Posted by Ray Nicoli
Imagine landing on the moon or Mars, putting rocks through a 3-D printer and making something useful – like a needed wrench or replacement part.
Why carry a part to the moon when you can just make it when you get there?
Imagine landing on the moon or Mars, putting rocks through a 3-D printer and making something useful – like a needed wrench or replacement part.
Why carry a part to the moon when you can just make it when you get there?
The happiest place on Earth has taught one of its humanoid robotic subordinates (for now) to play catch and juggle with willing human participants in an impressive display of creepy animatronic autonomy. Thanks to Disney, mankind has just slipped several minutes closer to its imminent enslavement by robotic overlords of the future.
A great way to raise awareness fo men's health. A great talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_garone_healthier_men_one_moustache_at_a_ti...
http://us.movember.com/team/452625 - We have until December 9th to raise money. Team SynapsMo is currently ranked #50 out of over 12,000 teams in the US.
With a background in web and mobile marketing, Australian native Adam Garone's career took a left turn in 2003 when his brother challenged him to grow out a moustache. The two wondered if they could bring the moustache back in vogue and, in the process, raise awareness for men's health along with money for prostate cancer research. Thus began the Movember movement. Garone serves as CEO.
The Movember challenge is simple: men begin November 1st clean shaven and, for the next 30 days, grow out their moustaches while seeking out sponsorship for their efforts. The proceeds go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation as well as Livestrong. In 2011, Movember raised $126 million in 14 countries.
The Cheetah is a four-footed robot that gallops at 18 mph, which is a land speed record for legged robots. The previous record was 13.1 mph, set in 1989 at MIT. Cheetah development is funded by DARPA's Maximum Mobility and Manipulation program. This robot has an articulated back that flexes back and forth on each step, thereby increasing its stride and running speed, much like the animal does. The current version of the Cheetah robot runs on a high-speed treadmill in the laboratory where it is powered by an off-board hydraulic pump and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center of the treadmill. Later this year we plan to start testing a free-running Cheetah that will operate more naturally in the field.
This is a really cool, miniscule, air power V12 engine. This guy spent over 1200 in his home shop hand making all the engine parts. Pretty Cool.
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets.
Now wouldn't a mobile music making Tesla Coil that you wear as a hat be something cool to be walking around town with? The video quality isn't that great, but you get the point. I think I'll make one for my dog.
It may be a bit impractical at this time, but make your own spider silk...Just get a genetically modified goat, milk it, separated some enzymes and away you go. Space elevator here we come.
