Arquivos de Tag: body

RAI Moves Whole Body Manipulation Outside the Lab With Spot Robot Rolling Heavy Tires

Boston Dynamics’ Spot spent years demonstrating careful, coordinated movements inside instrumented rooms, yet the real test has always been whether those same skills could survive once the ceiling cameras and external computers disappeared. Researchers at the RAI Institute have now answered that question by teaching the robot to upright, roll, and drag a 15-kilogram car […]

ChaosBench’s Giant Working N64 Controller Turns Mario Kart Into a Full Body Workout

Nintendo 64 controllers already look chunky next to modern pads, with three grips and a stick planted in the middle. ChaosBench took that layout and enlarged it until ordinary button presses turned into arm movements that require real force. ChaosBench began with creating a digital model of a typical game controller, which was then hollowed […]

JAS Tensei Reveal Showcases Original Honda NSX with a Carbon Body and a Louder V6

JAS Motorsport finally showed the finished Tensei on October 8, 2026, after months of drawings that only hinted at the shape. Thirty-five cars are planned, each built near Milan from a first-generation Honda NSX and finished to the buyer’s order. Pininfarina signed the body. The name is Japanese for rebirth, which fits a car that […]

CMOUNTIPHONE2 Turns a Cracked iPhone 13 Into a Canon EF Camera Body

Evan Monsma spent a few days in Indianapolis turning a broken iPhone 13 into something he calls CMOUNTIPHONE2, a phone that can take Canon EF lenses meant for a full-size DSLR. His earlier attempt had already put cinema glass on a wrecked iPhone. That mount was wood, a modified C-to-CS ring, and a bead of […]

Fears of possible serial killer rise in South Africa after body of 10th woman found

South African police said Saturday that another woman’s body had been found near Johannesburg, bringing the number of victims to 10 in a series of killings under investigation. Police began investigating after the bodies of three women were found in July and August within about 4.3 miles of one another in the Ekurhuleni municipality, east […]

Burls Art Built a Playable Guitar With No Neck or Body Using Aircraft Cable and a Bed Frame

Burl of Burls Art wondered how far you could strip a guitar before it stopped being one. He pulled the neck off, then placed the remains on tensioned aviation cable and attempted to play the creation. The experiment began as a side question when he was working on another project in his newly constructed garage. […]

9th woman’s body found in same area of South Africa, adding to fears of serial killer

Johannesburg — South African police said Thursday a ninth woman’s body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, and said it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating. All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality over the last two months, raising concerns that they were carried out […]

Body of 7th woman found in same area of South Africa, sparking fears of serial killer

A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South African authorities, the cases […]

Suspect arrested in Greece after British woman’s body found in suitcase

Greek police on Sunday said they had arrested a suspect in their investigation into the death of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens this month. The police in a statement said they had arrested a 26-year-old man, identified in media reports as an Afghan national, adding that he had […]

FIFA official resigns in protest over World Cup investment plan as 3rd governing body rejects privatization

The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a World Cup privatization plan that could draw investments up to $20 billion, but which has drawn widespread condemnation from most of soccer’s worldwide governing bodies. The latest rebukes of the plan came on Friday when a senior adviser to Infantino stepped down in […]