What happens when a robot meets an obstacle like say, a wall? Simple. The journey ends right there and then. However, that won’t be the case with VertiGo, a four-wheel robot developed by Disney Research and ETH Zurich, that conquer walls by scaling it. The idea is fairly simple, actually: […]
We would imagine getting trap in a burning high-rise building is as helpless as getting trap in a failing aircraft. While commercial entities are exploring ways to save souls in the sky, an Israeli company has developed a rescue device that could help those who are trapped in burning tall […]
A pen is just a pen. There’s nothing interactive, much less living, about it. So, if you are looking to make your greeting card, artwork or whatnot alive, digital media is perhaps the way to go, but that’s before Living Ink Time-lapse Bio-ink Pen comes along. Living Ink Technologies’s Bio-ink […]
It is a good thing that most civilians won’t experience being shot by a gun. However, we can’t say the same if you are in stateside. Well, don’t get me wrong. If you have been following us long enough, you will know we are not against guns, but there are […]
Drone and water don’t mix, but at Rutgers University, the researchers beg to differ. Unlike regular multicopters, Rutgers’ SubUAS “Naviator” Drone has no qualm about taking a dive into the water and that’s in addition to its ability fly like any regular multi-rotor drone. More importantly, it needs no transformation […]
During this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota showcased numerous gorgeous automobiles, but there’s a little gadget that actual stole the limelight, and possibly, the hearts of many. The gadget in question is not quite a gadget; it is actually a robot, a miniature version of the robot Kirobo that stationed […]
Taking temperature of patients with potentially contagious disease is a risky business which healthcare workers have to live with, but not quite, if Thermowand becomes a reality. Pitched by Captains Engineering and Consulting helmed by Professor Tim Johnson of Wentworth Institute of Technology, Thermowand is an infrared temperature measuring device […]
Mankind have long envy the astonishing properties of spider’s silk. Spider’s silk is known to be five-time stronger than steel, but yet has far greater flexibility than nylon, thus making them suitable for a wide range applications, including life-saving bulletproof vest and even for building suspension bridges. There is a […]
Have you ever had nightmare of robot on motorcycle chasing after you? Well, not to worry, this humanoid won’t do such nasty stuff, at least not until Google changes its name to Skynet. What you see here is Motobot Ver. 1, or otherwise known in its more lengthy form as […]
A handgun is designed to kill or maim, but when in the hands of a law enforcement officer, it is not necessary the case – thanks to an innovative clip-on device called The Alternative from Californian company called Alternative Ballistics. The Alternative clips onto the handgun front and is designed […]
Throughout the history of Marvel comic, Thor’s mythical hammer, Mjolnir, can only be wielded by the worthy one. Though a handful, through storyline loop hole or not, managed to lift it. Anyways, the point is, nobody, not even superheroes who can lift 700 lbs with ease, can lift it. It […]