Cyton Gamma robot arm to work with humanity

Ready to hold hands with a robot arm? Lighter than a laptop, this articulated mechanical limb “is not just another robot for roboticists,” says Robai. A new robot arm extends its manipulator in a gesture of friendship. Will you shake it? Philadelphia-based robotics firm Robai hopes so. The latest of its Cyton robot arms is

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Fact for the day: 25-07-2012

MS-DOS was a rough imitation of CP/M, one of the first portable operating systems. ‘Portable’ here means that the OS could run on different hardware. Finger’ is an Internet tool for locating people on other sites. It gives access to non-personally identifiable information. The term ‘petabit‘ is used in discussing possible volumes of data traffic

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Can you negotiate prices online? Well, maybe, with Netotiate

The old cynic’s line about air travel is that never, in the history of flight, have two people on the same airplane paid the same price for a ticket. Online, that’s getting more and more true as well, as companies such as Amazon and Orbitz experiment with variable pricing for different clients. Now one company,

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Iran nuclear facilities ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC malware

In 2010, Iran‘s nuclear facilities were infiltrated by Stuxnet, the centrifuge-wrecking malware allegedly cooked up by the US government. Now they seem to have been hit again by a bizarre attack forcing nuclear plant workstations to pump the song Thunderstruckby heavy metal band AC/DC through the speakers at full volume. News of the attack comes

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