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NASA Exoskeleton is the closes to a real-life Ironman suit
The genius trio of NASA, The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and Oceaneering Space Systems have come together to make the exquisite X1 Robotic Exoskeleton suit. This suit is an attempt to bring super hero Ironman’s technological qualities to life. One of the unique features of X1 is that it focuses on enhancing…
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Die-cast version of NASA Curiosity is a scale down tribute
The NASA Curiosity is on a one-of-kind mission that will have us gripped to our seats, come August 5th. Hot Wheels managed to replicate the same in a die-cast version that scales down 64 times the real deal. This ‘toy’ will reproduce the motor, drill, camera and laser from the $2.5 machine and scale the…
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In the works: Supersonic jet that will fly you from London to Sydney in 4 hours
Supersonic jet isn’t a new concept; we’ve seen a few prototypes made and some in the works waiting to be realized in the near future. Joining ranks of the latter is this new concord successor, a supersonic jet that is being made to easily fly between London and Sydney in four hours. The ultra-fast concept…
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NASA’s special glasses help pilots see in low lit conditions
Did you know that a bigger challenge than landing in foggy or low visibility conditions is to maneuver the flight around the runway after landing? To help pilots facing such scenarios, NASA has developed a pair of augmented reality glasses that offer pilots a virtual representation of the airstrip in its entirety. Covering one eye…
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GM and NASA jointly develop Robo-Gloves for human use
General Motors teamed up with NASA to develop a new robotic glove which will help reduce fatigue for both astronauts and autoworkers. This was born out the Robonaut 2 project between the two companies, which had earlier sent a robot into space. Hailed as Human Grasp Assist Device it was part of the human-like robot…
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NASA flight engineer uses Angry Birds to explain microgravity
Microgravity gets interesting when explained with a bunch of characters from a bestselling mobile phone game, or so thought NASA astronaut and International Space Station flight engineer Don Pettit. This video we stumbled across recently has Pettit explaining the finer sides of microgravity using characters from Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise. Besides just a lot of…
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Angry Birds Space joins hands with NASA and National Geographic, title launch set for March 22
Rovio is going to unveil its next title called Angry Birds Space on March 22 which it claims to be the biggest game launch since the original Angry Birds.’ The developers have set grand ambitions for the new game for they are going to be launching this new title simultaneously in mobile gaming, animation, retail,…
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Last pictures of the Atlantis before its systems are disconnected
As part of the retirement of the ‘space shuttle’, the Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy space center. It was the last shuttle to fly after the announcement to retire the fleet keeping in mind the high costs of maintenance and the security concerns. During the course of the week all the systems in…
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Japanese Astronaut plays baseball by himself on the International Space Station
It does get lonely up there. So Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa decided to kill time with a game of baseball with himself. [Wired]
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NASA revealed their humanoid wonder on Tuesday
NASA has finally given their space travelling humanoid robot a green signal. This robot has been long awaited and is said to make the future of space travel a lot more comprehensive as far as observations and the like are considered. ‘Robonaut’ made it out to the open at the International Space Station on Tuesday.…
