We have boxing robots, but can they screw in a nail? Designing a useful human hand for humanoids is recognized as one of the more difficult engineering challenges within the robotics industry. Elon Musk, the man who wants to put data centers in space and colonize Mars, can also admit that. “The hands and arms
England fast bowler Mark Wood has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 36-year-old, who is one of the fastest bowlers to ever play for England, has been blighted by injuries throughout his career. The Durham paceman only returned to action in the first Ashes Test in Perth in November after 15
Before the Ashes, Wood had gone 16 months without playing a Test, first because of an elbow injury, followed by the knee problem. The Durham man tried to play at the start of the English summer, yet his only cricket in the run-up to the Ashes was a warm-up game against England Lions. He was
NASA on Tuesday ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of forested land on the Greenbelt, Maryland, campus of the Goddard Space Flight Center to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The property, formerly known as NASA Goddard Area 400, is now part of the largest block of
