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Ground Bot
The GroundBot is a spherical sentry designed to roll up to 6 mph through just about anything—mud, sand, snow and even water. Two gyroscopically steadied wide-angle cameras and a suite of sensors give remote operators a real-time, 360-degree view of the landscape, letting them zoom in on prowlers or detect gas leaks, radioactivity and biohazards. Originally invented by Swedish physicists to explore other planets, the GroundBot features a tough design that requires almost no maintenance and can also be programmed to run autonomously.
11.21.2008 at 11:37am - Comment by bnorrismcclurei thought that it was good to read about. also what i found interesting about it was that it was made to roll up 6mph through anything. i found out it explores other planets. it's very good to use when you can.
- Technology
The Personal Tilt-Rotor
Imagine a car veering off a lonely mountain road and tumbling down the embankment. Minutes later, a sleek aircraft zooms in quietly at 230 miles an hour, tilts its wings and rotors up, hovers, and sets down just feet from the wreck. The pilot and a medic load the injured driver into the aircraft and zip back to a hospital at twice the speed of a conventional helicopter ambulance.
10.22.2008 at 10:35am - Comment by bnorrismcclureit's a neat way how to do things
- Technology
The Personal Tilt-Rotor
Imagine a car veering off a lonely mountain road and tumbling down the embankment. Minutes later, a sleek aircraft zooms in quietly at 230 miles an hour, tilts its wings and rotors up, hovers, and sets down just feet from the wreck. The pilot and a medic load the injured driver into the aircraft and zip back to a hospital at twice the speed of a conventional helicopter ambulance.
10.22.2008 at 10:34am - Comment by bnorrismcclureit's a neat way how to do things
- Science
The Neural Puppeteer
"Here's what happens when we turn on the light," Karl Deisseroth says. He points to a mouse, ordinary save for the thin optical fiber protruding through its skull. When a lab tech presses a lever, blue light shoots through the fiber, and the mouse -- which had been sauntering straight ahead -- starts to run in circles. "He's doing that because the blue light turns the neural circuit on," Deisseroth explains. "As soon as we stop the stimulation, he'll walk straight again."
10.22.2008 at 10:26am - Comment by bnorrismcclureit's a very intresting article to read about
- The Environment
Pumping Up With Nitrogen
Dear EarthTalk: Is using nitrogen to inflate my car's tires really better for the environment than using air? And if so, how? -- Roger Mawdsley, Abbotsville, BC
10.15.2008 at 10:28am - Comment by bnorrismcclureit was interesting how they talked about tires
- The Environment
Gaseous State
In a lush pasture near Buenos Aires, this cow and its compatriots are digesting important information: how much methane—a greenhouse gas 20 times as potent as carbon dioxide—is released by the country’s 55 million bovines. Researchers from Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology connected inflatable tanks to the cows’ first stomach, where methane is made, through a small hole between their ribs.
10.14.2008 at 10:44am - Comment by bnorrismcclureit was a good article
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