Boats, air-plains, traffic signs, helicopters, …next step pets, cops, nurses, doctors, teachers and the lady behind the counter, welcome into a world of DRONES!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 18. Mai 2013 at 08:23

Now there are ‘stealth drone’ BOATS: Lethal remote vessel will take on pirates

Now there are ‘stealth drone’ BOATS: Lethal remote vessel will take on pirates

  • The Eclipse fleet are the first stealth drones capable of operating in water
  • They are remote controlled, invisible to radar and can travel at 60mph
  • Range of 600 nautical miles and can loiter for ten days without refuelling

 

It is believed to be the first stealth drone capable of operating in the water.

This 35 foot long boat is designed to invisibly glide across the ocean acting as a spy and spotting pirates.

The daunting vessel belongs to the world’s first fleet of remote-controlled ‘robo-boats’ designed to take on dangerous covert missions without endangering the lives of crew.

This 35 foot long boat is designed to invisibly glide across the ocean acting as a spy and spotting piratesThis 35 foot long boat is designed to invisibly glide across the ocean acting as a spy and spotting pirates

Looking like a cross between a miniature warship and a stealth bomber, they are the waterborne equivalent of the unmanned drone planes used by the UK and U.S. military in the fight against terror.

The Eclipse unmanned surveillance vessels are invisible to radar, can operate 24 hours a day, travel at 60mph and can be kitted out with enough weaponry to blow adversaries out of the water.

The cutting edge boats boast state-of-the-art technology that allows it to undertake search and rescue missions or patrol dangerous waters without requiring crew.

They have a range of up to 600 nautical miles and can loiter at low speeds for 10 days without refuelling.

Powered by two 500 horsepower water jets made by Rolls Royce, the Eclipse range also boast £650,000 giroscopic HD cameras which take pictures of their surroundings, analysing them for potential threats and and relaying information back to a manned control station.

The boats can be decked out with weaponry including a high powered fire hose, a cannon that fires nets to foul propellers and even a 50 calibre gun.

The daunting vessel belongs to the world's first fleet of remote-controlled 'robo-boats' designed to take on dangerous covert missions without endangering the lives of crewThe daunting vessel belongs to the world’s first fleet of remote-controlled ‘robo-boats’ designed to take on dangerous covert missions without endangering the lives of crew

They can see in the dark thanks to infrared cameras and can also identify radiological and chemical matter, detect underwater mines and profile the sea bed.

As well as the 35ft Oscar model, the fleet features a 3-metre jet-ski style boat called the Sea Serpent that can be deployed from another boat and a 35ft semi-inflatable powerboat named Bravo capable of operating with crew or unmanned. 

The price tag starts at £260,000 for a basic Sea Serpent – and goes up to a whopping £2 million for the basic Oscar boat. 

The boats can operate by remote control and can also be programmed to carry out missions entirely on their own.
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Google and Nasa unveil superfast quantum computer that could take over global life….they created THE CYBORG!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 17. Mai 2013 at 06:19

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Do you recall the movie I-Robot?


In that movie they show us V.I.C.K.Y ,a super computer that is taking over the robots which are in every home.
Think about it for a moment…our society is full of high tech and also our homes are almost controlled by technical stuff.
They have created a V.I.C.K.Y! 
(movies can tell us which technical steps they are going to make…just try to understand the past and look at the signs)

 

Google and Nasa unveil superfast quantum computer that could cure diseases, stop global warming and even learn to drive a car

  • The D-Wave computer is 3,600 times faster than a normal computer
  • It’s classed as a ‘quantum computer’ because it uses qubits that can be perform multiple calculations at the same time
  • These faster speeds mean it can tackle more complex problems, such as disease, climate and robotics

Google has teamed up with Nasa to buy only the second commercial quantum computer ever made.

It can perform tasks 3,600 times faster than normal computers and the two organisations are hoping to use it to find cures for diseases, fix climate problems and help robots better understand human speech.

The companies are hoping to unlock the power of the computer, which was built by Canadian company D-Wave, at the new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, housed at Nasa’a Ames Research Centre in California.

Google and Nasa have bought the world's first commercial quantum computer from makers D-Wave.

Google and Nasa have bought a quantum computer from Canadian makers D-Wave. The computer is 3,600 faster than normal computers and could be used to tackle disease, climate change and develop more sophisticated robots. The two companies are launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab in Nasa’s Ames Research Centre, California to help unlock the computer’s power

A D-Wave 128-qubit processing chip. Unlike 'bits' found in modern-day, normal computers that can only be on or off at any one time, qubits can also be in a 'mixed state' between these points.

A D-Wave 128-qubit processing chip. Unlike ‘bits’ found in normal computers that can only be on or off at any one time, qubits can also be in a ‘mixed state’ between these points. This means quantum computers such as the D-Wave range can peform single tasks much faster than normal computers, and perform multiple tasks at once, much more efficiently

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The NWO lizards and their creation of new life with energy…YOUR energy!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 16. Mai 2013 at 05:56

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New spectre of cloned babies: Scientists create embryos in lab that ‘could grow to full term’

  • Breakthrough could have major implications for stem cell treatments
  • First time cloned embryos have developed enough to provide stem cells
  • Raises possibility of babies being cloned in the lab by rogue scientists

 

The prospect of cloned babies has moved a step closer after scientists extracted stem cells from human embryos created in a laboratory.

The breakthrough could lead to customised cells to help treat and even cure a range of diseases, from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis.

However, it also raises the spectre of babies being cloned in laboratories. This could allow couples who lose a child to pay for the creation of a ‘duplicate’.

Designer children move a step closer: The prospect of cloned babies has moved a step closer after scientists extracted stem cells from human embryos created in a laboratory. (Stock image, posed by models)
Designer children move a step closer: The prospect of cloned babies has moved a step closer after scientists extracted stem cells from human embryos created in a laboratory. (Stock image, posed by models)
A donor egg held by pipette prior to nuclear extraction at the start of the radical new process: The breakthrough could lead to customised cells to help treat and even cure a range of diseases
A donor egg held by pipette prior to nuclear extraction at the start of the radical new process: The breakthrough could lead to customised cells to help treat and even cure a range of diseases

While human embryos have been cloned before, none have had healthy stem cells extracted from them. The latest advance means scientists are now even closer to being able to clone children.

The US team behind the work stress that they want to find treatments for incurable diseases – but critics fear there is little to stop a rogue scientist from copying their work to try to clone humans.

Dr David King, founder of the campaign group Human Genetics Alert, called for an international ban on human cloning and said it was ‘irresponsible in the extreme’ to have published details of the stem-cell technique.

The world first was achieved at Oregon Health and Science University, with a technique similar to the one used to clone Dolly the sheep.

How scientists could use the stem cells

 

First, Dr Shoukhrat Mitalipov took eggs donated by healthy young women and removed their DNA.

He then placed skin cells inside the hollowed-out eggs and used a zap of electricity to make them start developing into embryos.

When the embryos were five or six days old, and around the size of a pinhead, Dr Mitalipov successfully harvested them for stem cells.

These cells, known as ‘master cells’, are capable of turning into every type of cell in the body and are widely seen as a potential repair kit for diseased, damaged and worn-out body parts.

Dr Mitalipov has spent many years refining the technique, which involves feeding the eggs caffeine at a key point in the process.

He said: ‘Our finding offers new ways of generating stem cells for patients with dysfunctional or damaged tissues and organs.

‘Such stem cells can regenerate and replace those damaged cells and tissues and alleviate diseases that affect millions of people.

‘While there is much work to be done in developing safe and effective stem-cell treatments, we believe this is a significant step forward in developing the cells that could be used in regenerative medicine.’

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Do you really believe that it was meteorite or that it was a military test with direct energy?

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 15. Mai 2013 at 07:45

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What is This??? Shocking Flash in Skies 02.15.2013 Russia Chelyabinsk

http://youtu.be/DoUNOScCbt4

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New ‘stealth’ drones….a step towards the development of autonomous ‘killer robots’.

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 15. Mai 2013 at 05:01

Top Gun in the 21st century: U.S. pilots left standing on deck as they launch new ‘stealth’ drone from an aircraft carrier for the first time… using handheld consoles

  • The Northrop Grumman X-47B is the first drone designed to take off and land from an aircraft carrier
  • That means it can be deployed across the world without the need for foreign airfields to operate
  • It is also the first drone able to fly itself using AI, sparking fears its human controllers could lose control of it

The U.S. Navy launched an unmanned, autonomous aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship for the first time today, a development that could herald the end of Top Gun-style piloted air combat missions.

The X-47B drone is the first designed to operate an aircraft carrier, which allows it to be used around the world without needing permission to take off from airfields in other countries.

But there are concerns about the legality of what has been dubbed America’s ‘covert drone war’. Strikes cause widespread civilian deaths and operate with only limited oversight, critics say.

Controllers: Northrop Grumman test pilots, Dave Lorenz, centre, and Bruce McFadden, left, prepare to launch the new X-47B off the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia this morningControllers: Northrop Grumman test pilots, Dave Lorenz, centre, and Bruce McFadden, left, prepare to launch the new X-47B off the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia this morning. They issue orders to the autonomous drone using their forearm-mounted Control Display Units seen in this picture

Ready to go: Flight crews give the X-47B's controllers a signal to launch. The drone is the first to operate from an aircraft carrier, which allows it to be used around the world with no need for airfields in other countriesReady to go: Flight crews give the X-47B’s controllers a signal to launch. The drone is the first to operate from an aircraft carrier, which allows it to be deployed around the world with no need for permission to use airfields in other countries – increasingly difficult given the condemnation of the U.S. governments use of drone strikes

Lift off: The drone takes off from the end of the George H.W. Bush's flight deck

Lift off: The drone takes off from the end of the George H.W. Bush’s flight deck. The X-47B is able to operate totally using artificial intelligence in its on-board computers which merely need to be set objectives by the drone’s human operators. Critics have warned the technology is a step towards the development of ‘killer robots’

 

Navy tests new aircraft-carrier-based drone plane

 

Aside from its ability to operate from aircraft carriers, another big difference between the X-47B and previous drones is that it does not need to be piloted by remote control.

Instead, it is controlled by a forearm-mounted box called the Control Display Unit which sends orders to an on-board computer which is able to use artificial intelligence to think for itself, plotting course corrections and charting new directions.

The unmanned drone will be set an objective by a human operator, for example a target to look at or bomb, and then it will navigate its way there using technology such as GPS, autopilot and collision avoidance sensors.

Critics have warned the introduction of such AI into military weapons systems is a step towards the development of autonomous ‘killer robots’. Navy officials say the drone will give them around-the-clock intelligence, surveillance and targeting capabilities.

The prototype X-47B took off successfully this morning from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia Success: The prototype X-47B took off successfully this morning and made two low approaches to the ship before heading back toward land

Prototype: The test aircraft isn't intended for operational use; instead, the military is using the information it gathers during these demonstrations to develop the drone program

Prototype: The test aircraft isn’t intended for operational use; instead, the military is using the information it gathers to develop the drone program

The prototype X-47B took off successfully this morning from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia and made two low approaches to the ship before heading back toward land.

The test aircraft, which has been designed and built by the weapons maker Northrop Grumman, isn’t intended for operational use; instead, the military is using the information it gathers during these demonstrations to develop the drone program.

The Navy already operates two other unmanned aircraft: the small, low cost ScanEagle, which does not carry weapons; and the Fire Scout, which is armed but built more like a helicopter.

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Just some you should know…

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 14. Mai 2013 at 08:29

Spontaneous human combustion;
In 1925, Henry Ford told a New York Times reporter that “There’s enough alcohol in one year’s yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years.”
HELLO… MONSANTO, DOW chemical and IBM!
Now eat some more of that Monsanto bio-food, drink more of florid water and buy some more high-tech shit…now you can turn into a human candle that can be lit up with direct energy!

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OMG yes I do have to got one of my own…my own personal drone and DARPA dog that watches me, follows me, take pictures of me and CONTROLS ME AND MY LIFE!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 14. Mai 2013 at 06:29

Drone that can follow you home: The ‘personal quadcopter’ that can automatically follow its owner and take pictures and video

  • Drone aimed at adventure sports enthusiast to capture snowboarders and mountain bikers
  • Uses wifi signal from a mobile phone to automatically ‘follow’ user as they travel – and keeping a camera pointed at them

It is a drone you could call your own: a personal ‘spy’ that can capture your every move in high definition video, without ever having to touch a control.

A British drone maker has revealed the system, which uses a mobile phone’s wifi signal to track a user.

The firm behind it believes will be used by adventure sports enthusiasts to capture their every stunt.

It's behind you! Currently the drone is controlled by remote control. However, a new version will automatically track a user's mobile phone signalIt’s behind you! Currently the drone is controlled by remote control. However, a new version will automatically track a user’s mobile phone signal

The drone can be assembled at home, and uses four rotors.The drone can be assembled at home, and uses four rotors. The system is so advanced it can be thrown into the air to launch it, while future versions will be able to follow their owner via a wifi signal and controller app

The gadget is based on the R10, a £190 ($295) quadcopter the firm made after a successful appeal for funding on Kickstarter.

The current version is controlled via a remote control or games controller.

‘R10 will be a useful tool for researchers, enthusiasts, and the development community and Universal Air is using the R10 as a platform for future aerial utility vehicles,” said Max Bruner, UAir’s co-founder.

The drone was originally developed by Bruner with a group of friends when they were at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in 2011.

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Say hello to the Holophone and goodbye to your life as you know it!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 11. Mai 2013 at 09:57

       

Say hello to the Holophone: Amazon developing 3D handset with a ‘floating hologram’ screen that can be viewed without glasses

  • Phone rumoured to show images that ‘float above the screen like holograms’
  • Company also said to be working on an ‘audio-only’ streaming device

 

Amazon is said to be working on a phone with a glasses-free 3D screen.

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the device will use retina-tracking technology to make images on the smartphone’s display appear to ‘float above the screen like a hologram and appear three-dimensional at all angles.’

The company is also rumoured to be working on an ‘audio-only’ streaming device.

Following Amazon's foray into the tablet market with the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD - being shown off here by CEO Jeff Bezo - the company is said to now be working on a smartphone with a 3D screen.Following Amazon’s foray into the tablet market with the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD – being shown off here by CEO Jeff Bezo – the company is said to now be working on a smartphone with a 3D screen. According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s rumoured to use retina-tracking to show images that ‘float’ above the screen like holograms.

AMAZON TO LAUNCH SET-TOP BOX

Amazon is set to launch a TV box later this year to allow people to easily stream video to their living room set.

The service is expected to take on existing broadcasters as well as rumoured TV services from Apple and Intel.

It will use Amazon’s existing video services, called Amazon Video on demand in the US and Lovefilm in the UK.

This would be similar to an iPod or MP3 that connects straight to the cloud and lets you stream music anywhere.

It’s expected that the device will only work with music in your Amazon Cloud Drive account.

If the rumours are true, it won’t be the first 3D smartphone.

HTC released the EVO 3D in America in June 2011.

 

Phone maker HTC launched the EVO 3D in June 2011. Amazon’s rumoured 3D phone would not be the first. Phone maker HTC launched the EVO 3D in June 2011. It has a 4.3inch HD screen capable of autostereoscopy – the ability to view 3D content without the need for specialised glasses. It also has two rear-facing 5MP cameras that can take photos in 3D

It has a 4.3inch HD screen capable of autostereoscopy – the ability to view 3D content without the need for specialised glasses.

It also has two rear-facing 5MP camera that can take photos in 3D.

Speculation about Amazon smartphones began in 2011.

The latest rumoured gadgets will be a follow-up to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the Kindle Fire HD.

Amazon launched the tablets in September last year.

The company is also said to be working on a set-top box that would stream video from Lovefilm – a video rental and streaming site owned by Amazon.

It will use Amazon’s existing video services, called Amazon Video on demand in the US and Lovefilm in the UK.

‘The e-commerce giant is planning to introduce a device this fall dedicated to streaming video over the Internet and into its customers’ living rooms, according to three people familiar with the project who aren’t authorized to discuss it,’ Bloomberg has claimed.

Earlier this month Amazon introduced 14 televisions pilots, which it financed, and it is now monitoring customer feedback to decide which ones to produce as full series.

Alpha House, starring John Goodman, the Hollywood actor known for his roles in The Big Lebowski and Argo, is a pilot produced by amazon, and could eventually be watched on a Kindle TV boxAlpha House, starring John Goodman, the Hollywood actor known for his roles in The Big Lebowski and Argo, is a pilot produced by amazon, and could eventually be watched on a Kindle TV box

Alpha House, starring John Goodman, the Hollywood actor known for his roles in The Big Lebowski and Argo, is a pilot produced by amazon, and could eventually be watched on a Kindle TV box.

The Amazon shows include Alpha House, starring John Goodman, the Hollywood actor known for his roles in The Big Lebowski and Argo.

Bill Murray, of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, also appears.

Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios, the unit that is creating the shows, said: ‘I think the distinction between a regular TV show and an online TV show will soon fade away.

‘It just makes sense that if you’re trying to decide what TV show to make, it might be a good idea to ask customers which one they like.’

Each pilot is available on Amazon Instant Video or Lovefilm for free, with viewer feedback deciding which show will get a full series order from the company.

The company has also paid to secure exclusive streaming rights to hit shows such as Downton Abbey.

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Do you want to live forever? Upload your brain to the Watson system of IBM and become an immortal hologram by 2045.

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 11. Mai 2013 at 09:31

Russian billionaire reveals real-life ‘avatar’ plan – and says he will upload his brain to a hologram and become immortal by 2045

  • Media mogul claims his 2045 project is ‘next step’ in human evolution
  • Over 20,000 people have signed up the the initiative
  • Calls for new religions and ethics to deal with immortality

 

A Russian billionaire has revealed controversial plans to upload his own brain and become immortal by 2045.

32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body.

His ’2045 initiative’ is described as the next step in evolution, and over 20,000 people have signed up on Facebook to follow its progress, with global conferences planned to explore the technology needed.

 

Still some work to do: 32 year-old Dmitry Itskov, seen here in prototype robotic form, believes he will be able to upload his brain to a hologram body in 2045 and live foreverStill some work to do: 32 year-old Dmitry Itskov, seen here in prototype robotic form, believes he will be able to upload his brain to a hologram body in 2045 and live forever

‘We are in the process of creating focus groups of experts,’ said Itskov.

‘Along with these teams, we will prepare goal statements and research programs schedules.’

The foundation has already planned out its timeline for getting to a fully holographic human, and claims it will be ready to upload a mind into a computer by 2015, a timeline even Itskov says is ‘optimistic’.

‘The four tracks and their suggested deadlines are optimistic but feasible,’ he said of the foundation’s site.

‘This is our program for the next 35 years, and we will do our best to complete it.’

The ultimate aim is for a hologram body.

‘The fourth development track seems the most futuristic one,’ said Itskov.

‘It’s intent is to create a holographic body. Indeed, its creation is going to be the most complicated task, but at the same time could be the most thrilling problem in the whole of human evolution.’

Four steps to becoming an Avatar: The 2045 initiative says it will be able to upload a human mind to a hologram body by 2045 - and that the first mind transfer could happen in 2015Four steps to becoming an Avatar: The 2045 initiative says it will be able to upload a human mind to a hologram body by 2045 – and that the first mind transfer could happen in 2015

32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body.

32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body.

To help realize the lofty aim, he has set up the Global Future Congress, which held its first meeting in Moscow last year.

The congress will meet again in New York City this June, where it promises to unveil the most human-like robot the world has ever seen. 

It will also addressing the ethical and social issues of immortality.

‘Modern civilization, with its space stations, nuclear submarines, iPhones and Segways cannot save mankind from the limitations in the physical abilities of our bodies, nor from diseases and death,’ the ’2045′ Strategic Social Initiative says in its manifesto.

‘We believe that it is possible and necessary to eliminate aging and even death, and to overcome the fundamental limits of the physical and mental capabilities currently set by the restrictions of the physical body.

‘Before 2045 an artificial body will be created that will not only surpass the existing body in terms of functionality, but will achieve perfection of form and be no less attractive than the human body.

‘People will make independent decisions about the extension of their lives and the possibilities for personal development in a new body after the resources of the biological body have been exhausted.’

The initiative also believes the first generation of ‘android’ bodies will have superhuman capabilities.

‘The new human being will receive a huge range of abilities and will be capable of withstanding extreme external conditions easily: high temperatures, pressure, radiation, lack of oxygen, etc.

‘Using a neural-interface humans will be able to operate several bodies of various forms and sizes remotely.’

The project is also addressing the moral issues of living forever.

‘We suggest the implementation of not just a mechanistic project to create an artificial body, but a whole system of views, values and technology which will render assistance to humankind in intellectual, moral, physical, mental and spiritual development.‘

Itskov, a 31-year-old media entrepreneur, says that he aims to transplant a human brain into a robot body within 10 years. He says his technology will be of interest at first to the 'disabled and close to dying'

Itskov, a 31-year-old media entrepreneur, says that he aims to transplant a human brain into a robot body within 10 years. He says his technology will be of interest at first to the ‘disabled and close to dying’

‘This project is leading down the road to immortality,’ Itskov has said previously.

‘A person with a perfect Avatar will be able to remain part of society. People don’t want to die.’

 

Itskov envisages surgically ‘transplanting’ a human consciousness into a robot body within 10 years.

He hopes to then ‘upload’ minds without surgery, leaving human bodies as empty husks as their owners ‘live on’ inside robots.

The project is called Avatar after the James Cameron movie, set far in the future, where human soldiers use mind control to inhabit the bodies of human alien hybrids as they carry out a war against the inhabitants of a distant world.

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Michel van der Aa about holographic Opera singers and Avatar-style 3D effects: `It’s part of our DNA,’ he said.

Obama wants to map the human brain: Administration plans huge $3BILLION ten-year research project

Are the life-nauts of Japan and DARPA’s war robots getting their artificial skin that can feel and heal itself? Are these robots our future Martians?

They are not testing this to let the blind see with their eyes but it’s a test to refine the DARPA’s Avatars and the life-nauts from Japan!

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Plants that will light up the streets and a drone in every home?…how long before we really live the movie I Robot?!

By Administrator, Maria Anna | Published 10. Mai 2013 at 06:07

Plant bot: The world’s first robot that can turn your household plants into light-seeking ‘triffid’ drones

  • ‘Faunaborgs’ can carry plants around a room all day following sunlight
  • Sensors can also alert owners to when their plants needed watering

 

The world’s first robot that can carry plants around a room making sure they stay in sunlight all day has been developed by a team of researchers from Rutgers University. 

The IndaPlant, which has been dubbed ‘faunaborg’, can also alert the plant’s owner when the plant becomes dehydrated and tell the owner to water it. 

Artists and engineers from the New Jersey university are currently halfway through the two-year IndaPlant Project, set up to create various robotic devices that can seek out light and water. 

IndaPlant driving around the corridors of Rutgers University in New Jersey.IndaPlant driving around the corridors of Rutgers University in New Jersey. When the IndaPlant is placed in the shadows it will seek out and move towards the light using solar sensors. These sensors can also be used to charge the device using solar panels

The IndaPlant runs on batteries that can be charged using solar-power, or from a power source such as a laptop.

The IndaPlant runs on batteries that can be charged using solar-power, or from a power source such as a laptop. When it’s plugged in, the sensors determine where the nearest light source is and the blue wheels begin turning to move the ‘faunaborg’ in that direction

 

Plants are fixed to the top of the ‘faunaborg’, which the team of scientists call a ‘three-wheeled, autonomous robot platform’.

Using light sensors, the IndaPlant independently moves around the room following the sunlight.

It does this by using basic motion planning, which means it can avoid obstacles as it moves around. 

The IndaPlant is also connected to moisture sensors that can tell when the level of moisture in a plant drops below a certain level. 

The IndaPlant was designed by Rutgers University to stop plants wilting and dying, as seen pictured left, from either not enough sunlight, or not enough water.

The IndaPlant was designed by Rutgers University to stop plants wilting and dying, as seen pictured left, from either not enough sunlight, or not enough water. Sensors on the IndaPlant can alert owners if their plant is thirsty, and get them to water it to make it healthier, as seen pictured right

An alarm then sounds to tell the plant’s owner it needs watering. 

As well as seeking out light, the IndaPlant use solar power to charge its motors.

The team is lead by Professor Elizabeth Demaray, from Rutgers Camden’s Department of Fine Art, and Dr. Qingze Zou from Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the New Brunswick campus.  

Demaray said: ‘My primary interest in creating this piece lies in the poetic implications of turning an immobile houseplant–which is completely dependent upon human care–into a free agent which could become a potentially cooperative or competitive entity.

 

A bright idea: The astonishing glow-in-the-dark GM plants that could one day replace street lamps

 

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