Simulation

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Watch This Gorgeous And Terrifying Simulation Of Hurricane Katrina As It Gathers Strength

11:45AM January 5, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

This dramatic visualisation of hurricane Katrina masterfully captures the monster storm for a period of 1.5 days as it gathers strength over warm ocean waters. More »


Entertainment

How Trevor Bayne Used A Video Simulator To Win The Daytona 500

1:15AM February 25, 2011 | Justin Hyde

Last Sunday, 20-year-old rookie Trevor Bayne became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500 in Nascar history. His first experience with the track? Driving the iRacing video simulator at Daytona a year earlier, with Michael Waltrip giving him pointers. More »


Science

Pogo Jumping Robot Could Rule Low Gravity Worlds

2:00AM December 20, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Japan, no stranger to work that involves delivering robotics to every facet of human society, thinks it may have figured out the best way for bipedal robots to move on low gravity worlds like the moon. Enter the pogo stick: More »


Cars

Test Drive A Driverless Mitsubishi From Your Computer

11:40AM October 15, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Sure, there’s a lot more to test-driving the car than the view from the driver’s seat. But it’s still pretty amazing that Mitsubishi will let you control a 2011 Outlander Sport, on a closed course, from your home. More »


Science

Lexus’ State-Of-The-Art Driving Simulator In Action

8:20AM October 13, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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In a massive warehouse in Higashifuji, Japan, a striking white pod, 17m in diameter, is perched atop a mess of machinery. It’s the Lexus driving simulator, the most advanced of its kind, and they’re finally showing it in action. More »


Entertainment

This Full-Scale F1 Simulator Is Insane

1:13AM August 21, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

If you are tired of your Motion Pro II and want to upgrade to the best thing after a real Formula 1 car, here’s the BRD 06, a 1:1 scale F1 with a fibreglass and carbon fibre composite monocoque chassis. More »


Science

I Want These Guys To Take Us To Mars

3:00AM August 20, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Romain Charles, Sukhrob Kamolov, Yue Wang, Diego Urbina, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Alexey Sitev. Remember these names, because nobody is going to remember when other people go to Mars instead of them. However, they are crucial to humanity’s next odyssey. More »


Science

Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand The Brain

7:00AM August 18, 2010 | PZ Myers

PZ Myers – a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris – as a thing or three to say about Ray Kurzweil’s claim that we’ll reverse engineer the brain by 2020. Personal attacks aside, he makes a strong point. More »


Science

Reverse-Engineering Of Human Brain Likely By 2020

10:20AM August 17, 2010 | Priya Ganapati - Wired

Reverse-engineering the human brain, so we can simulate it using computers, may be only a decade away, says Ray Kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert and author of the best-selling book The Singularity is Near. More »


Watch A Giant Robot Arm Simulate A Ferrari Test Drive

2:40AM August 8, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Driving simulators can give you pedals to mash and wheels to steer, but there’s something essential about that gut feeling of actually moving. This Ferrari simulator replicates it with a gigantic robotic arm. Watch it realistically jostle one test driver: More »