PETMAN humanoid robot scares the bejesus out of us

Taking us a few robo-steps closer to a real robot future is PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army.

Taking us a few robo-steps closer to a real robot future is PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army.
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Man oh man, we want to jump straight into the wonderful world of high tech shown off in Microsoft’s astonishing futuristic movie.

Patriotic Brits can feel slightly more chuffed with themselves today with the news that the caesium fountain atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been revealed to be the most accurate long-term timekeeper in the world. Huzzah!

This stunning photo shows astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson gazing out over the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).

This week marks the 10th anniversary of an impressive milestone in space exploration as the International Space Station notches up a decade of continuous human habitation.

It’s a simple enough question, but it seems that the answer isn’t too straightforward.
Check out the video below for the answer to this question, and listen to boffins expand on tricky conundrums about exploding stars and galaxies made of anti-matter.

We’ve been fascinated by Honda’s incredible ASIMO humanoid robot project, and find its tantalising glimpse of the future irresistible. We want one!

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now able to access what’s been described as the ‘ultimate wireless connection,’ and took not time in swiftly despatching the world’s first ‘Space Tweet.’
A software upgrade means that astronauts can enjoy personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web from the space station instead of having to relay messages down to ground crew.
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