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This Could Be The World’s First Robotic Action Figure
As eerily predicted in 1998’s Small Soldiers, a Japanese robotics company called Speecys is developing what it claims to be the world’s first robotic action figure that can move and pose all by itself — no imagination required.
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You Can Now Be Identified By Your Shaky Camera Footage
You might want to think twice before illegally filming the next concert you go to — at least using a body-worn GoPro or Google Glass. Even if we don’t realise it, we all move in our own unique way. It’s like a fingerprint based on motion, and now researchers at Cornell University have developed an…
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This Cheap Little Circuit Could Double Data Speed On Your Next Phone
Wireless technology is already amazing. It’s any data you could ever want through the air. But some exciting innovations are hiding on the horizon. This cheap little circuit that allows a wireless antenna to send and receive data at the same time is one of them. It stands to double the rate at which your…
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New Software Will Give Doctors A Panoramic View Inside Your Bladder
Images of long sandy beaches, breathtaking mountains, and even bustling cities come to mind when you think about an extra wide panoramic photo — not the inside of somebody’s bladder. But new software promises to give doctors a better view inside a patient’s plumbing by stitching countless images from an endoscope together, making it easier…