Category: Invention

The Droid Really Is All That: Commands Lego, Solves Rubik’s Cube

The Droid Really Is All That: Commands Lego, Solves Rubik’s Cube

May 6, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWoAHS120g This isn't the first Rubik's-cube-solving Lego robot that's been viral in the last few months, nor is it the...

Stephen Hawking Tells Us How To Build A Time Machine

Stephen Hawking Tells Us How To Build A Time Machine

May 8, 2010

How many times have you wished you had a time machine so you could go back and do something a...

Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to ‘Robot Rock’

Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to ‘Robot Rock’

April 29, 2010

Chris Conte knows how to rock and roll. Or at least how to build machines that can assist in the...

Big Dog Robot Can Jog Up To 5mph With Your Groceries

Big Dog Robot Can Jog Up To 5mph With Your Groceries

April 27, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ&feature=player_embedded Don’t feel like carrying all of your heavy bags anymore? Let Big Dog do it for you. Big Dog...

Farmer’s Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More

Farmer’s Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More

April 21, 2010

Chinese farmer turned inventor, Wu Yulu, is finally getting some recognition after designing and building homemade robots. Yulu has faced...

Robot Trainers Bring Hope to Stroke Patients

Robot Trainers Bring Hope to Stroke Patients

April 19, 2010

A study done by a group of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island showed that intensive therapy using a...

Self-Driving GM EN-V May Change Transportation, Still Looks Funny

Self-Driving GM EN-V May Change Transportation, Still Looks Funny

April 14, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6JRIQmPsg Alright, I'll be honest - last time I wrote about the GM EN-V vehicle, I ridiculed it for its...

Plants Beat Humans to Cyborg Status

Plants Beat Humans to Cyborg Status

April 9, 2010

Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza is helping nature take it all back. Esparza has created the Planta Nomada, a hybrid plant/robot...

Robotic Suit Grants Superhuman Strength, Possibly Revolutionizes… Radish Farming?

Robotic Suit Grants Superhuman Strength, Possibly Revolutionizes… Radish Farming?

April 9, 2010

You may have heard about Shigeki Toyama and his Power Assist Suit before. Of course, there's every likelihood you haven't....

One of Many Reasons That LEGOs Will Always Be Cool

One of Many Reasons That LEGOs Will Always Be Cool

January 30, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHWDSnWk2jU What do you get when you have a few guys with a lot of time on their hands and...

Shawarma Slicing Robot Built for Safety First, World Domination Second

Shawarma Slicing Robot Built for Safety First, World Domination Second

April 5, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65o8uSmKz8 If you've ever wandered the streets of Berlin or Munich, then you know that shwarmas (or doners as they...

Human or Robot? Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell

Human or Robot? Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell

April 5, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KF2E_K37B0 You have got to love the Japanese. They come up with the coolest tech gadgets, and they also come...