The US Army's Developing a Crash Test Dummy to Measure Explosive Shockwaves
Vehicles do need to be able to protect their occupants, and one of the dangers occupants of military vehicles face is, of course, explosions.
Vehicles do need to be able to protect their occupants, and one of the dangers occupants of military vehicles face is, of course, explosions.
We’ll whittle our inboxes down to empty one week, only to feel overwhelmed as the number of unread messages climbs into the hundreds the next. Are we always an unpredictable mess when it comes to email? Actually, no.
Yeah, we definitely shouldn't have taught robots how to fight with swords. Read More >>
It'll all be mechanical as well, so no apps or special software required.
The same motion sensor that tells your smartphone when to automatically switch the display from portrait to landscape modes can be used to make incredibly accurately measurements of what its camera is seeing.
Them there internet folk think they are sooooo clever.
Chinese researchers use 3D scanners to measure differences in facial features with age.
The butterfly is one of nature's most graceful creations, making it all the more remarkable that this robot butterfly is almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Read More >>
Cars already have intelligent headlights that sweep left or right to improve visibility as you steer into a turn. But Vauxhall/Opel is developing next-generation lamp systems that scan your facial features 50 times a second to keep track of where you're looking – and automatically re-direct the lights in that direction. Read more >
Once launched, the tiny device relays relevant information back to the user through – what else – a smartphone app.
YouGov poll seeks citizens' views on the end of the world and shows the nations' religious divide.
Controlling the weather sounds like it should be the exclusive domain of science fiction. But manipulation of the clouds has a somewhat surprising history in the real world.
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Someone did a study to analyse how colour affects the popularity of Pinterest posts. Quite a bit actually.
As robots get small enough to easily swim around inside the human body, they'll soon be used to perform medical procedures all from within a patient. Read more >
Not everyone needs to lift insanely heavy loads—and in those cases, something a little less robotic may just be the answer.
