Fighting IBots
Senior mechanical engineering students at Notre Dame create a different kind of game day. The students designed and built robotic football players for a class assignment.
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Theo Jansen, Kinetic Sculptor
Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls "Kinetic Sculptures," where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only.
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Manure, Life and the Bio-fuel Miracle of the Cow
An organic farm in India is powered by gober gas (Hindi for cow poop)
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The World’s First Flying Car
The Transition by Terrafugia is a roadable aircraft, an airplane that can take off and land from any airport, and with the push of a button fold up its wings and drive down the road.
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Lumenhaus
Lumenhaus is Virginia Tech’s 2009 entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition. Lumenhaus delivers a brighter way to live, literally and figuratively.
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Aptera car
A three-wheeled electric car with solar panels! Why three wheels? Find out here!
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Bionic knee
Bionic limbs like the Rheo Knee give wounded soldiers a leg up.
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Speedo LZR RACER swimsuit
Learn about the revolutionary swimsuit that has now been banned from competitions.
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Robots inspired by animals
Robotics researchers are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration. Watch a robotic salamander, a water strider robot, mechanical cockroaches and more!
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Making of Guitar Hero III with Slash
Watch how they did it...and see Slash rocking out in a digital bodysuit!