By adkoill on September 21, 2010
What’s nearly two meters tall, weighs 230kg, and can lift the equivalent of a generously proportioned man? No, it isn’t the ED-209 from RoboCop, but rather the latest robotic biped from Japan. The Core project that’s being developed by the fuRo lab in Chiba’s Institute of Technology may look and sound quite a bit like your favorite rogue [...]
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By adkoill on September 4, 2010
Welcome to the future, dear readers, where boring black tires are replaced with bright orange and yellow ones and where your car can dynamically expand or contract. This is the X-Frame Folding Vehicle, a concept from the Nagoya Institute of Technology that was first shown at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, but rolled out of hiding [...]
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