Rise Robotics is setting its sights on getting its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's strongest non-hydraulic robotic arm – a record that has remained uncontested for nearly a decade after the Fanuc M-2000iA/2300 bench-pressed 5,070 lb (2,300 kg). How? With good old-fashioned belts and pulleys.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Robotics, Robotic constructi
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Decade-old Guinness World Record for strongest robotic arm in peril
Posted by ArielTechGeek 2 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
US Air Force first to accept official combat drones
Posted by ArielTechGeek 3 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force has shown that it may be time to start collecting the coats, as it has designated two prototype combat drones as official combat aircraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Anduril, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, US Air Force, Autonomous flight
Fat-tire ebike hauls hefty gear as it powers through the rough
Posted by ArielTechGeek 10 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
New Jersey's Velotric has unleashed the second generation of its fat-tire adventure ebike to "power through challenging landscapes and city streets with equal ease." The Nomad 2 can also take more than 500 pounds along for the ride.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Off-road
wrapped in a shimmering aluminum facade, the new center will occupy a park on reggio calabria's mediterranean coast.
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Assistive robotic grasping device gives a hand to users' hands
Posted by ArielTechGeek 20 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
When someone has been rendered tetraplegic by a spinal cord injury, they may still retain partial use of their wrists. An experimental device has been designed to help such folks lift cumbersome objects, by adding a robotic hand to the back of their dominant hand.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: UC Berkeley, Robotic, Hand, Assistive Technologies, Disability
Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust
Posted by ArielTechGeek 24 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these nanosized particles could have serious health implications.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Air pollution, Nanoparticles, Terpenes, Purdue University
Modified fish and flies could pull pollution out of the environment
Posted by ArielTechGeek 28 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Methylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are now developing a method of removing it from the environment, utilizing engineered fish and flies that take up the compound and neutralize it.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Macquarie University, Fish, Insect, Mercury, Pollution, bioremediation, CSIRO
Air traffic control for drones keeps the skies safe with cheap radars
Posted by ArielTechGeek 29 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Remember when the co-founder of the game studio that made early Call of Duty titles accidentally crashed his drone into a firefighting plane battling the flames raging across Los Angeles last month?Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Drone safety, Brigham Young University, Safety, Radar
Steering electricity through the air with ultrasound pulses
Posted by ArielTechGeek 31 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Electricity is chaotic, and we normally need to constrain it to wires and circuits to make use of it. Scientists in Europe and Canada have now managed to guide sparks through thin air and even around obstacles using ultrasound waves.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Electricity, Electric, Plasma, Acoustics, Ultrasound, University of Helsinki, Public University of Navarra, University of Wa
Four-sided air hockey table game looks like pure chaos
Posted by ArielTechGeek 32 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
I am beyond awful at board games. I dread being invited over to a mate's place, only to see them whip out a box of fiddly little game pieces and a maddeningly long list of rules that they insist I'll "get the hang of in no time." No, let's not just start playing and see how it goes, thank you very much.Continue ReadingCategory: Games, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: table top, Kickstarter
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