A Robot to Mine the Moon
IEEE Spectrum visits a warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Honeybee Robotics, a space technology company, is developing a next-generation rover to excavate and mine the lunar surface. Conventional digging machinery…
IEEE Spectrum visits a warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Honeybee Robotics, a space technology company, is developing a next-generation rover to excavate and mine the lunar surface. Conventional digging machinery…
Audio engineer David Schwartz has designed a microphone that ditches a mechanical diaphragm in favor of a fast moving stream of smoke. As sound waves disturb the smoke, it changes…
An Air Force lab is testing all sorts of jet fuel alternatives, but true energy independence remains elusive
Episode 3: How two satellite systems combine to give meteorologists a better view of the atmosphere.
Researchers have found that video game workouts helps kids get more exercise.
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Segway inventor reinvents the prosthetic arm.
Thaddeus Roppel of Auburn University looks at how teams of robots can work together with humans during search and rescue operations.
Vanderbilt engineers trade in batteries for rocket fuel in the robotic arm they are developing for amputees.
The Defense Department's autonomous, hybrid electric ground combat vehicle undergoing field trials at Fort Bliss, Texas.