The robot is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Chemical Robots (ChemBots) program that seeks to build soft, flexible, mobile objects that can identify and maneuver through openings smaller than their static structural dimensions
DARPA goes on to say nature provides many examples of ChemBot features including mice, octopi, and insects, that readily traverse openings barely larger than their largest hard? component, via a variety of reversible mechanisms. These…
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When you first start out, the Twitter Web site alone is enough for simple posts and following a few friends. But once your network of followers and those you’re following expands, checking back to the Web site every 10 minutes is tedious. Here are 12 tools to help sate your Twitter hunger without having to constantly refresh your browser.
Another Adobe AIR-based desktop client for Windows and Mac. Unlike Twhirl, which can connect to multiple accounts and post to multiple social networks, Snitter is all Twitter business. One unique Snitter feature is the ability to create your…
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If imitation is flattery, then this week’s CTIA Wireless conference is an ode to the iPhone. Love or hate it, the iPhone has set the bar by making a truly smart smartphone. Here are pics of all the iPhone wannabes appearing at CTIA.
The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to the iPhone, including a touch screen. Unlike the iPhone, however, it includes GPS and runs on Sprint's high-speed EV-DO Revision A network. Sprint's network…
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From Apple's short-lived Lisa to Woz's “Woodstock West,” with TCP-IP, Lotus 1-2-3, Word, “WarGames” and even the first real cell phone included: 1983 was a rich year in tech.
You need be of a certain age to recall the guffaws that greeted President Reagan's March 23 announcement of an anti-missile shield, officially called the Strategic Defense Initiative and forever derided as \”Star Wars.\” There…
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Readybot, made by a bunch of Silicon Valley engineers, looks like a white enamel box with wheels, two human-sized arms & chrome styling, that can do such tasks as picking up cups, bowls, plates and dumps food into the trash & can load the dishwasher. The robot can also scrape & scrub countertops, & grab custom tools.
My dream robot might be closer to reality with the announcement today of the Readybot, made by a bunch of Silicon Valley engineers. The prototype device looks like a white enamel box with wheels, two human-sized arms and chrome styling, that…
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