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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
What your boss has planned for you
There are new systems coming out that will measure workers' productivity, this time targeting knowledge workers.Main point: "... machine-learning software to measure how quickly employees complete different tasks and suggest ways to speed them up. The tool also...
Farmerless tractors
A project, called Hands Free Farm has been advancing agricultural automation. The near term goal is a 35-hectare section maintained by automated farm equipment.Changes are already underway in the agricultural sector: "...GPS-guided tractors can already plow fields...
This is why Pharaoh’s Magicians exists
Via TCS Daily: The engineers do things that the shamans and wizards of previous eras only promised, and they do them so well, and so reliably, that their reward is to be taken for granted. So here's my request: every once in a while, stop and think about the miracles...
Timo Boll Playing Ping Pong Against A Robot
Via Business Insider: 32-year-old Timo Boll is Germany's table tennis champion, currently ranked number eight in the world. He is also a new "brand ambassador" for KUKA Robotics in China. The company's "Agilus" robot is the fastest robot in the world, and it appears...
Timo Boll Playing Ping Pong Against A Robot
Via Business Insider: 32-year-old Timo Boll is Germany's table tennis champion, currently ranked number eight in the world. He is also a new "brand ambassador" for KUKA Robotics in China. The company's "Agilus" robot is the fastest robot in the world, and it appears...
Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells | Penn State University
Via Instapundit and Penn State News: …a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State has placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically. Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside...
Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells | Penn State University
Via Instapundit and Penn State News: …a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State has placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically. Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside...
Kansas teen uses 3-D printer to make hand for boy
Via Instapundit and KansasCity.com: John Sleezer | The Kansas City Star Mason Wilde, 16, has been building things since he was little. He put his skills to good use by using the Johnson County Library’s 3-D printer to craft a prosthetic hand for 9-year-old Matthew,...