What would I buy with US$120 million? – A F-22 Raptor!!!
Don’t know what a F22 is? shame on you! <_>. I have been following the Development of the F22 since it started it’s later stages for around five years now. I am also a military buff quietly and in fact I spent three years of high school in the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force. Of the little...
Offical name Land Walker, my name Gundam 1.0 ^o^
Japanese machinery and robotics manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai has released the first genuine bi-pedal exoskeleton at a landmark event and one which is certain to attract a lot of attention for the company. Mechanatrons and BattleMechs have long been the subject of scifi books, comics and movies with...
Robot Menagerie – pictures on bbc.com
The “in pictures” section has once again been updated with something of interest to me so I decided to share.
Japan is at the forefront of robotics research. Engineers in the country have created hundreds of robots for everything from entertainment to mine clearance. One of the pioneers of...
Summer 2007 must have tech item – Apple iPhone
I’ve always thought of myself as a “techie” and i think I am fairly knowledgeable of all the latest tech and gadgets that interest me. Todays all my tech related feeds are brimming with information about the bombshell that apple intents to drop on the mobile phone market this summer...
Robot serves as temp worker in Japan
It can greet people, show DVDs and hand out balloons. “Ubiko,” a robot-on-wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company to stores, events and even weddings. Next month, the 44-inch tall robot will be selling mobile phones...
University Of Tokyo student creates cloak of invisibility
Harry Potter and Capt. Kirk would be proud. A team of American and British researchers has developed its own cloak of invisibility. Well, OK, it’s not perfect yet. But it is a start, and it did a pretty good job of hiding a copper cylinder. In this experiment the scientists used microwaves to try...





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