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Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work
" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,... 
Close friend believes Steve Fossett 'had death wish because of guilt over mar...
Here we go the guys reported dead and now we have a nasty assumption from the gutter press. Lets milk the story before he is put into the grave. " Adventurer Steve Fossett crashed his plane into a remote Californian mountainside in a ‘subconscious death wish’,...
BigDog: Military Packbot
This one was handballed to me by Truemors... BigDog, man's best friendbot may soon be joining US troops in the field, though there is still some work to be done. This quadruped pack-robot needs no obedience...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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British troops in 'Mad Max' mission
British soldiers in Afghanistan have undertaken a dangerous mission and managed to outsmart the Taliban in order to deliver turbines. The operation was the biggest "route clearance" mission for British troops since World War II. 1,600 troops shifted mines and guarded a 200-...
Snow capped Everest turning into rocky mountain
The glacier cover in mountain regions worldwide has decreased significantly in recent years as a result of warming trends, according to a latest report conducted by the International Center... 
Antarctic Robots: Don't Get Lost Out There
Like a human science team, this crowd of robots can not only split up a task list, but argue over who does what. No word on if they can grow beards, but I'd add that as a feature request.Aside from obvious...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Hide and Seek-&-Destroy
If you find military-style robots in your garden, one of two things is happening: either they're filming Doctor Who on your street, or you've found yourself in the middle of the Ministry of Defense's Grand Challenge:"A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek...Two Canadian Soldiers Killed as LAV Rolls Over
This is at least the second major rollover accident that hurt or killed Canadian troops in the last year or so. "Two Canadian soldiers were killed instantly yesterday when their light-armoured vehicle rolled over during an operation in southern Afghanistan. Military officials...
Africa Bloggers and TED Global-Keeping It Real!
"There is so much inspiration that I am getting from TED Global right now. And although I wasn’t there to experience the event first hand from what I have read it has been nothing short of astounding. You know what, can I keep it real with you? Well, I’ll assume that...
James Doohan's Ashes Beamed Back Down to New Mexico
I, too was under the impression that Doohan's (who played Scotty in TV's Star Trek) ashes would remain in outer space, but I guess it was only a brief tour. At any rate, the temporarily-mislaid ashes have been...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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The Search for Andrew Irvine, 2004
"The Search for Andrew Irvine, 2004 Each year, I have the opportunity to re-tell the story of famed Everest pioneers Mallory & Irvine to audiences around the world. I was fortunate enough to be a part of the...
Attack Bots: Ready for Battle?
I just read an article about the Israeli Defense Force's tests of unmanned ground vehicles, AKA robots. Such a 'bot is to be used in a semi-autonomous fashion, supporting human troops, as opposed to carrying out fully-autonomous search-and-destroy missions. Considering how...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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