Handle Robot Reimagined for Logistics

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by thundersnow

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Primitive Technology: Reusable charcoal mound

Published 7 years ago in Technology. Submitted by thundersnow

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Backflipping MIT Mini Cheetah

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

MIT'S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an av…
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World’s First Hydrogen Boat - Energy Observer

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

This is the energy observer, the first autonomous hydrogen boat to sail the seas.
Powered by solar, hydrogen, wind and water energy, the white catamaran will take six years to tour the world.
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Boston Dynamics: New Robots Now Fight Back

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

The new robots at Boston Dynamics keep getting more and more sophisticated... : )

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Teleoperation of RC car from inside a cylindrical dome

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by manro

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World's Lightest Solid!

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now technically…
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Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

LEDs and solar panels are both made of diodes. A diode is just designed to allow electricity to flow in one direction but because we make them out of semiconductors they can do all these other things.

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Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Dinorwig Power Station, otherwise known as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydro station in Llanberis, Wales. And yes: it's Britain's largest battery. Here's how it works.

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Transforming Air Into Pure Drinking Water Is Finally Possible, Here’s How

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

At least one hundred million people live in desert regions around the world according to the UN, and they survive off of less than 25 cm of rainfall each year, and for many, even that minuscule water supply is under threat as the climate crisis is making dry areas even drier.
So scientists at UC Berkeley have been experimenting with materials that can pull drinking water out of thin air.
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Inside China's High-Tech Dystopia

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

In part three of Hello World Shenzhen, Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance heads out into a city where you can't use cash or credit cards, only your smartphone, where AI facial-recognition software instantly spots and tickets jaywalkers, and where at least one factory ba…
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How Flexible Machines Could Save The World

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices.

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Infinite Loop + DRAG RACE. Simple Electric Train RACE.

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by thundersnow

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How Blue LEDs Changed the World

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Not only are small, energy efficient LEDs used in almost every piece of modern electronics, they have the greatest potential impact on energy savings globally. But LEDs didn't have much use until the '90s, when Japanese scientists discovered the missing link needed to complete th…
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amazing car inventions

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by Judge-Jake

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Keaton Music Typewriter Demo

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by ringmaster

More info here: https://www.boredpanda.com/keaton-music-typewriter/

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Now That's a Snowblower

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by thundersnow

Now That's a Snowblower! This is the machine that is used to widen out the streets after the snowplow goes by! The snow banks will be up to the roof of our houses after the next snow fall tonight!

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Deepfake Videos Are Getting Terrifyingly Real

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Artificially intelligent face swap videos, known as deepfakes, are more sophisticated and accessible than ever.

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Google Maps Hacks by Simon Weckert

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by manro

99 smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic.

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Robots Are Able To Dance Now

Published 3 years ago in Technology. Submitted by jbond

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