lucky to come away with debts less than £50,000. One university, however, is offering 3,000 placements on an undergraduate…
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Time Travel Deemed Mathematically Possible (Flux Capacitor is Not Required)
Mathematicians have calculated that time travel is possible, however before you start your plans to stop yourself buying ‘No Mans Sky’, there is a catch. Ben Tippett from the University of British Columbia and David Tsang from the University of Maryland have together created a mathematical framework which would make…
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University Students Study if Beer Can Be Brewed on the Moon
A team of University of California San Diego engineering students are studying the viability of yeast on the moon and whether beer can be freshly brewed with it. If the idea sounds like a joke, that is because it started as one. “The idea started out with a few laughs…
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CryptoDrop Could Stop Ransomware
When it comes to viruses and malware, they can often come at the worst times and cost you everything from a presentation you are working on up to family photos and irreplaceable memories. The worst to hit people recently is the recent string of ransomware that often puts you in between…
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