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Weather modification system to bring substantially more rain to the Tibetan plateau

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<b>Vast system of chambers on Tibetan plateau could send enough particles into the atmosphere to allow extensive clouds to form.</b> <br />
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China is testing cutting-edge defence technology to develop a powerful yet relatively low-cost weather modification system to bring substantially more rain to the Tibetan plateau, Asia’s biggest freshwater reserve.<br />
The system, which involves an enormous network of fuel-burning chambers installed high up on the Tibetan mountains, could increase rainfall in the region by up to 10 billion cubic metres a year – about 7 per cent of China’s total water consumption – according to researchers involved in the project. <br />
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Tens of thousands of chambers will be built at selected locations across the Tibetan plateau to produce rainfall over a total area of about 1.6 million square kilometres (620,000 square miles), or three times the size of Spain. It will be the world’s biggest such project.<br />
The chambers burn solid fuel to produce silver iodide, a cloud-seeding agent with a crystalline structure much like ice. <br />
The chambers stand on steep mountain ridges facing the moist monsoon from south Asia. As wind hits the mountain, it produces an upward draft and sweeps the particles into the clouds to induce rain and snow.<br />
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“[So far,] more than 500 burners have been deployed on alpine slopes in Tibet, Xinjiang and other areas for experimental use. The data we have collected show very promising results,” a researcher working on the system told the <a href="http://www.scmp.com/" target="_blank">South China Morning Post</a>. <br />
The system is being developed by the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation – a major space and defence contractor that is also leading other ambitious national projects, including lunar exploration and the construction of China’s space station. <br />
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Space scientists designed and constructed the chambers using cutting-edge military rocket engine technology, enabling them to safely and efficiently burn the high-density solid fuel in the oxygen-scarce environment at an altitude of over 5,000 metres (16,400 feet), according to the researcher who declined to be named due to the project’s sensitivity. <br />
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While the idea is not new – other countries like the United States have conducted similar tests on small sites – China is the first to attempt such a large-scale application of the technology. <br />
The chambers’ daily operation will be guided by highly precise real-time data collected from a network of 30 small weather satellites monitoring monsoon activities over the Indian Ocean. <br />
The ground-based network will also employ other cloud-seeding methods using planes, drones and artillery to maximise the effect of the weather modification system. <br />
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The gigantic glaciers and enormous underground reservoirs found on the Tibetan plateau, which is often referred to as Asia’s water tower, render it the source of most of the continent’s biggest rivers – including the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween and Brahmaputra. <br />
The rivers, which flow through China, India, Nepal, Laos, Myanmar and several other countries, are a lifeline to almost half of the world’s population.<br />
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But because of shortages across the continent, the Tibetan plateau is also seen as a potential flashpoint as Asian nations struggle to secure control over freshwater resources. <br />
Despite the large volume of water-rich air currents that pass over the plateau each day, the plateau is one of the driest places on Earth. Most areas receive less than 10cm of rain a year. An area that sees less than 25cm of rain annually is defined as a desert by the US Geological Survey. <br />
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Rain is formed when moist air cools and collides with particles floating in the atmosphere, creating heavy water droplets.<br />
The silver iodide produced by the burning chambers will provide the particles required to form rain. <br />
Radar data showed that a gentle breeze could carry the cloud-seeding particles more than 1,000 metres above the mountain peaks, according to the researcher. <br />
A single chamber can form a strip of thick clouds stretching across more than 5km. <br />
“Sometimes snow would start falling almost immediately after we ignited the chamber. It was like standing on the stage of a magic show,” he said. <br />
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The technology was initially developed as part of the Chinese military’s weather modification programme. <br />
China and other countries, including Russia and the United States, have been researching ways to trigger natural disasters such as floods, droughts and tornadoes to weaken their enemies in the event of severe conflict. <br />
Efforts to employ the defence technology for civilian use began over a decade ago, the researcher said.<br />
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One of the biggest challenges the rainmakers faced was finding a way to keep the chambers operating in one of the world’s most remote and hostile environments.<br />
“In our early trials, the flame often extinguished midway [because of the lack of oxygen in the area],” the researcher said. <br />
But now, after several improvements to the design, the chambers should be able to operate in a near-vacuum for months, or even years, without requiring maintenance. <br />
They also burn fuel as cleanly and efficiently as rocket engines, releasing only vapours and carbon dioxide, which makes them suitable for use even in environmentally protected areas. <br />
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Communications and other electronic equipment is powered by solar energy and the chambers can be operated by a smart phone app thousands of kilometres away for through the satellite forecasting system.<br />
The chambers have one clear advantage over other cloud-seeding methods such as using planes, cannons and drones to blast silver iodide into the atmosphere. <br />
“Other methods requires the establishment of a no-fly zone. This can be time-consuming and troublesome in any country, especially China,” the researcher said.<br />
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The ground-based network also comes at a relatively low price – each burning unit costs about 50,000 yuan (US$8,000) to build and install. Costs are likely to drop further due to mass production. <br />
In comparison, a cloud-seeding plane costs several million yuan and covers a smaller area. <br />
One downside of the burning chambers, however, is that they will not work in the absence of wind or when the wind is blowing the wrong direction. <br />
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This month, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation signed an agreement with Tsinghua University and Qinghai province to set up a large-scale weather modification system on the Tibetan plateau. <br />
In 2016 researchers from Tsinghua, China’s leading research university, first proposed a project – named Tianhe or Sky River – to increase the water supply in China’s arid northern regions by manipulating the climate. <br />
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The project aims to intercept the water vapour carried by the Indian monsoon over the Tibetan plateau and redistribute it in the northern regions to increase the water supply there by five to 10 billion cubic metres a year. <br />
The aerospace corporation’s president, Lei Fanpei, said in a speech that China’s space industry would integrate its weather modification programme with Tsinghua’s Sky River project. <br />
“[Modifying the weather in Tibet] is a critical innovation to solve China’s water shortage problem,” Lei said. “It will make an important contribution not only to China’s development and world prosperity, but also the well being of the entire human race.”<br />
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Tsinghua president Qiu Yong said the agreement signalled the central government’s determination to apply cutting-edge military technology in civilian sectors. The technology will significantly spur development in China’s western regions, he added. <br />
The contents of the agreement are being kept confidential as it contains sensitive information that the authorities have deemed unsuitable to be revealed at the moment, a Tsinghua professor with knowledge of the deal told the Post. <br />
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Climate simulations show that the Tibetan plateau is likely to experience a severe drought over the coming decades as natural rainfall fails to replenish the water lost as a result of rising temperatures. <br />
“The satellite network and weather modification measures are to make preparations for the worst-case scenario,” the Tsinghua researcher said. <br />
The exact scale and launch date for the programme has not been fixed as it is pending final approval from the central government, he said. <br />
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Debate is also ongoing within the project team over the best approach for the project, he added. While some favour the use of the chambers, others prefer cloud-seeding planes as they have a smaller environmental footprint. <br />
Ma Weiqiang, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, said a cloud-seeding experiment on such a scale was unprecedented and could help answer many intriguing scientific questions. <br />
In theory, the chambers could affect the weather and even the climate in the region if they are built in large enough numbers. But they might not work as perfectly in real life, according to the researcher. <br />
“I am sceptical about the amount of rainfall they can produce. A weather system can be huge. It can make all human efforts look vain,” Ma said. <br />
Beijing might not give the green light for the project either, he added, as intercepting the moisture in the skies over Tibet could have a knock-on effect and reduce rainfall in other Chinese regions. <br />
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A new video shows the Pentagon's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program 
making noise, and although this is somewhat debatable, Defense One 
believes the second spin "sounds like a human voice."<br />
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The program manipulates air particles with lasers to produce the 
human-esque sound. While it's not clear why the US should want its 
military to have a machine that can make the breeze talk like a human, 
Defense One's Patrick Tucker all but salivates that "fingers crossed, 
they hope to be able to say intelligible words within the next three 
years."<br />
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"We're <em>this close</em> to getting it to speak to us," a researcher working on the project told Defense One.<br />
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Pentagon’s latest projects is to literally create voices out of the aether using lasers that make human-like sounds

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METAMATERIALS: NEW 'INVISIBILITY CLOAKS' MAKE FIGHTER JETS INVISIBLE

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<a href="https://weibo.com/tv/v/G8d1ZsdZC?fid=1034:ff272776633b5cdbf79fb2f0756970bd" target="_blank">Metamaterials</a> in a state-run lab that reportedly functions as 
'<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/china-says-it-can-make-fighter-jets-invisible-cloaks-made-metamaterials-842167" target="_blank">invisibility cloaks</a>' and could be used to make fighter jets impossible 
to detect, according to local media.<br />
A broadcast by <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zqa1eCXMVU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China Central Television Station (CCTV)</a>,
 revealed that a laboratory in Shenzhen, in southeastern China, is 
manufacturing various types of highly technological materials—including 
invisibility, anti-burning and anti-icing cloaks.<br />
However, the functions of these materials have not yet been disclosed. Chinese news platform <a class="externalLink" href="https://mil.sina.cn/sd/2018-03-11/detail-ifxpwyhx0625776.d.html?vt=4&cid=65898" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sina</a>
 reported that the assembly line is directly related to the military and
 the materials are likely to be used to camouflage J-20 fighter jets.<br />
Metamaterials, known in China as "supermaterials," are materials 
engineered to have a property that is not found in nature. They are 
created from assemblies of multiple elements fashioned from various 
metals or plastics.<br />
Some metamaterials can bend visible light (infrared radiation) through a
 novel optical material that effectively means they could act as an 
invisibility device. According to the CCTV broadcast, those materials 
are now being manufactured by an assembly line and will be used to help 
further China’s aviation industry.<br />
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<b>What are <a href="https://www.popsci.com/" target="_blank">metamaterials</a>?</b><br />
In this case, we're talking about composite 
metals and plastics that use artificial geometry to influence the 
wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, as well as elastic waves and 
sounds. Some metamaterials built using nanotechnology can also be used 
as super strength materials. In fact, optical metamaterials have already
 been used to demonstrate invisibility by 'redirecting' visible light 
around itself to avoid reflection, hence their frequent reference to the
 popular fiction of "cloaking" in Star Trek and Harry Potter. (No 
real-life cloaking shields have yet been demonstrated).<br />
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The 
metamaterials on the J-20 are likely to be used for as antennas and 
absorbers, given that the facility making them specializes in 
electromagnetic tech. Metamaterial antennas can increase radiated power,
 resulting in longer-range and more precise radar, as well as powerful 
jammers and datalinks. In turn, by fine-tuning their structures, 
metamaterial absorbers can be engineered to absorb specific wavelength 
ranges, such as those from the radars of enemy fighters and missiles. 
Such absorbers would likely be put on areas likely to reflect radar 
waves, such as the edges of canards, weapon bay doors, and engine 
nozzles.<br />
Additionally, metamaterials optimized for infrared radiation can 
improve the sensitivity of the J-20's infrared sensors for tracking 
missiles and aircraft. Or, in large enough quantities, metamaterials 
could reduce the fighter's own infrared signature.</div>
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J-20 jets have several unique designs and capabilities, such as the 
canard configuration design that provides them greater stealth while 
maintaining maneuverability and its supersonic speed. <br />
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Scientists are reportedly producing the materials at the <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.kuang-chi.com/en/index.php?ac=article&at=list&tid=289" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">State Key Laboratory of Metamaterial Electromagnet Modulation Technology</a>, which was established in 2011 and is based in the Guangqi Advanced Institute of Technology. According to its <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.kuang-chi.com/en/index.php?ac=article&at=list&tid=289" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>, the lab has an annual production capacity of more than 107,600 square feet of metamaterial plates.<br />
“State key” indicates the organization is state-funded or run by the Chinese government.<br />
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The Sina report also confirmed that the materials will likely be used by
 the military, specifically for camouflaging the J-20 fighter jets as 
its chief engineer Yang Wei is also on the laboratory’s academic board. <br />
Yang Wei, the J-20's chief designer, <a href="http://The Sina report also confirmed that the materials will likely be used by the military, specifically for camouflaging the J-20 fighter jets as its chief engineer Yang Wei is also on the laboratory’s academic board." target="_blank">told</a> that China is already laying down the requirements for a 
sixth-generation follow-up to the J-20. Much as the USAF's envisioned 
futuristic Penetrating Counter Air platform, too, will likely include 
much more metamaterials.<br />
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Last December, a video of a man demonstrating the abilities of a quantum
 invisibility cloak went viral worldwide after it was shared to <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.weibo.com/1890443153/Fy78Djowl?from=page_1005051890443153_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime&type=comment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weibo</a>, a Chinese social media platform.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/china-says-it-can-make-fighter-jets-invisible-cloaks-made-metamaterials-842167" target="_blank">Some believed</a> the clip was authentic as Chen Shiqu, the deputy director 
of Criminal Investigations Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, 
was the user who posted the footage. However, many doubted the validity 
of the clip because it did not appear on the official Chinese government
 website or the Criminal Investigation Bureau page.<br />
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Zhu Zhensong, a producer at Quantum Video production company, told that the video was a sham and probably edited together 
with a plastic cloth.<br />
"Softwares such as Adobe's After Effects, Nuke or Blackmagic Fusion can 
edit the background and blend the object into it. The effect has 
previously seen in a lot of action movies," he said.<br />
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METAMATERIALS: NEW 'INVISIBILITY CLOAKS' MAKE FIGHTER JETS INVISIBLE

Invisibility Cloaks Metamaterials in a state-run lab that reportedly functions as 'invisibility cloaks' and could be used to make fighter jets impossible to detect, according to local media. A broa…

Why cockroaches are so hard to kill

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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scientists discover a set of genes that makes them able to regrow lost limbs, eat toxic food and survive in filthy condit</b>i<b>ons</b></span><br />
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 They seem to thrive in the darkest, filthiest corners of Earth.</div>
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Now,
 scientists have revealed the secrets to how cockroaches can live in 
such disgusting conditions - and why they are so hard to kill.</div>
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By
 studying their DNA, researchers have identified specific genes that 
allow them to do everything from eat toxic food to regrow lost limbs.  </div>
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The American cockroach (Periplaneta 
americana) is an omnivorous scavenger and one of the largest insect 
species that lives in close proximity to humans.</div>
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Shui
 Zhan, who works at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology in 
Shanghai, has worked out the genes that make this creature so difficult 
to destroy. </div>
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It has one of the largest genomes known to exist among insects, second only to the common locust.</div>
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In total, the species has 20,000 genes - which is the same number as a human. </div>
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It's genes make it able to sense smells coming from food - especially food that is fermenting.</div>
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Other genes control its internal detoxification system, which means the cockroach doesn't get ill if it eats toxic food.</div>
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More genes help it combat infections, meaning it is resilient to living in filthy conditions, writes the <a class="class" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/20/cockroaches-dna-reveals-why-they-thrive-in-filthy-places" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Guardian</a>.</div>
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It even has genes that mean it can regrow limbs if they're broken off.</div>
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Scientists say that identifying this creature's genes will mean they can control them better in the future.</div>
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Now scientists have
 deciphered the entire DNA of an American cockroach and although it 
can't survive a nuclear armageddon, it can survive almost anything else 
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However, researchers say there is no evidence they could survive a nuclear armageddon.</div>
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'I think this is an overstatement and has not been proved,' Dr Zhan said.</div>
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Researchers also found the American roach was genetically closely related to two species of termite.</div>
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It
 could be used as 'a valuable model to study the evolutionary 
relationships between cockroaches and termites', researchers wrote in 
the paper.</div>
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Last year researchers revealed female cockroaches are so resilient they don't need a male partner. </div>
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Females
 can reproduce for years and have several generations of all-female 
young - without needing a single male, researchers found.</div>
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Japanese scientists used 15 virgin females to produce an all-female colony that stuck together for more than three years.</div>
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Unlike
 male roaches who fight if they are housed together, females huddle 
together and harmonise their reproductive cycles, producing more young 
than they would if they were alone.</div>
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Experts believe this behaviour is a primitive example of female cooperation.</div>
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Female
 American cockroaches can produce eggs by parthenogenesis, which is a 
type of asexual reproduction, according to research by Hokkaido 
University in Japan.</div>
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Their offspring develop from the maternal egg alone so are always female but they survive and can produce offspring themselves.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">HOW COULD CYBORG COCKROACHES HELP IN DISASTER ZONES?</span></h3>
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In
 November 2014, researchers at North Carolina State University fitted 
cockroaches with electrical backpacks complete with tiny microphones 
capable of detecting faint sounds.</div>
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The 
idea is that cyborg cockroaches, or ‘biobots’, could enter crumpled 
buildings hit by earthquakes, for example, and help emergency workers 
find survivors.</div>
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‘In a collapsed 
building, sound is the best way to find survivors,’ said Alper Bozkurt, 
an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North 
Carolina State University.</div>
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researchers have developed technology that allows cockroaches (pictured)
 to pick up sounds with small microphones and seek out the source of the
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‘The
 goal is to use the biobots with high-resolution microphones to 
differentiate between sounds that matter - like people calling for help -
 from sounds that don't matter - like a leaking pipe. </div>
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‘Once
 we've identified sounds that matter, we can use the biobots equipped 
with microphone arrays to zero-in on where those sounds are coming 
from.’</div>
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The ‘backpacks’ control the 
robo-roach's movements because they are wired to the insect’s cerci - 
sensory organs that cockroaches usually use to feel if their abdomens 
brush against something.</div>
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By electrically stimulating the cerci, cockroaches can be prompted to move in a certain direction.</div>
In fact, they have been programmed to seek out sound.<br />
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One type of 'backpack' is equipped with an
 array of three directional microphones to detect the direction of the 
sound and steer the biobot in the right direction towards it.</div>
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Another
 type is fitted with a single microphone to capture sound from any 
direction, which can be wirelessly transmitted, perhaps in the future to
 emergency workers.</div>
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They ‘worked well’ 
in lab tests and the experts have developed technology that can be used 
as an ‘invisible fence’ to keep the biobots in a certain area such as a 
disaster area, the researchers announced at the IEEE Sensors 2014 
conference in Valencia, Spain. </div>
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'SoFi', the robo-FISH that can swim alongside marine life 50 feet below the surface

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One of the hardest engineering hurdles for the research team was getting
 SoFi to be able to swim at different depths, the new report said. The 
robot can operate more than 50 feet below the surface of the water.<br />
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A robotic fish might be able to unlock 
secrets about marine life that is hard for researchers to access, 
according to a new report.</div>
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Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a robotic fish called SoFi that was tested in <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fiji/index.html" id="mol-db5b9940-2d5a-11e8-a903-c76a3663cae5" style="font-weight: bold;">Fiji</a>.</div>
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SoFi was able to swim more than 50 feet below the surface of the water and for 40 minutes nonstop. </div>
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The
 researchers behind the new study, published in Science Robotics, say 
robotic fish technology could help scientists learn more about organisms
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SoFi,
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and take high-resolution photos while swimming, for which it employs a 
fisheye lens.</div>
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The study said: 'Using 
its undulating tail and a unique ability to control its own buoyancy, 
SoFi can swim in a straight line, turn or dive up or down.</div>
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'The
 team also used a waterproofed Super Nintendo controller and developed a
 custom acoustic communications system that enabled them to change 
SoFi's speed and have it make specific moves and turns.'</div>
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The soft robot can swim right next to real fish, which is beneficial for researchers, the report said.</div>
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MIT scientist Robert Katzschmann said: 'To
 our knowledge this is the first robotic fish that can swim untethered 
in three dimensions for extended periods of time.</div>
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'We
 are excited about the possibility of being able to use a system like 
this to get closer to marine life than humans can get on their own.'</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The robot's alternating movements produce side-to-side actions that mimic real those of real fish.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
'By
 changing its flow patterns, the hydraulic system enables different tail
 maneuvers that result in a range of swimming speeds, with an average of
 about half a body length per second,' the study said.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The
 back half of the robot is comprised of flexible plastic and silicone 
rubber, and many of SoFi's components were 3D printed. Among these parts
 was the head, which encases all of the fish's electronics.</div>
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The robot, named SoFi, can be controlled by a waterproofed Super Nintendo controller. SoFi can swim in multiple directions </div>
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The electronics used in the robot 
are all located in SoFi's head. The team responsible for the new 
technology filled SoFi's head with baby oil to lessen the chances of a 
water leak damaging the electronics there</div>
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The researchers filled SoFi's head with baby oil to lessen the chances of water damaging the machinery.</div>
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They chose baby oil 'since it's a fluid that will not compress from pressure changes during dives,' the study explained.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
Biorobotics
 Professor Cecilia Laschi said: 'The authors show a number of technical 
achievements in fabrications, powering and water resistance that allow 
the robot to move underwater without a tether.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
'A
 robot like this can help explore the reef more closely than current 
robots, both because it can get closer more safely for the reef and 
because it can be better accepted by the marine species.'</div>
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One of the hardest 
engineering hurdles for the research team was getting SoFi to be able to
 swim at different depths, the new report said. The robot can operate 
more than 50 feet below the surface of the water</div>
</div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">HOW DOES SOFI THE ROBOTIC FISH WORK?</span></h3>
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MIT researchers have created a robotic fish that can swim alongside real fish underwater.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The
 fish, named SoFi, can take images of marine life and has the potential 
to teach humans about aquatic spaces that are hard for them to access.</div>
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One of the unique aspects of SoFi is the fact that it is not tethered to anything.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
A
 report on the new technology said: 'Existing autonomous underwater 
vehicles have traditionally been tethered to boats or powered by bulky 
and expensive propellers.</div>
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Researchers from MIT have developed
 a robotic fish that can swim alongside real fish underwater. Pictured 
are all the parts in the robot, which was named SoFi</div>
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</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
'In
 contrast, SoFi has a much simpler and more lightweight setup, with a 
single camera, a motor and the same lithium polymer battery that's found
 in consumer smartphones.'</div>
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When the robot is swimming, a motor is pumping water into a pair of balloon-like chambers located in the fish's tail.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
These chambers operate similarly to sets of pistons in engines.</div>
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'As
 one chamber expands, it bends and flexes to one side; when the 
actuators push water to the other channel, that one bends and flexes in 
the other direction,' the report said. </div>
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</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font" id="ext-gen14">
According to the report one of the most challenging hurdles the researchers faced was getting SoFi to move at different depths.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" id="ext-gen13">
SoFi has two fins in place to adjust the fish's pitch for diving up and down.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
'To
 adjust its position vertically, the robot has an adjustable weight 
compartment and a "buoyancy control unit" that can change its density by
 compressing and decompressing air,' the report explained.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
SoFi
 was created with the goal of making the fish as minimally disruptive as
 possible, and the researchers worked to make its motor as quiet as it 
could be.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
MIT Professor Daniela Rus 
said: 'The robot is capable of close observations and interactions with 
marine life and appears to not be disturbing the real fish.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
'Collision
 avoidance often leads to inefficient motion, since the robot has to 
settle for a collision-free trajectory. A soft robot is not just more 
likely to survive a collision, but could use it as information to inform
 a more efficient motion plan next time around.'</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The
 researchers will now work to improve SoFi, specifically looking at how 
they can help the robot swim quicker and improve its tail and body 
designs.</div>
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Professor Rus said: 'We view 
SoFi sas a first step toward developing almost an underwater observatory
 of sorts. It has the potential to be a new type of tool for ocean 
exploration and to open up new avenues for uncovering the mysteries of 
marine life.' <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/" target="_blank"><i> <span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: IN;">dailymail.co.uk</span>
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'SoFi', the robo-FISH that can swim alongside marine life 50 feet below the surface

One of the hardest engineering hurdles for the research team was getting SoFi to be able to swim at different depths, the new report said. The robot can operate more than 50 feet below the surface …

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Incredible footage has 
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The
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Incredible footage 
has revealed the breathtaking stunts possible in the Seabreacher, a 
personal torpedo made out of old fighter jet parts (pictured)</div>
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S<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">eabreachers, created by water sports fanatics Rob Innes and Dan Piazza, based in Redding, California are u</span>nlike conventional watercraft that only operate on a two dimensional plane.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" id="ext-gen93">
The
 Seabreacher operates more like an aircraft with full three axis of 
control – pitch, roll, and yaw.  This allows the vessel to carve left 
and right, jump over, dive under, and cut though the waves. <span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen94" style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 can stay two feet (0.5 metres) below the surface of the water for 
around 20 seconds at a time.  Then, with a yank backwards on the 
controls, it can breach the surface with a stunning leap, shooting up to
 12 feet (3.5 metres) above the waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The latest model is even capable of 360 degree barrel rolls on the water.</span> </div>
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Powered
 by a 230 to 260 horse power supercharged engine as standard, the speed 
boats tear through the waves at up to 50 mph (80 kmh) or dive below the 
surface at 25mph (40 kmh).<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span></div>
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The vehicles - which come styled as
 sharks, killer whales or dolphins - can leap waves in a single bound 
and carry two passengers underwater</div>
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Prices for the watercraft, which 
are a combination of jet-ski, speed boat and submarine, vary from around
 $80,000 (£56,000) to top-of-the-range models which cost upwards of 
$100,000 (£71,000)</div>
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Seabreachers, created by water 
sports fanatics Rob Innes and Dan Piazza, based in Redding, California 
are unlike conventional watercraft that only operate on a two 
dimensional plane</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Innespace, the company which makes the vehicles, was founded in 1997 by designer Mr Innes and machinist Mr Piazza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr
 Innes said: 'At Innespace Productions, our purpose is to bring the 
unique experience of underwater flight to waterways around the world by 
building exciting, safe, and reliable submersible watercraft. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We
 have been developing watercraft that push the limits of what people can
 do in the water: diving, jumping, rolling, porpoising, and other 
amazing aquabatic tricks, all within the safety and comfort of a dry, 
sealed cockpit.</span></div>
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The Seabreacher operates more like 
an aircraft with full three axis of control – pitch, roll, and yaw. This
 allows the vessel to carve left and right, jump over, dive under, and 
cut though the waves</div>
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</div>
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It can stay two foot below the 
surface of the water for around 20 seconds at a time. Then, with a yank 
backwards on the controls, it can breach the surface with a stunning 
leap, shooting up to 12 feet above the waves</div>
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Powered by a 230 to 260 horse power
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waves at up to 50 miles per hour or dive below the surface at 25mph</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The
 organic lines of the vessel's sculpted body present an unforgettable 
sight, like the twisted union of a marine mammal and a high performance 
fighter jet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Regardless of where you go, be prepared to draw a crowd.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Made from the shells of old US fighter jets, each Seabreacher is individually modified to suit the customer. </span>  </div>
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Innespace, the company which makes 
the vehicles, was founded in 1997 by designer Mr Innes and machinist Mr 
Piazza. The latest model is even capable of 360 degree barrel rolls on 
the water</div>
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Made from the shells of old US 
fighter jets, each Seabreacher is individually modified to suit the 
customer. The acrylic canopy and underwater view ports give pilot and 
passenger a near 360 degree view as they fly through the water</div>
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The craft come equipped with an 
onboard stereo with an iPod dock, GPS navigation, colour schemes 
customised to your design and a snorkel-mounted video camera that 
transmits live footage to your passenger's LCD screen</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The
 craft come equipped with an onboard stereo with an iPod dock, GPS 
navigation, colour schemes customised to your design and a 
snorkel-mounted video camera that transmits live footage to your 
passenger's LCD screen.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
The acrylic canopy and underwater view ports give pilot and passenger a near 360 degree view as they fly through the water.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
Hand sticks move forward and backwards and are connected to the front wing on the corresponding side. </div>
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If
 you push them both forward, they move both wings down and it sucks the 
centre of the craft under water. If you pull them both back the boat 
will get up on the plane.  </div>
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Hand sticks move forward and 
backwards and are connected to the front wing on the corresponding 
side. If you push them both forward, they move both wings down and it 
sucks the centre of the craft under water</div>
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<br /></div>
</div>
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If you pull them both back the boat
 will get up on the plane. If you push one forward and pull one back it 
will roll the boat to the side and vice versa rolls to the other side</div>
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The pedals move the craft left and 
right by turning the jet nozzle, which turns the boat left and right on a
 level axis. The pedals also move up and down, which moves the jet 
nozzle and rear elevators up and down</div>
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If you push one forward and pull one back it will roll the boat to the side and vice versa rolls to the other side. </div>
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The pedals move the craft left and right by turning the jet nozzle, which turns the boat left and right on a level axis. </div>
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The
 pedals also move up and down, which moves the jet nozzle and rear 
elevators up and down. Pushing your toes forward points the jet nozzle 
downwards, forcing the nose to point down takes the boat into a dive. </div>
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Pulling your toes back points the jet nozzle up, which brings the nose up, bringing you out of a dive.</div>
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Pushing your toes forward points 
the jet nozzle downwards, forcing the nose to point down takes the boat 
into a dive. Pulling your toes back points the jet nozzle up, which 
brings the nose up, bringing you out of a dive</div>
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The main wings have to be held down
 during a dive and work like aeroplane's wings in reverse, offsetting 
the buoyancy of the craft and holding it underwater. Different 
variations of the controls at different times result in the varied 
manoeuvres the boat can perform</div>
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Mr Innes said: 'At Innespace 
Productions, our purpose is to bring the unique experience of underwater
 flight to waterways around the world by building exciting, safe, and 
reliable submersible watercraft'</div>
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The
 main wings have to be held down during a dive and work like aeroplane's
 wings in reverse, offsetting the buoyancy of the craft and holding it 
underwater. </div>
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Different variations of the controls at different times result in the varied manoeuvres the boat can perform.</div>
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The Seabreacher is only meant to dive just beneath the surface for brief durations. </div>
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The
 vehicle does not typically go lower than five to six feet (1.5 to 1.8 
metres) underwater, and most people are under for about 5 to 10 seconds 
at a time.</div>
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Mr Innes added: 'We have been 
developing watercraft that push the limits of what people can do in the 
water: diving, jumping, rolling, porpoising, and other amazing aquabatic
 tricks, all within the safety and comfort of a dry, sealed cockpit'</div>
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Mr Innes finished: 
'The organic lines of the vessel's sculpted body present an 
unforgettable sight, like the twisted union of a marine mammal and a 
high performance fighter jet. 'Regardless of where you go, be prepared 
to draw a crowd'</div>
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Incredible torpedo speedboat that is part submarine, part FIGHTER JET can catapult you across the waves

Incredible footage has revealed the breathtaking stunts possible in the Seabreacher, a personal torpedo speed boat made out of old fighter jet parts. The vehicles - which come styled as sharks, ki…

Iron Man-Inspired Robot With Jet-Powered Feet Is a Master of the Splits

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 Robotics
 engineers at Guangdong University of Tech's School of Automation in 
China developed a bipedal robot that can cross wide distances, thank to 
two small jet engines</div>
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The two-legged bot is outfitted with small jet engines that are attached to its feet. </div>
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Robotics engineers at Guangdong University of Tech's School of Automation in China
 strapped two duct fans to the robot's feet which allow it to cross 
wider distances than it would have been able to previously.   </div>
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It also solves a major problem commonly experienced by robot developers. </div>
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Most bipedal robots are only capable of making static movements like walking forward in short, controlled steps. </div>
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When
 walking across a challenging terrain, or facing some kind of obstacle 
that they must step over, things become a bit more challenging and, at 
times, dangerous.</div>
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That's why many robots have been known to fall over when charged with more complex tasks or movements. </div>
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Humans are able to twist and contort their
 bodies in order to keep themselves from falling, while robots don't 
possess that capability.  </div>
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But the Chinese robot, called Jet-HR1, isn't likely to fall because the jet engines are able to balance its center of gravity. </div>
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The
 robot, called Jet-HR1, is outfitted with two jet engines that are 
strapped to its feet. The jets only weigh 232 grams, but they can 
produce up to 2kg of thrust, according to scientists</div>
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Jet-HR1 is just 65cm, or roughly two feet, tall and weighs 6.5kg.</div>
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Its
 jet engines only weigh 232 grams, but they can produce up to 2kg of 
thrust, which is nearly a third of the entire weight of the entire 
robot, <a class="class" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/bipedal-robot-uses-jetpowered-feet-to-step-over-large-gaps" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">according</a> to IEEE Spectrum. </div>
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So
 while Jet-HR1 is incapable of flying through the air just yet, the 
engines still pack plenty of power that allow it to complete more tasks 
at an even quicker pace. </div>
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The bipedal robot Jet-HR1 is just 65cm, or roughly two feet, tall and weighs 6.5kg</div>
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In a video, Jet-HR1 can be seen stepping over a large gap that's 37cm wide.</div>
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To get over the gap, the robot had to complete a step length that represented 80% of its leg, IEEE noted.</div>
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The robot extended a leg first, stretching it all the way to the other side, in a move that almost looks like a split. </div>
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Once
 it's anchored on the other side of the gap, the robot then pushes off 
with its other leg, which gives it enough momentum to stand up almost 
completely straight.</div>
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In all, it took the robot less than a minute to maneuver the gap, which is much faster than it would have taken previously. </div>
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Without the fans, Jet-HR1 would only be able to cross a distance that was 3.5-inches wide, <a class="class" href="https://gizmodo.com/this-iron-man-inspired-robot-with-jet-powered-feet-is-a-1823917376" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">according</a> to Gizmodo.</div>
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Scientists built an 'Iron Man-inspired' robot with jet-powered feet <a href="https://t.co/leCEUQi32z">https://t.co/leCEUQi32z</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tech</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drones?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Drones</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Robot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Robot</a> <a href="https://t.co/2BoJ0HDHiE">pic.twitter.com/2BoJ0HDHiE</a></div>
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Assisted
 by the jet engines, the robot could potentially cross distances that 
are up to 1.5 feet wide, which is roughly 97% of the robot leg's 
length.  </div>
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The researchers believe that 
the findings could be applied to many robots that face more challenging 
scenarios, like search and rescue missions.  </div>
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It
 could also lead to more futuristic applications, like flying robots 
powered by jet thrusters -- an image that inspired researchers involved 
in the latest study. </div>
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'We were more or less inspired by science fiction,' Zhifeng Huang, one of the researchers involved in the study, told IEEE.</div>
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A video shows the Jet-HR1 crossing a
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maneuver the gap, which is much faster than it would have taken 
previously</div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">WILL HUMANOIDS SOON BE SENT TO SPACE?</span></h3>
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Currently, Valkyrie (R5) can walk on two legs and perform basic movements, such as holding and manipulating objects.</div>
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The program is a joint effort between NASA and the University of Edinburgh.</div>
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NASA
 hopes to equip Valkyrie - named after the female spirits of Norse 
mythology - to go to the red planet many years before astronauts are 
able to make the journey, for pre-deployment tasks and to maintain 
assets on Mars.</div>
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Valkyrie's human-like shape is designed to enable it to work alongside people </div>
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University
 scientists will seek to improve the robot's handling and walking 
capabilities, and use Valkyrie's sophisticated on-board sensors to help 
it make sense of its environment, and improve its manoeuvrability.</div>
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Researchers will also aim to further develop the robot's ability to interact closely and safely with humans and other machines.</div>
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Valkyrie's
 human-like shape is designed to enable it to work alongside people, or 
carry out high-risk tasks in place of people. They have Iron Man-style 
glowing chest emblems that contain linear actuators to help with waist 
movement.</div>
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Their power source comes from a battery in a backpack that lasts for around an hour.</div>
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Sensors
 include sonar and LIDAR, and operators can see what the Valkyries are 
doing on cameras attached to their heads, arms, abdomens, and legs.</div>
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R5
 is an update to its existing Robonaut, which currently on the 
260-mile-high ISS, performing mundane cleaning chores and fetching 
things for the human crew.</div>
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Each leg - 4
 feet, 8 inches long - has seven joints. Instead of feet, there are 
grippers, each with a light, camera and sensor for building 3-D maps.</div>
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NASA engineers based the design on the tether attachments used by spacewalking astronauts.</div>
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'In fact, we considered this idea two 
years ago, when we noticed the mobility limitation of humanoid robots 
when going through rubble and debris in an earthquake aftermath 
scenario'</div>
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'...That’s why we think a new
 method that enables the robot to maintain a quasi-static balance and 
produces a less significant impact while it steps over obstacles is 
necessary'</div>
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'And our idea was utilizing the external force of the jets to maintain the balance of the robot,' he added.</div>
Huang
 noted that the jet propulsion technique could lead to further 
advancements in how robots are able to jump, teeter on one leg, perform 
3D movements and reduce impact during 'dynamic motion.'   <br />
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Iron Man-Inspired Robot With Jet-Powered Feet Is a Master of the Splits

Robotics engineers at Guangdong University of Tech's School of Automation in China developed a bipedal robot that can cross wide distances, thank to two small jet engines The two-legged bot is …

Horrifying moment ‘ghost train picks up passenger’ and disappears into ‘parallel universe’

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A recent <a href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/03/mysterious-hitchhiking-ghost-burns-holes-in-trucks-floor-mat/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ghost story in Argentina</a>
 centered around a paranormal encounter that was once very common – the 
ghost hitchhiker. Thumbing for a ride has all but disappeared for a 
variety of reasons and with it, the scary tales of the dark stranger 
picked up on a lonely road.<br />
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Another ghost story fading into obscurity, 
at least in the U.S., is the ghost train – a phantom locomotive that is 
often linked to a tragedy. Fortunately, trains still run in China and, 
as expected, so do the ghostly ones. A recent video appears to show a 
semi-transparent train passing through a station in China and has many 
wondering if it’s real, what caused it and what it might be a harbinger 
of.<br />
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The video was uploaded to YouTube on March 14 by Hidden Underbelly 2.0 (see the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGIEo9LYmg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a><span style="margin-left: 5px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></span>)
 and is said to have been recorded on March 10 by a closed-circuit 
security camera in the Baotou Railway Station in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.<br />
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The station serves both the Jingbao Railway and Baolan Railway. The 
source claims it received the video from a security employee at the 
station. At first glance, it definitely looks like a transparent 
passenger train pulling in, stopping as if to unload and load 
passengers, and then leaving the station. There’s nothing to indicate 
with certainty the exact location (is it really the Baotou Railway 
Station and if so, where inside it?).<br />
There is no other motion in the 
video during the time the train is there.<br />
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Train stations can be spooky</div>
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Is this a video of a ghost train?<br />
The comments run the gamut from 
definitely ghost train to an image from a parallel universe to a secret 
military cloaking train to a reflection in a window of a nearby train to
 a hoax.<br />
<br />
The <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/933810/Ghost-train-caught-CCTV-rail-platform-proof-afterlife" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Daily Express online</a> says the last scenario is supported by <a href="https://www.ufoofinterest.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">debunker Scott Brando</a>,
 who claims it’s a merger of two videos and dates back at least to 2012 
to a railway station in not the Baotou Railway Station in Inner Mongolia
 but the Polezhaevskaya station in Moscow. Are those Russian hackers at 
it again?<br />
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Ghost trains have been the subject of a 1923 play (The Ghost Train by
 English playwright Arnold Ridley), numerous movies (starting with the 
1927 comedy based on the play), a TV series and books such as <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Train-American-Railroad-Legends/dp/188308976X" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ghost Train: American Railroad Ghost Legends.</a><br />
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Famous ghost train tales include the Silverpilen (or Silver Arrow, a 
Stockholm Metro ghost train), the St. Louis Light (which was duplicated 
and debunked by two students) and the phantom funeral train of Abraham 
Lincoln that is said to run between Washington, D.C. and Springfield, 
Illinois, around April 21st, the anniversary of the procession to his 
final resting place.<br />
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Is there any event in Baotou that could be related to a phantom 
train?<br />
The area dates back to the Mongols, but they didn’t have any 
trains. On May 3rd, 1996, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake severely damaged 
the city, killing 26 and destroying the homes of nearly 200,000. Could 
there be a phantom train arriving to take the dead to the afterlife? 
Lesser events have created greater urban legends, not to mention ghost 
train stories.<br />
True or false, it’s nice to add a new one to the 
collection.<br />
As for now, the “What is it?” needle is pushing nearer to double-exposure … until the Baotou phantom express makes another stop.<br />
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