Partially 3D-printed robotic bass guitar rocks out with no human intervention
Much to the chagrin of bassists everywhere, engineering student James McVay recently created a robotic bass guitar. Surprisingly enough it actually sounds pretty good. McVay created the robot for his...
View ArticleTerrible holiday sweater has tiny OLED screen in the sleeve
The unattractive holiday sweater is simply a fact of life this time of year. No matter how much you don’t want them, you will occasionally pry open a gift box to find a garish wintery textile staring...
View ArticleInteractive augmented reality window makes train rides way more interesting
As long as the technology has been under development there has been a lot of speculation about how you would use a transparent display in a public space. One company has assembled a test that replaces...
View ArticleMale moths successfully drive robot in search of females
It’s hard enough for humans to meet one another and interact, which is most likely why social networks and dating sites rose to prominence. Cruising around the city in your sweet 1995 red T-Top Camaro...
View ArticleBuy your way onto a space flight using Bitcoins
Hopefully you haven’t spent all of your hard-mined Bitcoins on pizza just yet, because now you can put them toward becoming an astronaut. Startup I Dream of Space (IDoS) wants to put you on a...
View ArticleAstronaut poop will be used as a radiation shield on a trip to Mars
Inspiration Mars is an appropriately named proposed mission to Mars with the goal of inspiration rather than actually landing on Mars (perhaps oddly). The proposed journey is set to embark in 2018,...
View ArticleBat with broken wing clings to space shuttle, dies as shuttle launches
Get out your tissues, guys, and make sure no one can see your eyes. Before its retirement, as the space shuttle Discovery was preparing for launch, a bat landed on one of its engines and clung to it....
View ArticleBionic arm and hand can tie shoes, play cards, type on keyboards
Obviously, losing an arm creates significant hurdles for everyday life. From complex tasks like playing instruments, to simple things like tying a shoe or even holding a cup of coffee while trying to...
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