article thumbnail

Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand. JPL ] Robot arm manages to not kill plants.

article thumbnail

Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand. JPL ] Robot arm manages to not kill plants.

article thumbnail

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid.

Grid 28