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Door-opening robotic arm for wheelchair users developed
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Rapacki created the 2000-dollar Dora keeping in mind that wheelchair users are often unable to reach and turn handles, reports New Scientist. She considered a variety of designs of door knobs and handles that a door-opening robot must be able to grasp...
Tags: wheelchair users, robot arm, open robot, Massachusetts, Mountain View, Handle, Robotics, Grippers, Robot, Door furniture, Technology Internet, Door handle, Tools, Wheelchairs
Robonica launches toy that combines robotics and video games
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 19 hours ago
Credibility South African firm Robonica hopes to conquer the hearts of gift givers this holiday season with hybrid entertainment that combines the interactivity of video games and the physical fun of toy robots. The company’s first product, Roboni-I, is a robot with...
Tags: Tom Dusenberry, Robonica, dusenberry says, web site, South Africa, Cape Town, WowWee, Robot, Humanoid robots, Technology Internet
Crab eyes help figure how humans react to dangers
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility This process, called habituation, occurs in all animals -- but how it happens in natural situations is still poorly understood, says Jan Hemmi of The Vision Centre and Australian National University (ANU), who conducted the study with Tobias Merkle. "For...
Tags: Jan Hemmi, eyes helps, humans react, crabs eyes, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Learning, Neuropsychological assessment, Systems science, Habituation, Robot, Environment, Cognitive science, Developmental psychology, Educational psychology
Jackman vs Robots: Who Would Win?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Back in September we learned that Hugh Jackman was circling a project called Real Steel that sounded like a live-action adaptation of Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Well apparently it's all set to go, with an $80 million budget provided by Dreamworks (thanks,...
Tags: Hugh Jackman, Steven Spielberg, Los Angeles, Abraham Van Helsing, Van Helsing, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, The Fountain, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men films, films, Robot, Richard Matheson, Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, The Boxer, I Am Legend, Human Interest, Real Steel, Steel, Entertainment Culture, DreamWorks, Dwayne Johnson, American film directors, Transformers, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Kung Fu Panda, Paramount films, Computer-animated films
As Silicon Valley Crumbles, the Makers Will Inherit the Earth [Book Review]
Moscow :: Russia | 1 day ago
Credibility In Little Brother , Cory Doctorow showed how a grassroots, technology based movement could ensure our civil liberties. With his latest novel, Makers , he asks whether a similar movement could save American capitalism from itself. Makers is written by...
Tags: Cory Doctorow, Kodacell, American, Suzanne Church, Russia, Moscow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Doctorow, Little Brother, Make, Robot, Transhumanists, Boing Boing
Robot joins resthome staff (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility Residents of an Auckland retirement village now have a robot helper, thanks to new research into inexpensive robotic assistants for the elderly. Selwyn Retirement Village in Pt Chevalier, where its tasks will include taking vital signs and giving reminders.
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Health Medical Pharma, Robotics, Robot, Technology Internet
Fleets of Autonomous Robots Coming to an Ocean Near You [Robots]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is preparing to roll out hundreds of small, seafaring robotic explorers. If you're out for a swim and a robot tries to make friends with you, don't stand in the way of science! The San Diego-based Scripps Institution...
Tags: Jules Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Francisco, Robot, University of California San Diego, Isaac Asimov's Robot Series
Elkhart Memorial hosts Lego competition
Elkhart :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility But we're not talking about a football field, we're talking about a contest field for a robotics competition...Teams program them with computers to perform tasks, and the most souped-up robots win.
Tags: Elkhart Memorial, Elkhart, Elkhart Indiana, Robot, Robotics, Danish design, Lego, Technology Internet, allnews
Leonardo da Vinci exhibit opens in Times Square
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square. Although best known for painting the masterpiece "Mona Lisa," da Vinci also designed a fantastical...
Tags: Leonardo da Vinci, times square, New York City, Mona Lisa, Robot, Mario Taddei, Cultural depictions of Leonardo da Vinci, Fabulists, Physiognomists, Technology Internet, Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo, Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
the carmen electra sex tape
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility This is everywhere today but I don’t know why people are calling it a sex tape...It sounds more like someone broke a robot and now the robot is dying.
Tags: sex tape, Los Angeles, Robot, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest, Law Crime
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