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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

Cars That Think

Unlike Sox, our robot dogs are real and for sale! Columbia ] Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard species, with their elongated bodies and short limbs, might use their bodies to move.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Guidestar was developed in conjunction with Oldsmobile engineers, the newly formed Delco Electronics (Hughes), and component supplier Zexel USA. Can you find an Oldsmobile for sale with Guidestar intact? The all-new navigation system entered testing in late 1994 and was put into production Oldsmobiles for the 1995 model year.

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