The Robojelly mentioned in above note used Shape Memory Alloys. The live jellyfish is an ideal invertebrate to base the vehicle on due to its simple swimming action:...
Researchers at Virgina Tech have created a hydrogen-powered robotic jellyfish labelled Robojelly. Robojelly could be used in underwater search and rescue operations. Robojelly is being fuelled by hydrogen,...
Cyberplasm is the name of a micro-robot that can function like a living creature to detect diseases in humans. It is being currently being developed by the scientists....
Project Joshua Blue is a project of IBM, which focuses on advancing the artificial intelligence field by designing and programming computers to emulate human mental functions. Main goal...
In the Blue Brain Project, the scientists are trying to build / replicate human brain using the world’s most powerful computer. The aim of the project, founded in...
Chondrules are round grains found in chondrites- stony meteorites that are characterized by the presence of small, nearly round silicate granules. Achondrites are class of stony meteorite that...
Water travels through the world’s oceans along great loops driven by massive and often deep currents in a process known as the global thermohaline circulation. A recent study...
Global thermohaline circulation is the movement caused by differences in the temperature and salinity content of the water. Because cold, salt-laden water is heavier than warm water, it...
On 26 April 2012, India’s first indigenous all-weather radar imaging satellite (RISAT-1), whose images will facilitate agriculture and disaster management, was launched via PSLV-C19. Radar Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) is...
PHA / PHO PHA refers to Potentially Hazardous Asteroids. The more correct term is Potentially Hazardous Object (PHO). A PHO is near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit...
