Toys & Gadgets & Stuff. Brain-Machine Interface @ EPFL: Wheelchair. IBM ParkBench. AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other. Jumping Sand Flea robot reaches new heights in latest video. The Sand Flea robot can leap to heights of 30 ft (9 m) thanks to a CO2-powered piston visible on the rear Image Gallery (2 images) When we first spied Sandia National Laboratories' Precision Urban Hopper Robot back in 2009 it employed combustion-driven pistons to propel it into the air and allow it to clear obstacles. In the same year Sandia handed development of the jumping robot over to Boston Dynamics, the company behind robots including PETMAN, BigDog and CHEETAH. Now known as Sand Flea, Boston Dynamics has released new video of the robot showcasing an updated jumping mechanism. While the earlier video showed the robot jumping while in motion thanks to piston on its underside, the latest video shows Sand Flea coming to a stop and rearing up before launch.
This is because the CO2-powered piston now fires from the rear. The Sand Flea can clear heights of 30 ft (9 m) and can jump up to 25 times before refueling is required. Here’s the latest video of the Sand Flea in action: Gizmag | New and Emerging Technology News. 4ICj7.jpg (600×389) JwFSL.jpg (529×383) Quantum Levitation. 1701_0dff_500.jpeg (500×1667) Technology News, Computer and Notebook Reviews, Computer News, Computer Mods, PC News | Maximum PC. 3722269_700b.jpg (700×546) Google unveils 'Project Glass' smart glasses - Apr. 4.
Google is developing a wearable smartphone screen as part of its 'Project Glass' initiative. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Siri is about to get one-upped by Google. The company on Wednesday unveiled a long-rumored concept called "Project Glass," which takes all the functionality of a smartphone and places it into a wearable device that resembles eyeglasses. The see-through lens could display everything from text messages to maps to reminders. They may be capable of showing video chats, providing turn-by-turn directions, taking photos and recording notes -- all through simple voice commands, according to a concept video produced by the company and released on YouTube. Project Glass is nowhere near complete, and Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) says it only went public with its effort to gather outside feedback.
The "heads-up display" glasses were born in Google's Google X lab, which is the same future-thinking research facility that developed a driverless car and is working on a space elevator. Project Glass: One day... Technology News, Computer and Notebook Reviews, Computer News, Computer Mods, PC News | Maximum PC.