Category: Emerging Tech

NASA’s Curiosity rover project is back in action after some issues with its computer — and has discovered an intriguing shiny object on the surface of Mars. Curiosity’s ChemCam camera has been busy snapping images of the area around the rover, and the ChemCam will be looking next at four samples in particular. Two of them have been targeted before,… Continue reading "Curiosity Has Found an Intriguing Shiny Object on the Surface of Mars"

Sandia National Laboratories When you hear about the potential risk of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) disabling virtually every electronic device within a country, there’s a good chance you think, “Hey, I remember that James Bond movie plot.” But just because the threat of an EMP emitted by a nuclear weapon exploded in the skies above us isn’t on the radar… Continue reading "There’s a Giant EMP Blaster in New Mexico. Luckily it’s Here to Protect Us"

Biomimicry, the concept of modellng systems found in nature to solve complex problems, is popular among roboticists. But while the robots that result from it can gain the strengths of particular forms of animal locomotion or other abilities, they also adopt the species’ same limitations. For example, an aquatic fish-inspired swimming robot may be really adept at moving in water,… Continue reading "Unusual Nature-Inspired Robot is Equally at Home on Land or in Water"

Whether it’s bleedable veggie burgers or “beef steak” made from rice, peas, and seaweed, there are plenty of food-tech efforts to re-create the experience of biting into meat, minus the need to kill animals to get it. What do both of these examples have in common? That’s right: No actual meat. Israeli startup Aleph Farms is taking a different approach.… Continue reading "There’s an Exciting New Lab-Grown Meat Startup on the Block"

Lidar will likely be best known to readers as part of the core tech that allows self-driving cars to figure out what is taking place around them. A laser-based technology, lidar constructs a depth-based image of the world by firing lasers and then measuring just how long it takes for the reflected pulse to be bounced back to the sensor.… Continue reading "Lidar-Equipped Truck Knows Exactly How Much De-icer to Apply on Roads"

New York-based MakerBot is behind some of our favorite 3D printers. Today, December 11, it’s adding to its already impressive offerings with Method, a so-called “performance 3D printer” that aims to bridge the gap between home 3D printers and more industrial 3D printing tech. Tantalizingly, it promises some of the features that were previously available exclusively to industrial printers for… Continue reading "MakerBot’s Method 3D Printer Brings Industrial Precision to the Desktop"