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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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The hydrogel can release more than 80 percent of absorbed water in about 20 minutes at a temperature of 40 °C—hot, but not uncommon in desert environments. In Phoenix, for example, high temperatures average about 41 °C during the month of July.

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Video Friday: Modular Polygons

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The Mori3 is geared towards difficult-to-reach environments where the task isn’t always known ahead of time, such as outer space. Grabbing an object as thin as a plastic bag is an incredible challenge for robotic hands, but Phoenix robots have the fine manipulation required to do it. MIT ] The next frontier of technology is here.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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MIT ] RoboCup teams probably use their humanoids more aggressively than anyone else, so they have to come up with new techniques to keep them walking even as they gradually get more and more worn out. Today, we have a fully driverless taxi services in San Francisco and Phoenix.