Construction equipment companies Caterpillar and Pon Equipment have teamed up to create a 26-ton all-electric excavator — and the massive digger might be the…
ROBOT VALETS WILL DRAG YOUR CAR INTO A PARKING SPOT AT UK AIRPORT
The U.K. airport will begin a three-month-long pilot program in which robots codenamed “Stan” park travelers’ cars for them — and if all goes well with the…
MIT – NEW GADGET COULD USE WI-FI TO POWER YOUR SMARTPHONE
Electromagnetic signals are probably bouncing around the room between your phone, laptop, and other internet-connected devices. For researchers looking for ways to power small,…
MIT USED A LASER TO TRANSMIT AUDIO DIRECTLY INTO A PERSON’S EAR
Scientists have figured out how to use a laser to transmit audio, ranging from music to speech, to a person across a room without…
SCIENTISTS DRILLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ANTARCTICA’S ICE
Scientists successfully drilled a hole more than a mile deep through Antarctica’s ice and into the sediment below — an accomplishment they say…
BOEING’S FLYING CAR JUST COMPLETED ITS FIRST TEST FLIGHT
Aerospace company Boeing completed the first ever test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) — a flying car, basically — at…
THE CENTAUR-LIKE ROBOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE NUCLEAR DISASTERS
Researchers in the U.K. are developing a centaur-like robot designed to work in settings too dangerous for humans to navigate — and…
SPACEX STARSHIP WILL “BLEED WATER” FROM TINY HOLES, SAYS ELON MUSK
Popular Mechanics published an interview with CEO Elon Musk focused on SpaceX’s decision to build its massive new rocket out of stainless steel instead of…
NEW CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM GENERATES ELECTRICITY BY SUCKING UP CO2
When vehicles and power plants burn fossil fuels, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — trapping energy from the Sun and warming the planet.…
A ROBOT IS LEARNING TO COOK AND CLEAN IN AN IKEA KITCHEN
Dieter Fox thinks cobots, a portmanteau for “collaborative robots,” will be a fixture of our future. These bots will operate alongside people, acting as…