Gibsong 'Robot Guitar' was awarded a BTDMA for Best Hardware.
(Credit: Gibson)
There are some people who actually do embrace the evolutionary impact the Internet has had on music distribution.
A you may have guessed, it’s not the music industry. It is the communications industry.
In 2004, …
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A new autonomous underwater vehicle created by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is able to hover over a specific position in the ocean even in the face of currents.
How’d they do it? In a word: thrusters.
The Odyssey IV, which was developed at the MIT Sea Grant Program’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Laboratory, …
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Temple University scientists claim to have found a simple way to reduce fuel consumption in car and truck engines.
CNET News obtained an advanced copy of the report, which will be published in the November 19 issue of the American Chemical Society’s Energy and Fuels journal.
“….our fuel injection …
Originally posted at Planetary Gear
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iRobot's Roomba, Scooba and Dirt Dog for $900.
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We’ve noticed iRobot is offering some deep discounts on its home products if you buy directly from its Web site.
We’re wondering why, and it comes down to two possibilities, really.
One, they have newer, brighter, …
I’m not married, I don’t have kids, and I’m not looking to do either anytime soon.
But if I did, this would be the stroller I’d want to flash around among the desperate housewives and househusbands in my neighborhood.
The Origami Power Folding Stroller from 4Moms …
Nicholas Roy (left) and Seth Teller demonstrate the navigating wheelchair.
(Credit: MIT/Patrick Gillooly)
This may be the best thing since the invention of the electric wheelchair.
A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a wheelchair with all the self-navigating abilities of a GPS device.
Only instead …
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A team of roboticists led by Newcastle University are developing an automated robot to clean the hulls of ships.
The HISMAR (Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics), whose development was funded by the European Commission, attaches to a ship magnetically. It pressure washes with sea water and sucks up …