Mars rover can now pick its own targets to sharpshoot with its laser

Since arriving on Mars in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity Rover has accomplished a lot, travelling over Martian dunes, taking selfies, and even getting a "brain transplant". With its mission recently extended for another two years, the agency has elected to improve the distant rover's ability...

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Geek Speak: Roshan and Riyaz Sadiq

The coldness of Sibling rivalry is one which could put even national teams to shame on the level bitterness that ensues between two competing siblings. With the age of smartphone technology maturing and reaching the hands of younger citizens, the rivalry is just spilling over into the virtual...

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Facebook's internet-broadcasting drone takes to the skies for the first time

Connecting the entire world to the internet by way of solar-powered drones with fricking laser beams attached to their heads sounds more like an Austin Powers plotline than an actual business strategy, but for the folks at Facebook's Connectivity Lab it isn't so far-fetched. In its quest to provide...

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Geek Speak: Rohith

When someone asks me what my favourite about Kidobotikz is, I usually nod and not answer it. That’s because there are some many things here to love. Call it a fountainhead of knowledge if you will, for things that are happening here are not easy to describe in mundane words. However, if there is one...

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DeepMind's AI helps slash cooling costs at Google's data centers

Deep learning AI has been put to work in intelligent drones, sequencing genomes, learning the tactics of the ancient Chinese board game Go, and even keeping cats off the lawn. Now, Google has set its DeepMind system loose on its massive data centers, and drastically cut the cost of cooling these...

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Unboxing the kit: Foundation level

If you have already read through the two of our previous posts where we just piqued your interest and yet did not reveal anything substantial, we are just sorry. We have been only trying to build up the surprise until we reveal the endless possibilities the kit is capable of offering. “The longer...

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DARPA-developed next-generation bionic arm hits the market

The next generation in prosthetic arms will soon be helping amputees get a grip in the real world. The LUKE arm, which was previously known as the Deka Arm, was developed under DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics program by DEKA Research & Development Corp. It received marketing approval...

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