Shake is a whimsical robot from Inertial Labs that can make any 3-ingredient cocktail. The LED ice cubes are a nice touch! It is entered in the upcoming BarBot competition this weekend in San Francisco.
Robot makes cocktails
Robots made from ice to explore other planets
Ice is an abundant material in the solar system and researchers are exploring whether it can be used to build and repair robots. University of Pennsylvanian engineers presented their early work on ice as a structural material for robots in a paper at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). The idea… READ THE REST
Watch huge building mechanically walk to its new location
A massive building in Shaghai, China "walked" to its new location using 200 mechanical legs. The timelapse is incredible but in reality it took more than two weeks for the building, an 85-year-old primary school, to rotate 21 degrees and move around 200 feet. Engineers relocated the building to open the area for a new… READ THE REST
Bionic leg goes open source
As progress continues on the hardware behind bionic prosthetics, the need for robust and safe control systems increases. The challenge is that the researchers working on these systems often are limited to testing in simulation or spending the time and money to build their own prosthetics for testing. To accelerate development, University of Michigan bioengineer… READ THE REST
For Valentine's Day, this grandma will teach you real Italian cooking, one-on-one
As an expression of your innermost deeply held feelings, Valentine's Day should be one of the easiest holidays of the year. But as any husband, wife or significant other can attest, the Day of Love can actually end up being pretty darn stressful. Flowers, candies and the usual expressions of the day are incredibly played… READ THE REST
Zenva Academy offers over 250 courses of coding training that could change your life
There are a hundred different directions you could take a career in tech. You could become a cybersecurity expert or create video games. You could design and run cloud-based systems or build your own artificial intelligence. But, whether you want to do DevOps, web development, or even work a tech help desk, one skill is… READ THE REST
This true 1080p projector brings HD-quality video to your wall-sized picture
There's been one common complaint that's often a big reason that has kept most projectors in their conference room presentation niche and not breaking out into a true home entertainment showpiece. For all their claims of crystal clear, even HD-quality pictures, many models just can't quite serve up that 1080p resolution that will make home… READ THE REST