This robotic gripper can lift delicate objects without breaking them
Humans have built cranes capable of lifting ridiculously heavy objects and moving them around with ease. We have also designed massive ships to transport large, heavy cargo across thousands of miles without breaking a sweat. But what if we wanted to.....»»
Saturday Citations: The neurology of pair bonding and one small step for robots
From enraptured voles and space robots on the moon to brain gears and dense objects, it was a heck of a week in science. Let's take a look at some of the most interesting developments over the past seven days......»»
Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket raised on launchpad for first time
Blue Origin’s 320-foot New Glenn rocket has been raised on the launchpad for the first time as part of preparations for its maiden flight later this year......»»
Breast Lift Surgery: Are You the Ideal Candidate
Breast lift surgery, also known as mastopexy, is a popular procedure designed to elevate and reshape sagging breasts, offering a more youthful and aesthetically pleasing appearance. Understanding who is eligible for the surgery is crucial if yo.....»»
Lawsuit claims N.Y. Chevrolet dealer backed out of contract to sell
The prospective buyer of a Fort Montgomery, N.Y., store has sued the dealership for allegedly breaking a contract to sell its assets and real estate......»»
"Singles in America" study: Daters breaking the ice with AI
Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every aspect of our daily lives, and dating is no exception. A study by Match in partnership with researchers at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University found that American singles are starting to use c.....»»
Guinness video celebrates robotic record breakers
Guinness World Records says more and more robots are entering the record books and it's knocked together a video to celebrate the fact......»»
Report: Apple is about to be fined €500 million by the EU over music streaming
EC accuses Apple of abusing its market position after complaint by Spotify. Enlarge Brussels is to impose its first-ever fine on tech giant Apple for allegedly breaking EU law over access to its music streaming services.....»»
Mean Girls. Argylle. Madame Web. Why are movies so bad right now?
Mean Girls, Good Grief, The Beekeeper, Lift, Argylle, and now Madame Web have all contributed to a dismal start to 2024. Why are movies so bad right now?.....»»
Saturday Citations: Einstein revisited (again); Atlantic geological predictions; how the brain handles echoes
Einstein's inexhaustible field equations just keep on predicting weird stellar objects, and the latest one is a doozy—so strap on your helmet, inside of which is another helmet, encasing still yet another helmet. This headgear is modeled on a weird.....»»
Why are movies in 2024 so bad right now?
Mean Girls, Good Grief, The Beekeeper, Lift, Argylle, and now Madame Web have all contributed to a dismal start to 2024. Why are movies so bad right now?.....»»
"Fortnite" will return to the iPhone -- but only in the EU
Three years after Apple kicked Epic Games off the App Store for breaking terms of business, it has allowed the firm to return with a developer account — and "Fortnite" — for use within the EU.Still from the Epic Games-produced ad criticizing Appl.....»»
Aurora borealis dynamics suggest the polar vortex is breaking up again
The Space Climate Research Group at the University of Oulu, Finland has been studying the effects of energetic particle precipitation from space, more commonly known as the aurora borealis or Northern Lights, on winter weather variations for quite so.....»»
Florida coral reef still struggling after 2023 heat wave
Coral reefs off the Florida Keys islands are struggling to recover from last summer's record-breaking heat wave, new data showed Thursday, in another sign of the devastating impacts of human-caused climate change......»»
The rise of robo-retail: Who gets left behind when retail is automated?
Canada's first robotic cafe, RC Coffee, opened in Toronto in October 2020. The flagship location of the coffee chain revived the long-dormant retail concept of the automat: a restaurant where food and drinks are served by technology, rather than huma.....»»
T-Mobile teases ‘5G superhighway’ expansion with record-breaking Uplink Transmit tech
T-Mobile has shared the results of its latest 5G network test today and the Uncarrier says it’s broken another record. A novel network technology called Uplink Transmit (UL Tx) switching that runs on 5G SA is expected to expand T-Mobile’s “5G s.....»»
NASA Mars rover looks up, sees its strange moon eclipsing the sun
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover captured an image of the Martian moon Phobos eclipsing the sun. The robotic rover is looking for evidence of past life on the Red Planet's surface. There aren't any Martians around to watch eclipses on Mars. But t.....»»
eROSITA X-ray sky survey measurements show consistency with the cosmic microwave background
The analysis of how galaxy clusters, the largest objects in the universe, evolve over cosmic time has yielded precise measurements of the total matter content and its clumpiness, report scientists of the German eROSITA consortium, led by the Max Plan.....»»
Watch SpaceX stack its Starship rocket in super-quick time
SpaceX has shared a cool video showing its robotic Mechazilla launch tower stacking its Starship rocket ahead of the vehicle's third test flight......»»
Into the belly of the rover: VIPER"s final science instrument installed
A team of engineers is preparing to integrate TRIDENT—short for The Regolith Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain—into the belly of NASA's first robotic moon rover, VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)......»»
Optical invention mirrors the image processing power of a human eye
On a cold, sunny day, you're driving on a rural road, surrounded by snow-covered fields. In an instant, your eyes process the scene, picking out individual objects to focus on—a stop sign, a barn—while the rest of the scene blurs in the periphery.....»»