Leonardo has come a long way since its first presentation in 2019. The robot, developed by a group of engineers from Caltech, could then only stand and trudge with the help of two rotors located at shoulder level. Without a proven stabilization system, Leonardo still had to be held by cables. The Leonardo 2.0 no … Read more
The VR industry has been booming lately. The announcements of new helmets are multiplying at the end of the year, and we have a feeling that this is only the beginning. Microsoft Research has just unveiled a prototype VR controller capable of changing shape depending on the context. The X-Rings is packed with capacitive sensors … Read more
For any SF lover, William shatner is a legend. The interpreter of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series has made millions of kids dream to the point that some have chosen to become an astronaut. This time, William Kirk (or Cap. Shatner, I don’t know anymore…) will really join space aboard a rocket. Blue … Read more
It is done. At 5 p.m. sharp (Paris time), and after a few minutes in zero gravity just above the Karman line (100 km altitude), the capsule of Blue Origin came back to land on Earth carried by huge parachutes. On board, the 4 space tourists have just experienced a rare moment. Chris Boshuizen, co-founder … Read more
Will the future be for the Terminators, these androids armed with heavy machine guns who decimate everything in their path? It may well be that reality will soon join fiction: society Ghost robotics just unveiled the SPUR (Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle), a Spot-type robot dog equipped with a sniper rifle. The aggressive looking robot was … Read more
Astronomers and astrophysicists of all stripes are puzzled to say the least. A mysterious signal coming from the center of our Galaxy resists all scientific explanation. Detected by the researcher Ziteng Wang of the University of Sydney and baptized “Andy’s Object”, this radio signal escapes all explanatory models and does not correspond to any type … Read more
When we talk about artificial intelligence, there are countries that invest heavily (China, United States), those who are struggling to make the necessary efforts (European countries as a whole) and those who are still watching the train go by. (all the others or almost). And in the great match between the United States and China, … Read more
Scientists have long sought to unite technology and clothing to bring clothing into the modern era. Precisely, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have just presented an invention going in this direction. This is OmniFiber, an intelligent fabric that can detect and respond to the movements of its wearer. Specifically, the fibers of … Read more
A 2015 Physics World article tells us that two American students from George Mason University managed to outperform DARPA researchers (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). The American agency was working several years ago on a method of extinguishing fire based on the use of low sound frequencies, but this research was unsuccessful. Seth robertson … Read more
For the general public, South Korea is the country of robots, successful series (Squid Games) and sophisticated smartphones (Samsung), a country necessarily at the forefront of modern technology. However, the world’s 12th largest economy is lagging far behind in certain areas, and in particular in the aerospace sector. Thus, the first rocket designed in South … Read more
