Lifeguards Were Just Learning to Use New Rescue Drone When They Saved Boys Trapped at Sea
In a fortunate twist of fate, beachgoers spotted the struggling teens just as local lifeguards were learning to use their new rescue drone.
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Watch 85-Year-old Italian Grandmother Hilariously Learn to Use Google Home: ‘Hey, Goo-goo'
Despite continuously calling the device "googoo", it still managed to piece together the grandmother's demands through her Italian accent.
Watch NASA Scientists' Emotional Reaction to Successfully Landing Robot on Surface of Mars
The researchers had to orchestrate their robot's landing sequence after it hit the Martian atmosphere going 12,300 miles per hour – and they succeeded.
Drone Photographer Warns Surfers of Shark Circling Beneath Them
These unsuspecting surfers may have become shark prey if it weren't for a hawk-eyed photographer watching from above.
Dad Designs a Floating Drone That Could Prevent Dozens of Potential Drownings
Concerned by the dangers of backyard pools, this resourceful parent created a drone that could become a real life-saver to families in the future.
Self-Driving, 3D-Printed Boats Could Free Up Traffic Congestion by Sailing on City Waterways
If you're distrustful of self-driving cars carrying people, what about these autonomous boats that can free up traffic congestion by ferrying goods?
Tree-Planting Drones Have Successfully Planted Thousands of Saplings - and They're About to Plant More
These little robots are resuscitating hundreds of acres of degraded land - and they could soon be deployed to plant many more trees around the world.
When Family Can't Afford Motorized Wheelchair for 2-Year-Old, High School Students Modify Toy Car Instead
A team of tenacious robotics students have changed the life of a little boy with mobility issues after his parents found they could not afford a wheelchair.
New 4-Legged Concept Car Could Change the Game for Emergency Rescue and Handicap Transportation
This "highly dextrous" Hyundai electric robotic rescue vehicle could transform the way emergency responders travel and ‘elevate' in natural disasters.
'It's Not Quite the Ant-Man Suit' But Researchers Discover How to Shrink Objects to 1000th Their Original Size
"There are all kinds of things you can do with this," says the researcher, adding that the technology "could open up frontiers we can't yet imagine."
Disabled Workers Can Fulfill Their Love of Catering by Controlling Restaurant Robots From Home
This robot café could offer a creative new avenue of income and social interaction to disabled people who can no longer work in a restaurant setting.
Students Create Robotic Locker Opener for Disabled Classmate
Muscular dystrophy robbed Nick Torrance of his ability to walk and open his locker at school. Fortunately, Nick's high school classmates cared enough to used their robotics ingenuity to create an automatic locker opener.
UK Team Builds Robot Fish to Detect Pollution
Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off north Spain to detect pollution. The team hopes to use the five-foot-long robotic fish to find pollution in rivers, lakes and seas across the world.
Slow and Steady Mars Rover Finally Completes Red Planet Marathon
A time of 11 years, two months isn't much to brag about if you're running the Boston Marathon. It's pretty good if you're on Mars. NASA's "Opportunity" rover has finally traveled 26.2 miles from its landing site — the length of a standard marathon race — across the surface of Mars.
Rudolph Has Nothing on Tech Firm's Prancing Robot Reindeer-Watch
You know Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, but do you know Spot the robot reindeer now pulling Santa's sleigh in Boston?
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