A Visualization Of Every Nuclear Detonation From 1945 To Present

Published 9 years ago in Other. Submitted by Kopi

It's been 70 years since the detonation of an atomic bomb at Hiroshima. You would think that the horrifying after-effects of the bomb would teach the world not to play with nuclear weapons, but unfortunately it did not. Here's a video that maps every single nuclear weapon detonat…
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Adaptive Gripper

Published 9 years ago in Science. Submitted by Kopi

Introducing a large scale soft robotic manipulator from Soft Robotics Inc. capable of diverse tasks ranging from the handling of fragile items to large and unwieldy targets. Soft robotics is a highly scalable platform that offers light weight, unprecedented safety, and extremely …
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Tree trunk removal with an SUV

Published 9 years ago in Accidents. Submitted by Kopi

It probably would have been cheaper to hire some illegals at the home depot.

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Super Samurai: Robot beats Japanese master swordsman

Published 9 years ago in Technology. Submitted by Kopi

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DNA taken from trash used to map features of litterbugs in Hong Kong

Published 9 years ago in Science. Submitted by Kopi

An environmental group in Hong Kong has gone high-tech in its fight against street littering. It actually collects human DNA from rubbish to recreate the faces of those who left it, believing that public shaming will do a better job than government fines.

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