Month: July 2014
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Jotly: An App That Allows You To Comment And Rate Everything You see
Discover a new unusual app coming straight from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Jotly is an application that will allow you to comment, rate and share everything that is around you! Jotly is a mobile application that should quickly become your favorite app! And for good reason, since the principle is very simple:…
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Landesgartenschau: A Finger-joint Made Home Constructed From Robot Fabricated Panels
This amazing building is made up of interlocking timber sections shaped entirely by robots. The building 17m in height and 245 square meter in area, only needed 12 cubic meters of timber to build. The building of Landesgartenschau is based on the biological plate structures found on nature. Researchers from the University of Stuttgart have…
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BugJuggler: A 70 Meters Tall Gigantic Robot To Juggle The Cars
The designed robot is 70ft tall and can hurl the cars into the sky and then catch them again. The robot is named as BugJuggler which would be equipped with the hydraulic arms, accumulators and diesel generator. An extraordinary strength is required to absorb the forces produced by hurling of cars. Juggling bottles and apples is not…
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Researchers Develop A Biorobot Powered By An artificial Muscle
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a biological microrobot, which moves when its muscle are actuated by the electrical impulses. It can be used in many biomedical engineering applications. Professor Rashid Bashir leads a biorobotic research team at Libnah laboratory (Laboratory of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Applications ). Which has developed a microrobot with the…
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Google Predicts That In 2029 Robots Will Be Equal To Humans
Ray Kurzweil, the Director of the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Google, gives us his vision about robotics in 2029. According to him, at that time the robots will be able to interact with humans just like humans. Perhaps a sobering prediction… Ray Kurzweil is an important figure in the world of robotics and artificial intelligence. His opinion…
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Virtual Reality To Help In Restoration Of Archaeological Artifacts
Now it is possible to fix the worn out, damaged and old art pieces using digital recreation and augmented reality. This remarkable achievement is made possible through collaborative research of multiple universities researchers. A revealing flashlight is used to project a computer generated virtual reality picture on the object to reveal the details of the…
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iSwimband: An Aquatic Gadget To Save Children From Drowning
iSwimband is gadgets that minimizes the risk of your loved ones drowning. The wearable gadget is equipped with sensors that generates an alarm when your loved ones are in dangerous situation. The sale has already been started on CES and shipping for the rest of the world would be started soon. Controlling the adults on the…
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Hexo+: A Drone That Can Follow And Film You Using GoPro Camera
A French company has designed an autonomous unmanned drone that is capable of tracking and filming the moving objects. The company has launched a Kickstarter campaign for crowdfunding that has generated lots of craze among the extreme sports lovers. Hexo + is clearly a must-have for all sportsmen wishing to film their performance. Until now, whenever you wanted to…
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Duke: An Autonomous Robotic Weapon Firing System For Helicopters
First of its kind, a 100% robotic and remote weapon firing system for helicopters was unveiled at Eurosatory defense show in Paris. Duke Airborne Systems has developed a compact robotic weapon system designed for the helicopters. Israeli manufacturer claims that its system can easily be integrated into the transport aircrafts without the need for extra staff or space.…
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Gear Live: Samsung’s Latest Smart Watch With Google’s Android Wear OS
“Android wear” is a new OS platform, developed by Google for Samsung’s new smart watch “Gear Live”. The same design theme as in Gear 2 has been used in Gear Live; it is far more than a jewelry or a fashion piece. The Gear Live has a square screen of the size 320*320 resolution at…
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GoCam: An iOS App To Take A Selfie Using Hand Gesture From 10 meters
Selfies lovers will be happy to see touchless technology that can take snaps from 10ft. Swedish company has developed an app for Apple devices considered to be the best solution for selfies. The app detects and keeps track of different gestures with touchless A3D software. Selfies fans are increasing day by day and people are…
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A Microchip Enables A Paralysed To Move His Hand For The First Time
Science has just taken a big stride in the field of bio-medical engineering! Ian is a young quadriplegic man who was able to move his hand using his mind, thanks to a microchip implanted in his brain. This is an unprecedented innovation that could be a solution to solve the paralysis problem due to spinal cord injury. Ian…
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Ray: A Robotic Assistant To park Your Cars At Düsseldorf Airport
A new wizard robot will make its appearance in the basement of German airport at Düsseldorf. The third largest airport in Germany has just been equipped with a robot to park the cars of visitors. Ray is a bit like Alfred, the butler, who takes care of everything. If you arrive by car in the parking of…
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Crowdsourcing Will Help The Robots Learn More Effectively And Quickly
University of Washington’s researchers have adopted a crowdsourcing approach to make the robots learn complex tasks. With the help of Crowdsourcing, the future robots would be able to speed up the learning process. The robot looks carefully the way a person acts and then copies it for its own operation Computer scientists at University of Washington (UW)…
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World’s Most Powerful Water Gun With A Range of 40 Feet
The amazing water gun has capability to store water up to 10 liters and fire it up to 40 feet. The cost of making one such gun is $2150. The gun has been made from daily use components. We give you more details about this invention. An engineer in London has made the world’s most sophisticated…