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Breakthrough: Tiny Fingers that Pinch

The biggest challenge nanotechnology is the mass-production of nano stuff. One-offs can be made but mass production is required to produce enough to make the technology practical or cheap.  In a recent breakthrough, Peter Bøggild and his colleagues from the Technical University of Denmark have created a gripper that could be used in nanoassembly. Previously, [...]

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Ingenious Device lets Robots See Over Walls

Imagine a little box just 4 inches tall squirting out a rigid mast 8 feet straight up!    A configuration is available that will allow a larger unit that can lift 200lbs 20 feet.  The unit is from GeoSystems Inc and is called a Situational Awareness Mast (SAM).  Travis Deyle at Hizook brings several sources together [...]

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