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Shape-Shifting Robot Re-Assembles Itself, Will Chase Snotty Teens on Motorbikes One Day

University of Pennsylvania roboticists—who talk like robot versions of Alan Alda—have developed modular artificial creatures capable of recomposing themselves in case they are destroyed—effectively taking the first step toward global annihilation, thank you very much. Happily for Humanity, they are far from T1000, and closer to Jerry Lewis, as the (quite funny, yet sad) end of the video shows. More »

12:50 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jesus Diaz
5,023 views, 34 comments

biofilms

Sewer Slime Can Fix Bridges and Form Your Clothing

Imagine one day waking up, showering then coating yourself with a slime normally found in the sewers of England, which immediately takes the shape of your pants and shirt. It might sound like Spiderman 3—or just totally freakin' disgusting—but an industrial designer is taking the concept seriously, studying something called "biofilms" for use in self-repairing structures like bridges, buildings or textiles.

There is a catch though: "The National Institutes of Health estimate that biofilms account for more than 80 percent of microbial infections in the human body."

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10:21 AM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,118 views, 11 comments

robots

Self-Replicating, Repairing Robots

Engineers at Cornell University have designed this odd-looking machine that can rebuild itself and also could perform repairs on itself. This machine is simply a conceptial design for the time being, therefore the reason that it looks like oversized Legos. Check out the video, here, to see the beast in action. More »

3:31 PM on Sun Apr 2 2006
By Travis Hudson
857 views, 14 comments