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Robo-forklift keeps humans out of harm's way

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are working on a better way to handle supplies in a war zone: a semi-autonomous forklift that can be directed ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robo-forklift keeps humans out of harm’s way

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are working on a better way to handle supplies in a war zone: a semi-autonomous forklift that can be directed by people ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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US Supreme court overturns California meat safety law

The US Supreme Court Monday overturned a California law that set strict standards for slaughtering and selling the meat of sick and injured animals.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robots in reality

Consider the following scenario: A scout surveys a high-rise building that’s been crippled by an earthquake, trapping workers inside. After looking for a point of entry, the scout carefully navigates ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Berkeley lab to build cost model for fuel cells

Fuel cells seem like an ideal energy source -- they're clean, efficient, silent and don't require transmission lines. The hitch? They can be costly. Now scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hope ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cryogenic catering truck comes to the ALMA observatory

The ultimate in high altitude, high-tech catering has arrived in Chile to serve chilled "provisions" to the telescopes at the largest astronomical complex in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zero-emission fuel cell back-up power now available for RVs

Fuel-cell cars have been a tomorrow technology as long as I've been reporting on them, but it looks like 2015 will be the year they finally go commercial, with hundreds of thousands (you read that right) planned for production ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crash sensor boosts safety in warehouses

For reasons of workplace safety, storage shelves in warehouses are subjected to routine testing of their stability. These inspection rounds are time-consuming and deliver just a snapshot in time. Researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover new compound that rids cells of Alzheimer protein debris

If you can't stop the beta-amyloid protein plaques from forming in Alzheimer's disease patients, then maybe you can help the body rid itself of them instead. At least that's what scientists from New York were ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A closer look at how humans interact with technology

Most people have just one question regarding Roombas: How well do the robotic floor vacuums suck up pet hair and dust bunnies? A few might even wonder if their Roomba could go rogue and chase the family cat ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NREL teams with industry to validate methanol fuel cell technology

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics of Fremont, Calif., on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'There's the orbiter, go put a motor in it'

The first time anyone installed a main engine in a space shuttle in 1980, it took three days and prompted a series of changes that quickly became standard practice.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4


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