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Discover The Secret Of Mysterious Smell Of Old Books
Just walk into a section of library with old books, you would definitely feel their peculiar smell. But where does this unique smell of old books come from? We explain to you everything about this phenomenon. Matija Strlic, a researcher at the University College London has investigated this phenomenon. In a recent article in the The Telegraph he explains…
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Pi-Top: World’s First 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Laptop
The Pi-Top is a DIY laptop that has been constructed using Raspberry Pi board, a 13-inch screen and a 3D printed hull. Its designers describe it as a platform for introduction to programming and computers. Equipping oneself with a cheap PC laptop while at the same time learning to build it, that’s what the project Pi-Top is. It…
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Amazing!!! Engineers Achieve Invisibilty Just Using 4 Lenses
The concept of invisibility has always inspired fiction stories and movies. Two researchers from the University of Rochester have developed a system that uses only four lenses to hide an object. Their system uses cheap, readily available and off the shelf components. We tell you more about this technological innovation. What if Harry Potter’s cloak of…
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ROSA™ Spine: A High Tech Assistant Robot For Spine Surgery
Medtech is a company specializing in the design, development and commercialization of surgical assistance robots. Its latest product is ROSA Spine™, its a new assistant robot used in minimally invasive surgery of the spine. Medtech launched in 2002, is an example of French success in robotics. Launched in 2013, the revenues of company are up by…
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Thaw: A Revolutionary Smartphone App To Easily Control Your Desktop
A novel smartphone application named as Thaw allows you to interact with other computing device just using the touch interface of your smartphone screen. Developed by the Tangible Media Group at MIT, the system allows you to manipulate files and multimedia content, as well as, transfer it from one device to another. You can also…
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DASH: The Cockroach Inspired Robot Can Survive A Fall Of 28 Meters
The robot designers of UC Berkeley have been inspired by the robustness of cockroaches and their ability to climb walls, as well as, withstand drops from the heights of more than 28 meters. We tell you more. Unlike the normal people who consider robots as repugnant, scientists consider cockroaches as quite interesting to study. They have…
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MIT manufactures A Robot To Fight Against Smuggling
MIT researchers in Boston have developped a submersible oval robot which is capable of performing underwater ultrasound tests to inspect smuggling ships. This innovative robot was presented last week at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. This small robot is the size of a rugby ball and was designed primarily to inspect for…
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For The First Time A Drone Goes Fishing (Video)
We already knew about the types of fishing using spear or fishing net or using the dynamite etc. But fishing using drone is the very first of its kind. Check out this new technique in this unusual video. When the team amateur fishers, Sebastian and Nick Zimmerhackl Trian installed a fishing line on their drone, they could not have…
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Scientists To Teleguide The Butterflies To Disaster Affected Areas
American scientists have made the first step towards controlling the butterflies remotely using neuro-muscular implants. In fact, the researchers are analysing the in flight muscular movements of butterfly, so that they can produce pulses to control the movements of insects. We explain to you more about this scientific innovation. In a video released by the North Carolina…
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Top 5 Reasons Why Paper Currency Must Be Banned?
Although it is true that today many people do majority of their payments with credit cards, without using paper currency or coins, still many economists argue that governments should ban currency notes altogether. Here are the top 5 reasons in favour of those economists. Although, many developed countries are moving more and more towards a…
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Greek Scientists Design Octopus Inspired Robot That Moves Fast Under Water
Rather than reinventing the wheel, robotic engineers prefer to learn from the way the animals move. Greek engineers have developed an octopus robot that is able to move like a real marine animal. We tell you more. The Greek research institute FORTH is behind the development of this octopus robot. In a recent video, a new version of…
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Sideswipe: A Gesture Recognition System To Control A Smartphone In Pocket
A team of researchers from the University of Washington has developped a prototype of gesture recognition system that enables you to control a smartphone without requiring to touch it. Called Sideswipe, it relies on the detection of the electromagnetic waves used for cellular communication and their interaction with human hand. Being simple in design, as well as,…
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The Rooms Of This Amazing House Can Be Rotated By 90 Degrees
Some architects do not hesitate come up with creative designs to make their buildings as useful as possible. This is particularly the case with this 3 story modular home: every part of this beautiful home has the ability to rotate 90 degrees. You can arrange your home according to your moods! No doubt you would…
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Amazing Stage Performance Of Illusionist Marco With EDI Robot
The famous techno-illusionist Marco Tempest has a new friend: EDI, a “multifunctional robot designed to work closely with humans.” In this video, Marco makes a plea, on the stage, for a closer cooperation between humans and robots. The duo even performs a magic trick to support the claim by the illusionist! This time the famous Swiss illusionist…
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See What Happens When You Dip Your Hand In “Hot Ice”
This fact may surprise you but it seems that “hot ice” is indeed a real stuff. This video demonstrates some special properties of this solution, that is, ability to liquefy and solidify in the matter of a few seconds. Discover what happens when you dip your hand in it! The “hot ice”, sometimes called “sodium acetate trihydrate”, is…