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New meaning for roach control

Cyborg CockroachIf only exterminators could control cockroaches with the same precision demonstrated by North Carolina State University researchers who steer a Madagascar Hissing cockroach along an S-shaped line in the video below.

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Robo Raven gets in a flap with real-life hawk

robo raven thumbResearchers from the University of Maryland have built a new micro air vehicle dubbed Robo Raven that's such a convincing flyer, it's been attacked by a local hawk during testing, according to the university. 

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Robotic insects make first controlled flight

harvard insectbotHalf the size of a paper clip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, an insect took flight at a Harvard robotics laboratory last year. It leapt a few inches, hovered for a moment on fragile, flapping wings, and then sped along a preset route through the air.

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A boy and his atom

IBM Research, Armonk, N.Y., created what it calls “the world’s smallest movie” by moving actual atoms frame by frame. The video also shows how the IBM Reasearch team made the video.

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NI LabVIEW Campus Tour

NI campus tourTraveling to universities and colleges across the United States and Canada, the National Instruments LabVIEW Campus Tour showcases the latest technologies for educators, researchers and students.

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