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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 12, 2018
A week of bio-inspiration: Scientists are figuring out how to use spider venom to treat cancer, and looking to plants for cues on making self-healing, carbon-fixing building materials. But the human body can be bio-inspiring too — so we’ve got a robot that can do parkour, as well, in the latest cool advances in science and tech.
 

 

Albert Einstein: ‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’

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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 07, 2018
The first commercial carrier fueled by recycled waste gas from a steel mill just flew across the Atlantic. In Japan, construction workers might get a break: Scientists there created a robot that can install drywall, among other building tasks. And in landlocked Indiana, researchers are looking to shrimp as an inspiration for more resilient building materials. It’s a real grab bag in this week’s most interesting scientific discoveries.
 

 
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
September 23, 2018
In the future envisioned in this week’s coolest things, we’ll be using photosynthesis to harvest unlimited sustainable energy while emotionally sensitive robots fetch supplies from the cupboard and weirdly agile insect-inspired drones buzz around our heads. Plus: A strong magnetic field holds the possibility of fusion power, and astrophysicists dig under the surface of “nuclear pasta.” Astro, we’re not in “The Jetsons” anymore. 
 
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
July 13, 2018
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Artificial intelligence is figuring out how to see through walls, predict human IQ, and clean up grainy pictures — with the help and input, of course, of some extremely savvy researchers. In this week’s coolest things, AI is advancing by leaps and bounds.

 

 

Berkeley Scientists Try On A New Pair Of Genes

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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
July 07, 2018
"This week we learned about a cloaking device that helps medicine sneak up on cancer cells, a tiny brain for a tiny drone, and “smart outlets” that can learn the difference between harmless power surges and dangerous ones. What a trip!
 

A Trojan Horse Approach To Cancer
Robotics

These Robots Are Really Pushing The Envelope: A Q&A With GE Roboticist John Lizzi

Tomas Kellner
July 05, 2018
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As the executive leader for robotics at GE Global Research, John Lizzi may have one of the coolest jobs at GE. His desk is right next to a classroom-size lab filled with collaborative robots that can safely work next to humans; envelope-like devices that can worm inside a jet engine, inspect it and even fix it; and drones that can keep an eye on wind turbines and other large industrial assets. GE Reports recently visited Lizzi’s lab and talked to him about his favorite robots and the latest developments in the field.

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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Elizabeth Hamilton
Tomas Kellner
June 29, 2018
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Scientists in Japan developed a flying DRAGON robot, their peers in California built artificial human immune cells that could one day fight cancers, and a team at NASA found a way to make jets quieter. Science is powering ahead. You’ve heard it here loud and clear.

 

Flying Dragon Robot

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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
June 24, 2018
"Robots pitched in on delicate eye surgery, scientists 3D-printed soft shapes that can be moved by magnet and researchers figured out a way to predict who’s going to fall ill with the flu virus. We’ve caught the scientific-discovery bug, though, and it doesn’t seem to be going away.
 

 

Eye, Robot
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
Samantha Shaddock
June 09, 2018
"Tiny blood-purifying robots, a 3D-printed neighborhood and artificial nerves that could give prosthetic limbs the ability to “feel” — this week’s scientific developments may be legitimate life-changers.
 

 

Gold Bugs



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Robotics

Snake Eyes: This Slithering Robot Does The Dirty And Dangerous Work So We Don't Have To

Dorothy Pomerantz
June 08, 2018
Inspecting the dimly lit belly of a chemicals storage tank can be a pretty grim task. But one industrious soul does it with grace and ease — and certainly without complaint.
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