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Video Friday: Flocking Quadcopters, Hip Hop NAO, and Watson Gets Cooking

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:27 AM PST



Should we be surprised that a supercomputer is a more creative chef than any human? Probably not

From Three Mile Island to Fukushima Daiichi

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:15 AM PST



How IEEE Spectrum covered two of the biggest nuclear disasters in history

Dismantling Fukushima: The World's Toughest Demolition Project

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



Taking apart the shattered power station and its three melted nuclear cores will require advanced robotics

Living with Fear in Fukushima

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



Residents of Fukushima Prefecture wonder if it's safe to resume their lives

Meet the Robots of Fukushima Daiichi

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



A cleanup crew of automatons will go where humans fear to tread

The Future of Bitcoin Exchanges: Comments From a Mt. Gox Competitor

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 02:24 PM PST



The COO of Kraken has some advice for the next wave of Bitcoin exchanges

Can Internet Infrastructure Pay for LED Street Lights?

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST



Philips and Ericsson join forces for more connected, efficient cities

Light Absorbing Thin Films Get Even Skinnier

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 11:41 AM PST



Two separate research teams develop methods for thinning down semiconductor materials for light absorbing applications

Nanotubes Make Logic Circuits that Use Both Light and Current

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 10:14 AM PST



Carbon nanotubes combined with silicon make optoelectronic logic that could speed computing

Huge Offshore Wind Farms Could Tame Hurricanes

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 10:03 AM PST



Offshore wind turbines could slow hurricane wind speeds and generate extra energy at the same time

Netflix Ad Spoofs Amazon's Drone Dreams

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 09:04 AM PST



Netflix asks, "What could possibly go wrong with drone delivery of DVD disks?"

Terrafore Looks to Cut Molten Salt Energy Storage Costs in Half

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:33 AM PST



A new chemistry that lets salt expand and contract inside a capsule could bring salt storage into more realistic price ranges for solar thermal plants
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Unmanned Cargo Ships Face Industry Resistance, Are a Good Idea Anyway

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:27 AM PST



Rolls-Royce wants to use robotic ships to make cargo transport safer and more efficient

Less Is More With Next-Generation Medical X-rays

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



A new X-ray-generating chip will reduce the radiation from medical imaging

Car Food the Volvo Way

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:00 AM PST



Cars will take grocery and other deliveries, even when the driver isn't present

Nanoporus Graphene Takes Another Step Toward Water Desalination Process

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:06 PM PST



The material could lead to less energy intensive filtration methods

Crowd-Sourced Thermostats, Modular Fusion Reactors, and Other Ideas From ARPA-E Future Energy Pitching Session

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 11:25 AM PST



Entrepreneurs describe their bold (and sometimes crazy) energy projects
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Arrival of the Mini UAVs / Drones

Heli-Max Mini UAV's

Heli-Max new Mini’s Arrival, the 1SQ and 1Si

RobotShop recently received the first shipment of several new Mini UAVs / Drones. Unlike many small R/C quadcopter kits on the market, these are RTF (Ready To Fly) models, so everything needed to fly is inside the box. Charge the battery, plug it in and take off. Two inexpensive models we tested recently allow you to not only pilot the copter remotely, but are each equipped with a micro camera that records video and/or pictures during the flight. It is really easy to start/stop recording (which is done via the transmitter) – one button for video, another for photo. These are a blast to fly indoors and out (of course when the weather is on your side).

So how “mini” are they? How about 143mm x 145mm! Here is a front view showing then in front of the Lynxmotion Crazy2Fly and Hunter VTail 400 to give you an idea of the size.

Mini-vs-Lynxmotion

Lynxmotion Crazy2Fly & Hunter VTail 400 against the two new Mini’s

The transmitters which come with the copters have two joysticks on the front, an LCD display for settings as well as a large on/off switch. On the rear there is one button for photo capture and another for video.

Heli-Max - Transmitter - Front&Back

Heli-Max Mini UAV’s Transmitter Front & Back

You can find both of these products in the “Small / Micro UAVs” category on RobotShop website. RobotShop is working to increase our selection of UAVs & Drones and will be adding more models to the lineup, including one which is even smaller! Do you have experience with mini / micro UAVs? Tell us in the comments below.

     

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These Quadruped Robots Double as Japanese Garden Lamps

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:58 AM PST



Lamps that walk. It's the future

Chris Anderson’s Expanding Drone Empire

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



At the former Wired editor's start-up, 3D Robotics, open-source robots take to the skies

Hacking the Van Allen Belts

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST



Could we save satellites and astronauts by wiping out the Van Allen belts?

Mitsubishi Planning Predictive User Interface for Cars

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST



Your car will get to know you and then guess what you're up to

The Slow and Painful Death of the Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 02:08 PM PST



Rumors of insolvency plague Bitcoin's most fabled exchange

Ford's Smooth-Driving Autonomous Research Car

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 11:27 AM PST



Latest experimental car, shown at Mobile World Congress, lowers self-driving's visual profile but could raise the bar for delivering a comfortable ride
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