TECH & INNOVATIONScientists have announced they were able to overcome another barrier to commercially viable biofuels through engineering a microbe that improves isobutanol yields by a factor of 10.
A Canadian company gets U.S. patent for their innovative space elevator technology. Researchers are looking for new ways to access the outer space, more efficient and cheaper.
DARPA is working on a project to develop a new generation of vacuum electronic devices. More than 60 years ago, vacuum tubes in radios, computers, and other radio frequency and electronic gadgets began to be overtaken by solid-state electronics.
Researchers in robotics and artificial intelligence announced that they were able to create self-replicating robot, a 'mother robot' creating evolving 'baby bots'.
Mankind will be changed forever by the advances in the emerging field of medical nanotechnology. It has been speculated since long by futurists that nanotechnology will revolutionize virtually every field of our lives, medicine making no exception.
Nasa's first ever public viewing of the remains of the space shuttle, Columbia and Challenger. In honor and commemoration of the astronauts who died in the flight.
Researchers now developed a robotic insect that is used to build a small catapult mechanism in the water, just like water-strider do. The said development was an another science outbreak for the micro-robots future.
The brainy folks at MIT have outdone themselves again. Not only did they develop a robot that can run untethered while mimicking the bounding gate of a quadruped, but now their speedy cheetah can even jump.
As the movement over texting while driving pushes forward in the U.S., with more and more states adding laws to their books to try to deter this dangerous habit, Canadian police are being hyper vigilant and recently ticketed a man for using his Apple Watch while driving.
On June 5th, the Pentagon will hold the final round of its Robotics Challenge, where 25 teams from around the world will vie for a $2 million prize to see whose robot can perform best amidst a simulated disaster zone. But there's more at stake than just money. The Pentagon hopes one day such robots might save lives.
3D printing has already established itself within the scientific community. It's been used to produce tools aboard the International Space Station, replicate body parts for surgical procedures, and now it's found a new niche among biologists studying bird behavior. It turns out, 3D printers produce mighty fine eggs.
Researchers at Paris's Pierre and Marie Curie University have created robots that can use experiences from simulated lives to "heal" themselves. This makes robots more autonomous, effective, and robust-and more capable of disaster relief work.
