TECH & INNOVATION

Company Gets Patent For Space Elevator

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.

The Future Of Electronics

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.

US Against The Superbugs

The U.S. health autorities are confronted with an increase in number of the infections with drug resistant germs called superbugs.

Mother Robot Creates Baby Bots

Researchers in robotics and artificial intelligence announced that they were able to create self-replicating robot, a 'mother robot' creating evolving 'baby bots'.

Medical Nanotechnology Breakthrought Will Change Mankind Forever

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.

Meet Robo-Bug, the innovation of Water-Strider

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.

MIT’s Cheetah Robot can not only Run, It can now jump!

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.

Another Distraction for Drivers: The Apple Watch

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.

Disaster-Mitigating Robots Battle for $2 Million Pentagon Prize

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.

Scientists Use 3D Printed Eggs to Study the Art of Deception among Birds

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.
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