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September 12, 2014

Top trends at IFA 2014, Europe's biggest gadget fair
Berlin (AFP) Sept 10, 2014
From smartwatches to "phablets" to precision robot vacuum cleaners, Europe's IFA consumer electronics show showcases the latest in gadget wizardry. Here are the main trends of this year's five-day fair in Berlin, which closes on Wednesday: - Smartphones cannibalise tablets - With their increasingly bigger screens, smartphones are morphing into "phablets", a cross between a mobile phone and a tablet computer. South Korean giant Samsung - which pioneered the new product three years ago - un ... read more

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iRobot supplying its PackBots to Canada Nearly two dozen robotic reconnoitering systems are to be provided to the Canadian Department of National Defense by Massachusetts-headquartered iRobot Corp. ... more		Robots do battle over Mars exploration Robots built to traverse the rugged terrain of Mars battled it out in Poland on Friday in a competition to find the best way to explore the Red Planet. ... more		NASA's RapidScat: Some Assembly Required - in Space NASA's ISS-RapidScat wind-watching scatterometer, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 19, will be the first science payload to be robotically assemb ... more
				Watch MIT's Atlas robot carry heavy objects A robot that can carry objects of different weights in each of its hands could be valuable to industries like construction, warehouse work and much more. ... more		DARPA issues RFI for robotic space services for satellites The U.S. military is looking for space robotic services for critical satellites in geostationary Earth orbit. ... more

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NASA Invites Public to Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule NASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft launching to an asteroid in 2016. Called th ... more		Magal introducing RoboGuard security system in Israel A sensor system that travels a monorail attached to a perimeter fence for surveillance has been introduced by Magal Security Systems Ltd. ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		'Robo Brain' will teach robots everything from the Internet Robo Brain - a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet resources - is currently downloading and processing about 1 billion images, 120,000 YouTube videos, and 1 ... more
				Robonaut Gets New Legs as Trio Prepares for Homecoming Expedition 40 participated in health checks, Robonaut upgrades and Soyuz emergency drills Wednesday. The International Space Station also boosted its orbit setting the stage for a crew departure and ... more		China Aims for the Moon, Plans to Bring Back Lunar Soil Chinese scientists are in the course of developing a recoverable lunar robotic spacecraft Chang'e 5 that is to reach the Moon by 2017 with a mission to deliver samples of rock and soil back to Earth ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Delivery by drone In the near future, the package that you ordered online may be deposited at your doorstep by a drone: Last December, online retailer Amazon announced plans to explore drone-based delivery, suggestin ... more		Russia's First Exoskeleton to Help Physically Impaired A team of Russian exoskeleton designers said Monday they were looking for disabled patients who would agree to volunteer for human tests in the country's unique ExoAtlet Project, according to Izvest ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		Calculations with Nanoscale Smart Particles Researchers from the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT have made an important step to ... more
Hitchhiking robot reaches journey's end in Canada A chatty robot with an LED-lit smiley face sent hitchhiking across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment reached its final destination Thursday after several thousand kilometers on the road. ... more		Curiosity's Brushwork on Martian 'Bonanza King' Target NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Dust Removal Tool on its robotic arm to brush aside reddish, more-oxidized dust, revealing a gray patch of less-oxidized rock material at a target called "Bonanz ... more		A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University. "Form a sea star shape," directs a computer scientist, sending the command to 1,024 little bots simultaneously via an infrared ... more		Exoskeleton technology set for Navy testing and evaluation Exoskeltons from Lockheed Martin that boost a person's strength and endurance are to be tested and evaluated for industrial use by the U.S. Navy. ... more

	Graphene-based planar micro-supercapacitors for on-chip energy storage The rapid development of miniaturized portable electronic devices, such as micro-electromechanical systems, microrobots and implantable medical devices, has stimulated intense demand for micro-scale ... more		Robots inspired by origami can fold selves, walk away It starts out laying flat, like a sheet of paper. Then it springs up, almost lifelike, and folds into moveable parts much like origami art. And then it crawls away. ... more

Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA

At COP30, senator warns US 'deliberately losing' clean tech race with China

Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor

The ISS just dumped 3,300 lbs of space trash to burn up in Earth's atmosphere		Robo-cook: android restaurant boots up in China		Remotec upgrading Army, Marine EOD robots		'Flashmob' robots swarm themselves into shape		Robots to up-end the world of work, for good and bad
Last European cargo ship docks with space station		Small, origami-inspired pop-up robots function autonomously		Robotic-assisted imaging will help in daily hospital practice		Space cargo ship set for docking with ISS		More Tasks for China's Moon Mission

NASA Selects Proposals for Advanced Energy Storage Systems

Toxic red tide nears Florida coast

US EVAa Delayed; Crew Preps For Russian EVA, Robonaut Upgrades

Robotic Rock Climbers Could Uncover Clues to Mars' Past

Robonaut Upgrades, Spacewalk Preps and Cargo Ops for ISS Crew

Hitchhiking robot thumbs its way across Canada

Europe launches last resupply ship to space station

China's Circumlunar Spacecraft Unmasked

Mars 2020 rover will carry tools to make oxygen

Japanese leader proposes first-ever 'Robot Olympics'

NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial Mars Data Relay Satellites

End dawns for Europe's space cargo delivery role

Astronauts to Test Free-Flying "Housekeeper" Robots

This time for the PLA: Chinese army shows off dancing robots

Wake up, robot

Really smart cars are ready to take the wheel

Human or robot? Hit Swedish TV series explores shrinking divide

ISS 'space truck' launch postponed: Arianespace

Getting a grip on robotic grasp

New launch date set for ISS delivery vessel: Arianespace

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