You might describe your smartphone as a lifesaver, but now you can let it help in the fight against AIDS. Alternatively, you can turn it into a tool to help study global warming or discover pulsars. It’s thanks to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC), which already offered a similar tool for computers. […]
As part of their education series, the folks over at FilmmakerIQ.com deliver this history lesson in Hollywood’s evolution of using the greenscreen. Running at 17:30, this is a little long, but I promise you that gaining knowledge has never been more fun! [FilmmakerIQ.com / Source: Vimeo]
The same Wired/Stan Winston/Legacy Effects robot we told you about at SDCC may we really be The Iron Giant… Editor’s note: OMG THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER. [Stan Winston School / Source: YouTube]
Researchers at two British universities have successfully powered a cellphone using urine. The project involves microbial fuel cells, which are ceramic cylinders filled with bacteria. As the bacteria eats fuel supplies, it creates a small electrical charge as a by-product. The technique works with micro-organisms that would normally, where oxygen is present, produce water as […]
Unfortunately there’s not too many details about this robot in the video’s description, but it seems that this handmade robot can performs all sorts of cool stuff. Be sure to check out the extra videos below. [Via LS]
As regular readers may have noticed, I’ve been on vacation for the past week. What with being both a gadget addict and a technology writer, I tried to make it something of a cord-cutting, low-fi break. As we were camping there was little point lugging about laptop or tablet and I used my smartphone solely […]
The founder of audio firm Bose, Dr Amar Bose, has died aged 83. He wasn’t simply the boss of a high-priced equipment manufacturer, but a major player in acoustical engineering. Born in Philadelphia in 1929, the son of a refugee from India, Bose taught himself to repair broken toy electric trains because his family couldn’t […]
Run while you still can my friends. Soon, running will be futile. ATLAS was developed for DARPA by Boston Dynamics. Software-focused teams from Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge will use the robot to compete in the first physical competition of the Challenge in December 2013 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The DARPA […]
Price at a *ahem* measly $123,000 USD, the Power Jacket MK3 exoskeleton will mimic your every move while you’re wearing it. The suit uses “a master-slave system where your arms and legs are strapped to motorized joints that, when moved, drive the motion of the suit’s corresponding limbs.” [PoweredJacket | Via TechEblog]
Asimo, arguably the world’s cutest android, has started work as a tour guide in a Tokyo museum. And sadly it was a pretty bad first day. Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) is a humanoid robot designed by Honda to help people with mobility issues, though to date it’s mainly been used for demonstrations and […]