robotics
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Ford is channeling the $6 Million Man for its latest technological achievement. After partnering with Ekso Bionics, Ford now offers the EksoVest for employees to reduce worker fatigue and lessen the chance of injury on the job. The EksoVest is an exoskeleton that provides lift assistance from 5 to 15 pounds per arm. Workers suit up and immediately receive a helping hand from the EksoVest's power. Ford said in the Tuesday announcement that workers in various positions lift items weighing about as much as a watermelon above their heads thousands of times a day. The exoskeleton's technology...
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Latest RoboCar Prototype: Ugly, But High Tech And AutonomousSome cars are beautiful. Others are fast. Some others are incredibly practical. Some other cars are none of these things, but their importance isn't in their looks, speed or usability but the technological advancements they'll offer to the car industry as a whole. The RoboCar MEV-C is one of these...
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First Working From Home... Now Commuting From Home [VIDEO]
James Bond has had a lot of cool gadgets, but one of our favourites had to be the remotely controlled BMW 7-Series from Tomorrow Never Dies. Controlled by a touch-screen cell phone (which still manages to look old-hat now, such is the pace of technology), our hero was able to drive, and indeed...
Antony Ingram
