Tsinghua said the bike took experts from a few engineering departments to make, and it is more complicated than developing a car. It carries a large payload of the devices and motors to keep the bike balanced, and enable remote steering.
Category: Technology of Tomorrow
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Epson’s Paperlab A-8000 can put Dunder Mifflin out of business
The Epson Paperlab A-8000 is a dry-process paper-making system. It would shred used paper and makes paper out of them.
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Riding an elevator outside an 1km tall tower is still unrealistic
PLP claims their dynamic scheduling system will make the system more efficient than the traditional system while keeping the building safe. But it probably won’t be here soon
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Someone spent two years building a self solving Rubik’s cube
As someone suffers from Rubik’s cube block for years, I can relate to Takashi Kaburagi’s drive to build a self-solving one.
It took two years, some engineering skills and a lot of code to have the Rubik’s cube robot. -
The gun lets you fire 5 bullets at once
The L5 or the “Ribbon Gun” isn’t your conventional rifle. The five-bore single barrel rifle can fire five bullets simultaneously with just a single pull of the trigger.
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HEXA: The $1000 spider bot can do more than keeping your plants happy
The tech industry is constantly looking for the “next big thing.” While people are flocking towards virtual reality or augmented reality, consumer robots have been one of the fastest growing sectors in the industry. However, the development is heavily concentrated in the vacuum cleaning, the programmable HEXA might signify for something more.
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xArm: The robot arm that costs less than two iPhones
UFactory just released its latest product the xArm series on Kickstarter. It’s a combination of functionality, versatility, and affordability that could signify a shift in the robotic application.
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KWK Promes: the transformer safe house
Architect ‘Robert Konieczny’ from ‘KWK Promes’ a Polish Company has a design of a safe house that combines functionality and aesthetics.
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Europe Space Agency vows to clean up the most dangerous junk yard
If satellites are not disposed of properly, the parts could become high-speed bullets leading to a chain reaction destroying everything on its way, or the Kessler Syndrome.
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The hottest robot dancing of the year
Yes, we are obsessing with Boston Dynamics’ videos (who isn’t.) And yes, we are calling it, they have just won the hottest robot of the year with the uptown bot dancing seductively to Bruno Mar’s best selling song.