The terrifying robotic Terminator cubes and bug's breaking free from its larva shell…can you see the danger when those two things will be combined by scientists? OH WAIT, the already did! (see article 3)
1. Terminator takes a terrifying step closer to reality: The robotic cubes that can flip, jump and CHANGE SHAPE automatically
The M-Blocks robots, created by researchers at MIT, have no external parts but can move using an internal flywheel mechanism and stick together using magnets. While the curious machines might seem like colourful versions of the ‘liquid steel’ androids in the terminator films, their creators think they could one day be used to make temporary repairs to bridges and buildings. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) said their modular robots can adapt to different tasks and terrains.
2. A bug’s life: The amazing images of a cicada breaking free from its larva shell and unfurling its wings as an adult insect
Professional photographer Thomas Marent took the pictures of the curious insect in Palmerston National Park in Queensland, Australia. The transformation took approximately 30 minutes and finished with the adult cicada fully spreading its delicate wings to dry them out, as seen in this short sequence of images.
3. Forget life on Mars, we could soon design and ‘print’ alien cells on EARTH, claims scientist
J. Craig Venter, who helped map the human genome, has claimed the synthetic microbes could be designed and used for fuel, medicine or to combat global warming.