A team of scientists wanted to build a two meter tall foam cylinder. And then the second material that they wanted to test with is cement. The end result was two cylinders, one foam, one cement, that were accurate to within five millimeters. So are these little robotic insects the future of manufacturing? Do you think they're definitly good at manufacturing?
Women are burning their hijabs on bonfires and hacking off their hair—but the
unrest has come to be about far more than the heavy hands of the morality police. The murder of Abe Shinzo, a former Japanese prime minister,
exposed troubling government links to a cult-like sect; the fallout could unseat his successor. And using flying robots as
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