StephenGoldmeier, Author at Gizmodo

Wiggly Fish Robot Is The Future Of Marine Travel

The future of marine travel may look a little more… wiggly than we thought, thanks to the efforts of a German robotics lab. The group has designed a fish robot, based on a sea bream and programmed to mimic fish swimming patterns. The fish robot, designed by a team at TU Darmstadt, is called “Smokey,”…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 9

Giant Jellyfish Swarms Off The Coast Of Japan

Just when you thought it was safe. Overfishing and human activities have led to jellyfish growth all over the world. And not just in population; this jellyfish, found off of the coast of Japan, is almost 5 feet across. https://gizmodo.com/the-jellyfish-are-coming-5109354 Not only that, but scientists have found jellyfish weighing up to 440 pounds. Human runoff…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 8

New Tiny Robots Can Crawl Through Your Veins

Imagine tiny robots crawling inside of you, diagnosing problems and imaging your body. Israel’s Technion has developed just the tool: the ViRob, a robot with a diameter of 1mm. It’s controlled by external magnetic fields, and it crawls through veins. The minuscule robot is powered and directed by external magnetic fields. That means no wires…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 5

7 Failed Virtual Reality Technologies

There was a time when people were calling home virtual reality the wave of the future. Now most people just call it goofy and expensive. Here are 7 virtual reality technologies that didn’t work, and never will. The Sensorama In what may be considered the first case of virtual reality reaching beyond its own limitations,…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 5

The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains

Long before computer animation and virtual reality, people were creating virtual worlds in a more traditional way: text. And some of the most vibrant and complete virtual worlds existed in a quirky genre of video game called the text adventure. Most people have experienced text adventures (also known as interactive fiction) in some way: the…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 4

Scientists Measure Communication Between Quantum Entangled Atoms

Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance:” one particle can instantaneously tell what another is doing without being anywhere near it. It’s called quantum entanglement. And now NIST physicists have brought this effect to the real world. They demonstrated this effect using two “entangled” mechanical oscillators. (A mechanical oscillator can be anything from a…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 3

Transgenic Mice Engineered With A Human Gene For Speech

A team of German scientists have created a batch of transgenic mice with a human gene for speech. Could they be the prototypes for future hyper-intelligent rodents? The researchers wanted to shed light on how humans developed our language capabilities, including the intricate thought and muscle coordination which allowed us as a species to develop…

io9 StephenGoldmeier May 29

StephenGoldmeier

Wiggly Fish Robot Is The Future Of Marine Travel

Giant Jellyfish Swarms Off The Coast Of Japan

New Tiny Robots Can Crawl Through Your Veins

7 Failed Virtual Reality Technologies

The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains

Scientists Measure Communication Between Quantum Entangled Atoms

Transgenic Mice Engineered With A Human Gene For Speech

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