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This Twitter-Powered Road-Painting Printer Wants to Hear From You! [Awesome]

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2 days ago
by Molly Oswaks in
An advocacy group known as One has designed a sorta genius giant towable inkjet printer that prints messages of peaceful protest, in non-toxic water-soluble paint, on city streets. More »


This PC-On-A-Stick Costs $74 USD

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2 days ago
by News Tom's Hardware US in
This PC-On-A-Stick Costs $74 USDLooking for a USB-shaped PC? One has already hit the market while a beefier, more costly offering is on the way.

This PC-On-A-Stick Costs $74 USD

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2 days ago
by News Tom's Hardware US in
This PC-On-A-Stick Costs $74 USDLooking for a USB-shaped PC? One has already hit the market while a beefier, more costly offering is on the way.

ICBMs Blowing Up, Tenacious D Rocking Out, and a Muppet Triple Treat [Video]

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2 days ago
by Andrew Tarantola in
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MIT Unveils Robotic Manipulator Filled With Coffee Grounds

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2 days ago
by timothy in


An anonymous reader writes "MIT researchers have developed a highly articulated robotic manipulator based on soft materials that can harden to reposition the device. The technique is known as jamming, and it relies on pouches filled with granular material like coffee grounds; when air is removed from the pouches, they become rigid. The researchers combined jamming actuators with cables to build a manipulator resembling an elephant trunk. They say the device is low-cost, capable of grasping a variety of objects, and can remain in a hardened state for extended periods of time using little energy."

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