Emerging Tech

NASA just released this new video looking at sea surface salinity around the globe. The visualization comes from NASA's Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, fr...

This Robot Cube Can Walk, Jump And Balance Itself

Cubes are relatively stationary objects. You can throw them around, sure, but it's hard to see them as being autonomous. One robotics lab did just that, however, with its newest in...

NASA Report Explains Satellite Launch Failure

NASA this week released an eight-page report detailing all its engineers have learned about a failed...

MIT Is Teaching Robots How To Learn From Their Mistakes

Students at MIT are teaching robots how to adapt, as discussed in this video. At the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, students will be presenting a pair of...

These Robots Will Do Your Gardening

Co.Exist ran a piece about nursery bots from Harvest Automation, which gives us a glimpse i...

Robot Blackjack Dealers Will Always Stack The Deck Against You

I love and hate Blackjack. The simplicity of the game means I can actually understand the rules, but the game is always stacked against the players in favor of the dealer. Now a ro...

Google Ups Its Cloud Platform Support Game

Google announced the launch of a new set of support packages for services on the Google Cloud Platform today. These cover App Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQ...

NASA’s Kepler Finds Extra-Solar Planets Smaller Than Earth

Over the past year, NASA's Kepler mission has found...

Mega Gets 3 Million Users In A Month, Mobile App Coming Soon

Kim Dotcom's Mega launched last month with a ridiculous launch party...

NASA’s Cassini Probe Finds Accelerated Particles Around Saturn

NASA this week revealed that a "chance encounter" with solar wind around Saturn has allowed the...

Google Shares Details And Pictures From Its Glass Foundry Event

It was revealed last month that Google would be in...