The battle in the skies this week is the autonomous action-sports drone apparently. Why? Because, what if you want to be the star in your as yet un-made aerial epic? With a regular drone that's a tricky one. You could film yourself, as you stand flying the drone, but where's the fun in that? Airdog is a quadcopter drone that follows you, using GPS and movement tracking to keep up as you get down (the slope, or whatever). Action camera selfie videos are cool and all, but wouldn't an epic aerial shot following you carving through fresh powder snow, or riding that killer wave, or heck, even scuba diving be so much better? Airdog promises exactly that. And more.
The 2015 Model X Will Be Tesla’s Gift To Families
Good things come to those who wait, ladies. Tesla’s all-wheel-drive Model X SUV was announced last year, but due to a number of production delays, we won’t be seeing it until spring 2015. Those issues should give the company time to hone the car for its target audience: women and families, according to a report by Ecomento.
Google's Self-Driving Car Project A Big Hit With Drivers
Fully autonomous driving has always been the goal of our project, because we think this could improve road safety and help lots of people who can't drive. We're now developing prototypes of vehicles that have been designed from the ground up to drive themselves—just push a button and they'll take you where you want to go! We'll use these vehicles to test our software and learn what it will really take to bring this technology into the world.
Spacex Unveils Dragon V2 Spacecraft, Complete With 3D-Printed Engines
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the Dragon V2, a spacecraft he hopes will one day take astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS).At a special event at the company’s Hawthorne, California factory on Thursday, Musk took the wraps off an updated version of the existing Dragon spacecraft, which up to now has made four trips to the ISS, delivering vital supplies for crew members.
Forget Fillings, Scientists Just Discovered How To Regrow Full Teeth Using Lasers
Good news for all you taffy addicts and crystal meth smokers out there — a Harvard-led team of scientists has just devised a way to regrow teeth. If developed further, this technology could spell the end things like fillings and dentures, and even lay the groundwork for other regenerative procedures like wound healing, bone regeneration, and more.
Clever Kinect Hack Brings This Guy’s Full Body Into Virtual Reality
It’s one thing to bring your mind into virtual reality. Get some snazzy VR goggles in front of your eyes, bump the framerate up high enough — bam, you’re a good part of the way there. But bringing your body into the mix? Thats a whole different challenge. Crack that one, and you’ve got yourself a holodeck.
That Guy Who Built His Own Wolverine Claws? He Just Built Shoes To Walk On The Ceiling
Colin Furze of internet fame built shoes that magnetically let him walk across the ceiling, in honor of Magneto. Maybe it’s not quite as cool as full control over anything metal — but it’s still pretty amazing.
This Treadmill Lets You Walk In Any Direction
The Infinadeck is the world's first affordable omnidirectional treadmill that is designed to work both in augmented and virtual reality. This revolutionary device provides the missing link making it now possible to have a true Holodeck experience. You might say, "Reality just got bigger".
A Paralyzed Teen Will Kick The First World Cup Ball Thanks To A Robotic Exoskeleton
The 2014 World Cup begins next month in Brazil and will feature something truly amazing: the plan is for a paralyzed, non-ambulatory Brazilian teenager to stand up and kick the first ball of the first game using a motorized exoskeleton and special 3D-printed helmet.
Regenerating Plastic Grows Back After Damage
Professor Scott White discusses the research breakthrough that allows plastic to not only heal, but truly regenerate. Self-healing materials have been around for about a decade. But they have never been able to heal damage much larger than the width of a human hair. But now, White and his colleagues Jeff Moore and Nancy Sottos have developed plastic that can regenerate damage as large as a bullet hole.