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A Drone Named Curiosity

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “A Drone Named Curiosity”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThink of remotely-programmed robots building a Mars base and a landing strip. The age of human space flight is nowhere near over, and a simple picture will describe the potential of robots to literally … Continue reading →

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Whale War Drones

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Whale War Drones”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Thought: take the crew out. Harden the nose. Aim at ramming speed for the factory ship, and you’d have a motorized trireme. You would also become a real, honest-to-godz pirate. While I certainly agree with the … Continue reading →

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Strategic Mosquito Defense Initiative

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Strategic Mosquito Defense Initiative”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is the weirdest video to come out of the TED conference: a sensing system that ID’s female mosquitoes and sizzles their wings off with a laser.

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Artificial Robot Hand

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Artificial Robot Hand”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAll geeks on Twitter should follow @GreatDismal. He gives awesome linkage:

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