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Mar 31, 2017
This Robotic Tentacle Works Just Like An Octopus
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Mar 31, 2017
Scientists Hack a Human Cell and Reprogram It Like a Computer
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, computing
New research shows that cells understand and execute directions correctly, and scientists may be able to take advantage.
By hijacking the DNA of a human cell, they showed it’s possible to program it like a simple computer.
Mar 31, 2017
Elon Musk has job openings for 473 people at SpaceX — here’s who it’s hiring
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
A visit to SpaceX’s careers page reveals a surprising growth plan for Musk’s 15-year-old rocket company.
Mar 31, 2017
Robots Are Delivering Domino’s Pizzas In Europe
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Mar 31, 2017
The World’s First Flying Taxis Will Take to the Skies in Five Months
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: government, robotics/AI, transportation
We’re a lot closer to flying cars that we think. In fact, Dubai has already begun testing a prototype of a self-driving hover-taxi with the hope of launching an aerial shuttle service by July.
“The autonomous aerial vehicle exhibited at the World Government Summit is not just a model. We have already experimented (with) the vehicle in a flight in (the) Dubai sky. RTA will spare no effort to launch the AAV in July 2017,” shares director general of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Mattar Al-Tayer.
To avail of the taxi service, passengers will simply select a destination before they board the vehicle with the help of a ground control center. The EHang 184 quadcopter can travel on a programmed course at 100 km an hour (60 mph) at an altitude of 300 meters (1,000 feet), the authority said in a statement.
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Mar 31, 2017
The Ultimate Coffee Table Has A Fridge Inside
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: entertainment
Mar 31, 2017
Reversing Ageing
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Mar 31, 2017
Japanese Man Is First to Receive “Reprogrammed” Stem Cells from Another Person
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, finance
World-first transplant to treat macular degeneration could augur rise of iPS cell banks.
- By David Cyranoski, Nature on March 29, 2017