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Engineers Make Electrical Contact to Graphene on It's 1-Atom-Thick Edge

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:03 AM PDT



Contacting 2-D graphene on its 1-D edge could make constructing 3-D ICs easier

10 Things We Wish the Google Barge Was Instead of a Showroom for Google X

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:19 PM PDT



The truth was disappointing. How about getting back to the speculation?

Automating Anesthesia For Medically Induced Comas

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:56 PM PDT



Using a computer to precisely control medically induced comas could mean gains for patient safety and hospital staffing

iCandy: Better Robot Bartenders and More Tipsy Tech

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:12 AM PDT



Also featuring a bordeaux battery, autonomous brewmasters and cork-less wine pours

RobotShop Feeds

RobotShop Feeds

Robots – Some Animated Shorts

Usually when you think about “robot videos”, you think about blockbuster movies like Transformers, Wall-E, Short Circuit, Real Steel and others. You would be surprised however to see just how many free robot-themed animated / CGI short movies are out there, many of which could easily be misconstrued as short clips taken from much longer movies.

Animating these movies takes considerable time and effort, and we’d like to show you just of few of the many videos you can find online. These videos can ilicit emotions, help inspire robotic creations, robot ethics and more. Found a really amazing video you want to share? Add it in the comments section below. Enjoy!

     

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Video Friday: Unstoppable Drones, Rock-Paper-Scissors Robot, and Nao Is a Chatterbox

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:42 AM PDT



We're off to Japan for ICRA and iREX, but not before delivering you Video Friday

NSA Intercepts Links to Google, Yahoo Data Centers

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:20 AM PDT



Snowden documents show the National Security Agency is tapping links to Silicon Valley's data centers

Climate Monster Found Lurking in Ocean Depths

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 02:31 PM PDT



Analysis of tiny creatures indicates drastically more heat storage in last 60 years

<i>Ender’s Game</i> is Already a Reality for the U.S. Military

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:09 PM PDT



Troops are being trained with military technology inspired by an iconic science fiction novel

Nanoparticle Both Kills Cancer Cells and Helps Image the Killing Process

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT



“Theranostic” nanoparticle is first to allow the fluorescent imaging of a drug inside a cancer cell

Offshore Wind Farms Just Need a Little Stagger to Generate More Power

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT



A new approach to spacing offshore wind turbines could significantly increase capacity

Special Report: The Highs and Hazards of Bitcoin

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:09 AM PDT



Bitcoin has gone from being an experiment in anarchy to becoming a billion dollar online currency. Follow its continuing evolution here

Human Brain Project Needs Artificial Brains to Understand Real Ones

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:03 AM PDT



Henry Markram wants brain-like computing to map the brain

Bitcoin’s Computing Crisis

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:03 AM PDT



The computing power of the network that runs Bitcoin doubled in October, pushing out all but the most dedicated (and richest) miners. Could an alternative currency, Litecoin, be the solution?

Trossen Robotics Blog

Trossen Robotics Blog

Link to Trossen Robotics Blog

Robot Refuse Winners!

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Last week 10 industrious roboticists each won a box in our Robot Refuse competition. Now they compete for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from the Trossen Robotics Store!

Check out the pictures that won them the contest below!

Chris Dunn Hoa Pham Jon Watte Plinio Guzman Andrew Lindsey Brian Christie Mike Brown Jean-Baptiste Clamence hyperRitual John Dolecki