“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” — Charles Kettering There’s been a lot written lately about “cultural fit.” In fact, you could say that cultural fit is the latest rage in talent acquisition. … Continued
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Cisco Just Lost A Key Engineer To This Big-Threat Startup
Here’s another sign that Cisco is in danger from a new technology called software-defined networking (SDN). Today hot SDN startup Big Switch Networks announced that it snatched a key engineer away from Cisco: Prashant Gandhi. Gandhi was helping Cisco figure … Continued
There Is In Fact A Tech-Talent Shortage And There Always Will Be
For America to maintain its fragile role as the most innovative nation on earth, it must perpetually attract the world’s best and brightest. There will always be trailblazing engineers who stay in their home country, leaving the United States one … Continued
Real-Life Bionic Legs Helping Paralyzed Walk Again
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Bombardier Expands Business Aviation Training Network for Global 5000 and Global 6000 Aircraft Operatorse
- CAE-built Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft Simulator equipped with the Bombardier Vision Flight Deck now available at Bombardier’s Dallas Training Centre
New camera system creates high-resolution 3-D images from up to a kilometer away
A new camera system provides high-resolution, 3-D information about objects that are typically difficult to image, from up to a kilometer away. The photo-counting depth imaging system is likely to be used for scanning static, human-made targets from af…
A Legged Robot That Specializes In Scuttling Across Sand
Sand Strider This little legged robot moves especially efficiently on grainy media, such as sand. Image courtesy of Chen Li, Tingnan Zhang, Daniel GoodmanThe math that went into this robot could improve planetary rovers in the future, researchers say. …
Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
I’ve never cared much for billboards. Not in the city, not out of the city — not anywhere, really. It’s like the saying in that old Five Man Electrical Band song. So when the creative director of an ad agency in … Continued
Japanese Robot Suit Approved For Worldwide Rollout
A robot suit that can help the elderly or disabled get around was given its global safety certificate in Japan on Wednesday, paving the way for its worldwide rollout. The Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL, is a power-assisted pair of … Continued
From TED, the Future of Robots: 4D Printing, Personalization and Adaptation
What’s next for robots? They’re becoming smarter, more personalized, more adaptive. But at the same time they’re becoming more complex and capable, they’re also becoming more basic. One MIT scientist, for instance, is trying to program physical…
Curiosity Rover’s Self Portrait at ‘John Klein’ Drilling Site, Cropped
This rectangular version of a self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013). The rover is po…
First Bionic Eye Sees Light of Day in U.S.
After years of research, the first bionic eye has seen the light of day in the United States, giving hope to the blind around the world. Developed by Second Sight Medical Products, the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System has helped … Continued
Wheelchair users walk this way with ReWalk 2.0
A man in a wheelchair stands up and takes his first step in many years. Attached to his legs and waist is a robotic exoskeleton called the ReWalk which helps him to stand, sit, walk and even climb stairs. One person, Claire Lomas, even completed the Lo…
Chainsaw-wielding robot
This robot with a chainsaw for an arm makes a few cuts into a log and, voila, chairs.
More info here. What’s so terrifying about furniture making? Now imagine this robot with tiny chainsaws on its arms leading a army of BigDog-mounted noodle-slicing…