For thousands of years, mankind has marveled at the majesty, even worshiped, the moon. That all ends tomorrow morning, when NASA puts the smackdown on Luna and stars blowin’ some shit up.
Of course, we’re not actually blowing up the moon, per se. I hope. The LCross Project’s mission is to find out if there is water [...]
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BTW, We’re Blowing Up the Moon Tomorrow
Picture(s) of the Week: New Mars Photos
This week new photos were released from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Probe, which has been circling the red planet since 2003. Here’s a view of Echus Chasma, a network of valleys that look stunningly similar to the canyonlands of America.
For more pics and info go here.
Amphibious Robot Snake is Awesome/Scary
Remember the garbage compactor monster in Star Wars? It exists now, except it’s a robot.
ACM-R5 is an amphibious robot snake developed by scientists at the Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan. When I watched the video (below) of the ACM-R5 swimming, my first thought was, “Wow, it looks so organic and natural.” My second thought was, “Wow, [...]
Animal-like Robots Walk on Walls and Swim
Here at Achieve Nerdvana, we’ve marveled at Theo Jansen’s beach animals and the ice-skating BigDog from Boston Dynamics. And of course, there are the pet robot dogs.
Robotics designers are indeed turning to nature for inspiration, creating robots that can tackle all kinds of situations in a variety of different environments.
The Waalbot is inspired by geckos and can [...]
