Robots
Robots
Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot
5:28AM Brian Lam | Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. More »
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Create The Ultimate Bionic Human Upgrades
3:00AM Adam Frucci | In the not-too-distant future, we’ll be able to upgrade our bodies with real hardware. But what exactly do you want grafted onto your body? The world is your nanomachine-powered oyster! More »
Science
LaserMotive First To Win NASA’s $US900,000 Space Elevator Prize
11:20AM Sean Fallon | LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the three-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 900m-long ribbon, securing a prize of $US900,000. However, they fell short of the $US2 million grand prize. More »
Robots
Someone Stop The Fastest Robot Packager In The World At Once
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | For some reason, I can’t stop looking at the frenzy Adept Quattro robopackager, which reaches more than 300 cycles per minute. Go to 1:30 to see running at full speed. Must. Close. Window.[Adept via RobotBuzz via Botjunkie]
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NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Amnesia
6:00AM Jack Loftus | We hadn’t visited the NASA Mars rovers in a while here at Gizmodo, so I thought I’d take a look today and see what they’re up to. Unfortunately, things could be better. More »
Random Stuff
The Great Gizmodo Halloween Roundup
12:00PM Chris Jacob | Since I’m feeling festive evening, I thought I would leave you with some of our Halloween posts. OK, really I just can’t pass up a chance to put up these masks of Chen and Blam again. Happy Halloween everyone! More »
Robots
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More »
MIT’s AIDA Robot Will Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More »
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Spider-Bot Pumpkin Is A Scary Way To Dispense Lollies On Halloween
9:20AM Sean Fallon | If I wasn’t so worried about traumatising the kids in my neighbourhood, dispensing trick-or-treat lollies in this creepy spider-bot pumpkin would be awesome. More »
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