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U-bot 5 is a robot designed to help with medical care of people. His functions include picking up small objects, dialing 911, using a stethoscope to check vitals and more. It costs about $65,000 to build a single robot in the lab, but LiveScience was told that manufacturers have said it might cost only a “couple of thousand” to mass-produce the automatons. A part-time, human in-home caregiver can cost more than $1,500 per week, so U-Bot could change the in-home caregiver market..
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The heavy-duty electric short-haul prototype truck, the first of its kind at any port worldwide, can pull a 60,000-pound cargo container, has a top speed of 40 mph, and has a range between 30 to 60 miles per battery charge. In April 2008, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission approved the production of 20 electric yard trucks..
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BMW is taking a whole new look at car design with a metrial they have named GINA, which is like a skin that covers the car. The car still has the safety design as other cars do, but now they can change the way the car looks on the spot..
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In this video Boeing uses/destroys a whole plane to see if the wing can handle 150% maximum turbulence, everyone who’s been working on the plane for the past 4 years is watching to see if they have done their job..
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Toshiba Medical Systems exhibited the next generation of CT diagnostic imaging equipment, the Aquilion ONE, at the 2008 International Technical Exhibition of Medical Imaging. The Aquilion ONE is the world’s first diagnostic imaging system that can scan an entire organ, such as the brain and heart, in one rotation, because it has a scan width of up to 160mm using 320 rows of area detector elements. Entire organs can be dynamically diagnosed using the Aquilion ONE system because it displays visual representations of volume data in a time series. In addition, because the new CT system is also easier on patients due to its lower radiation exposure and its drastic reduction in scanning time, it can be potentially used in emergency examinations and on young children..
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Taking its inspiration from the grasshopper, a tiny two-legged robot that stores elastic energy in springs has leaped 27 times its own height, smashing the record of 17 times set by a previous robot.
Later they want to build a wire superstructure to make the robot automatically regain its feet when it lands and add wings to let it glide like a real grasshopper while airborne. After that they hope to add solar panels, some simple sensors and a microprocessor. These would allow the robot to control its hopping and possibly communicate with other robots in the swarm, as well as recharge its battery..
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The outer skin of the Airbus A380 has to be designed to get this monster off the tarmac. The world’s biggest airliner is light but also tough thanks to incredible glass fibers shown in the video below..
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A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other, even when kicked apart the modules can reassemble into one robot..
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Th!nk City electric car, a four-seater with 110 mile (177km) range and top speed of 65 mph (104kph), priced under $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials, available in Europe soon and also in the U.S. in 2009.
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Requiring 80 percent fewer air conditioning units, the water-cooled Power 575 can reduce typical energy consumption used to cool the data center by 40 percent. IBM scientists estimate that water can be up to 4,000-times more effective in cooling computer systems than air..
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Luxim labs recently unveiled an incredibly energy efficient light bulb that packs more luminosity than a street lamp into a pill-sized form factor. Each bulb is filled with argon gas, which turns to plasma when electricity is focused through it. The energy is driven to the bulb without electrodes. The resulting light is intensely bright and mirrors the quality of light radiated by the sun, yet is produced by one of the smallest, most energy efficient light sources..
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The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth, BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog’s legs are articulated like an animal’s, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight..
Official Website: www.bostondynamics.com
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