When entering city of Odessa port one can be greeted by a giant metal robot staying there for years already. … Read More
Originally posted 2010-02-26 05:19:02.
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Doesn’t look like much from the top; ESAB building, from Construtionweekonline
One of the reasons we have been so dubious about Dubai is the energy consumption required to keep people cool there; they even air condition the beaches. … Read More
Originally posted 2010-07-23 08:32:46.
On 03.26.12, In Hacks, Mods & DIY, Transportation
The Hopworksfiets party bike was built in, where else, bike-mad Portland, Oregon, by the bike builders Metrofiets. All you really need to know in order to fall in love with this bike is that it carries not one, but two beer kegs along with a pair of taps to serve the suds. … Read More
Originally posted 2009-10-13 10:59:14.
On 03.26.12, In Robots/World Domination
Micro-aerial vehicles, or MAVs as they’re called in the elusive underground, are far from new, but a team from NC State University is hoping to advance the field with an all new critter. The Robo-Bat is a remote controlled creature that relies on a super elastic shape-memory metal alloy for the joints, which is said to provide a full range of motion while enabling it to “always return to its original position — a function performed by many tiny bones, cartilage and tendons in real bats.” The crew is also utilizing other “smart materials” in the muscular system, giving it the ability to react in real time to environmental changes such as sudden wind gusts. Ideally, this bionic chiropteran would be used to chivvy those who dare step foot on Franklin Street or inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, but in less malicious situations, it could help well-meaning scientists get the bottom of that whole “aerodynamics” thing.
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Originally by Darren Murph from Engadget on July 7, 2009, 7:27am
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