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Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite
KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon.
For a good 2,000 years or so, many people have sworn by acupuncture as a means of relieving aches and pains, and treating various other disorders.
Wireless patches could provide "acupuncture" on demand
Snow Peak Lapel Torch headlamp alternative
A small, magnetic clip on the back of the lamp lets you attach the Lapel Torch to your shirt. Image Gallery (4 images)
Oldest Bird Was Actually a Dinosaur
- For 150 years, Archaeopteryx held the "world's oldest known bird" record, but scientists now believe this animal was a dinosaur.Over the weekend, the New York Times’ Matthew Wald reported that we're running out of helium-3, a rare but useful helium isotope, thanks to a bit of bureaucratic blundering: The United States is running out of a rare gas that is crucial for detecting smuggled nuclear weapons materials because one arm of the Energy Department was selling the gas six times as fast as another arm could accumulate it, and the two sides failed to communicate for years, according to a new Congressional audit.
America's looming helium crisis (no, really) - Ezra Klein
Justin - Humanoid Robot Catches with Two Hands
The development of humanoid robots has made significant progress in recent years. Although several systems have impressive walking abilities, when it comes to their abilities to manipulate objects or interact with their surrounding they are quite limited.Encyclopedia of Life
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It wasn't that long ago that we had a future. I mean, we have one now; the world isn't going to crash into the Sun or anything like that.
Tales of Future Past
The Frida project was started back in 2007 with a core team of Swiss researchers from ABB team that was then complemented by other teams from Sweden, Norway, Germany, the United States and China. The prototypes were manufactured and assembled in Sweden but many students from different universities around the world were also involved in different stages of the development. FRIDA was created in order to meet changing scenarios frequently encountered in the consumer electronics industry and other sectors.
FRIDA Robot will Make your Gadget
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute developed a hand-held input device which can easily control a six joint robotic arm.
Turning Your Hand into a Robot
The innovative approach will work by re-injecting patients with their own immune cells after the cells have been isolated from a blood sample.