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A new Swedish-designed front end for transport trucks could help reduce driver deaths in collisions with passenger cars. The structure is designed to both spread and absorb the force of impact between the two vehicles.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Chalmers University of Technology, Crash, Truck, Accidents, Road Safety
Over the years, tiny houses have evolved beyond their humble DIY roots, with some designers pushing the practical limits of the small living movement to create huge towable homes that are more like luxury apartments on wheels. With this in mind, let's take a closer look at five of the largest and most impressive recent examples.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Co
Google DeepMind says it's created a "multi-world" AI agent that can follow your natural-language instructions to perform a range of tasks for you in a variety of 3D virtual environments. That is, it'll do the grindy bits of video games for you.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Artificial Intelligence, Google DeepMind, Gaming, Video Games
ANYmal is a truly remarkable robot, capable of standing and lifting things like a humanoid, or slinking around on all fours like a quadruped, with or without wheels. But what's really surprised us now is the eerie grace it's starting to move with.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Quadruped, Humanoid, Robots, Shape-shifting, ETH Zurich
An experimental new undersea robot shows great promise for use in the upkeep of offshore renewable energy platforms. Because it has the ability to climb vertical underwater surfaces – and paint them – it's known as the Crawfish.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Fraunhofer, Offshore Wind, Underwater, Remote Control
Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of a collaboration between the company and OpenAI to enhance the capabilities of humanoid robots. In a video released today, the Figure 01 bot is seen conversing in real-time.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Figure, Open AI, Humanoid, Communications, Artificial Intelligence
In a newly declassified video, the UK's £100 million (US$127 million) DragonFire laser weapon can be seen going through its paces as it blasted test bench and field targets, including drones and mortar rounds.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: British Army, Royal Navy, U.K. Ministry of Defence, Laser weapon
Landmark historical relics don't usually slip past at public auction unnoticed, but as we demonstrated in this recent article, it does happen. Now three priceless relics from gaming antiquity are going to auction: the world’s first video arcade game (Computer Space - 1971), the game it inspired (Pong - 1972) and the sequel to Pong (Space Race - 1973) which used a computer joystick.Continue Readin
A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace's partnership with DARPA to develop a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Rotating Detonation Engines, Hypersonic, DARPA, Space exploration, Energy, Fuel, Rocket
Stratolaunch Systems, the company behind the world's largest aircraft, is making headlines again. The firm's Talon-A1 hypersonic test aircraft has successfully completed its first powered flight, which took place last weekend in Mojave, California.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Stratolaunch, Hypersonic, Test Flights


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