MIT is 3D printing custom robot bumpers
Robots are many things to many people — including expensive and, shall we say, imperfect. Put those latter two together and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. But researchers at MIT are hoping to make robots more resistant to damage with 3D printed shock-absorbing skins. By varying the stiffness of material as it’s made, scientists can create a bumper that absorb energy in more efficient ways.The team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) calls this a program..>> view original[ October 5, 2016 ] Privately-developed rocket's safety system to be tested Wednesday News
Blue Origin conducted a pad abort test in October 2012. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, plans a dramatic flight test in West Texas on Wednesday to verify the performance of an escape system on its suborbital launcher designed to loft space tourists, researchers and commercial astronauts on short rides to the edge of space. The test flight will be streamed live online by Blue Origin starting at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT), and you can watch th..>> view originalYosemite's endangered frogs show signs of rebound
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog was once one of the most abundant amphibians in that western mountain range. But the animal has disappeared from 93 percent of its historical range, leading it to be added to the endangered species list in 2014 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.But there might be hope for the hoppers yet.Just two years have passed since the frog has been under federal protection but, in some parts, the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) is already coming back...>> view original3 Makers of World's Smallest Machines Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Video Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded Three scientists, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for the design of molecular machines. By ELSA BUTLER on Publish Date October 5, 2016. Photo by Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency, via Reuters. Watch in Times Video »..>> view originalHow did bees teach us about culture? They pulled some strings.
In his experiment, Queen Mary University of London researcher Sylvian Alem attached a fake flower sprinkled with sugar water to the end of a string, placed it under a transparent sheet of glass and then put a group of bumblebees to a test.If he trained them to pull the string to get the sugar water, would they be able to learn it – and spread the skill to their colony?When Lars Chittka, a professor at the university, saw the experiment, he was surprised."What I like about the work," Dr. Chittka..>> view originalDonald Trump is a 'threat to the planet', says world-leading climate change scientist
One of the world’s leading climatologists has warned that US presidential candidate Donald Trump is a “threat to the planet” because of his denial of global warming. Professor Michael Mann, whose work showing how humans had caused the Earth’s temperature to rise at an unprecedented rate helped the International Panel on Climate Change win the Nobel Peace Prize, said he and other scientists had decided to speak out because of “the irreparable harm that would be done by a climate change-denying, ..>> view originalWeird science: 3 win Nobel for unusual states of matter
How is a doughnut like a coffee cup? The answer helped three British-born scientists win the Nobel prize in physics Tuesday. Their work could help lead to more powerful computers and improved materials for electronics. David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, who are now affiliated with universities in the United States, were honored for work in the 1970s and '80s that shed light on strange states of matter. "Their discoveries have brought about breakthroughs in the theoretical un..>> view originalWith European Union's ratification, Paris climate deal to enter into force
In a historic move, the European Union endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change on Tuesday, the latest of many governing bodies to do so over the past several weeks. The ratification puts the UN's climate deal on track to propel a global effort to dramatically reduce emission levels over the coming decades.The deal is expected to enter into force 30 days after the EU submits ratification documents, which it is expected to do by Friday.The ratification of the Paris accords comes even more ..>> view originalChina wants to build the world's biggest spaceplane
A Chinese company is building a spaceplane that would carry up to 20 tourists, according to a report from New Scientist. The government-backed China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology have designed two versions of a one-piece rocket that would take off on its own power, though some are skeptical of the academy’s approach. Rocket scientist Lui Haiquang presented the project at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico last week, telling attendees that the academy’s design..>> view original
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