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The U.S. military-funded robot dog program now has two electronic canines in training to haul gear for soldiers over rugged terrain. Each member of the pack is also 10 times quieter than its predecessor robot, which should make it easier to hold a conversation or sneak up on an enemy.The Legged Squad Support System (LS3), as the Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog robots are known, are being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a sort of an intelligent pack mule that won’t freak out when shots are fired or a mutt walks by on the other side of the hiking trail.In the video below, it’s clear that the robots are far from stealth, but their moving parts are quiet enough to hear the robots' footsteps on the ground. The previous version of the robot was so loud that all you could hear was the sound of its motor.
original The U.S. military-funded robot dog program now has two electronic canines in training to haul gear for soldiers over rugged terrain.
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Along the road to one of China’s most famous tourist landmarks – the Great Wall of China – sits what could potentially have been another such tourist destination, but now stands as an example of modern-day China and the problems facing it.
Situated on an area of around 100 acres, and 45 minutes drive from the center of Beijing, are the ruins of ‘Wonderland’. Construction stopped more than a decade ago, with developers promoting it as ‘the largest amusement park in Asia’. Funds were withdrawn due to disagreements over property prices with the local government and farmers. So what is left are the skeletal remains of a palace, a castle, and the steel beams of what could have been an indoor playground in the middle of a corn field.
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Sometimes we forget that this world is all about love. Animals have no social barriers to sotp them from showing the affection they all need. Don't you wish all people could be this free too?
Sometimes we forget that this world is all about love. Animals have no social barriers to sotp them from showing the affection they all need. Don't you wish all people could be this free too?
If you're an iPhone user, you know about some of the weird add-ons you can buy for your device. Do yo own any neat little toys? Or maybe you made your own like that guy down there...
Most new cameras come with the "panorama option." Taking amazing photos is no longer just for professionals. Now you too can take amazing wide shots of your vacation, helicopter ride, holiday party, whatever! Here are some of the world's most epic panorama images thus far.
Most new cameras come with the "panorama option." Taking amazing photos is no longer just for professionals.
Hosts Emma Stone and funnyman, Seth MacFarlane read the Best Picture nominees at the 85th Academy Awards nominee announcements in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2013.
This morning at Taft Union High School in Kern County, California, a shooting took place. There are only a few details out as of now, ...
The tale of a snake with two heads is not a new one. A python with two heads was seen in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. But the 50cm long slithering creature is not alone! There are others. Double the heads, double the poison!
The tale of a snake with two heads is not a new one. A python with two heads was seen in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. But the 50cm long slithering creature is not alone! There are others.
Do you know what is the safest way to travel? It’s online traveling – when you sit comfortably on a coach browsing the pictures. So, let’s take a little virtual tour to the heart of the Xochimilco’s canals, Mexico. There we will find a strange little island called “Isla de Las Munecas” where most of the trees are decorated with old creepy dolls. According to legend, three young girls were playing in the island when one drowned. Now when you walk here – you may get a feeling that you’re being constantly watched.
Do you know what is the safest way to travel? It’s online traveling – when you sit comfortably on a coach browsing the pictures.
Birds are social animals – they communicate using visual signals, calls and songs, participate in social behaviors including cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators.
What you are about to see, are not paintings on canvas! Alexa Meade paints with acrylics directly on human flesh creating the illusion of painterly portraits. “Alexa Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her background in the world of political communications has fueled her intellectual interest in the tensions between perception and reality.
What you are about to see, are not paintings on canvas! Alexa Meade paints with acrylics directly on human flesh creating the illusion of painterly portraits.
Photographer and visual artist Dan Cretu recreates everyday objects out of fruits and vegetables. With his sculptures, Dan transforms common everyday eatables into recognizable objects.
Located in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes-Benz Museum is home to the ‘strongest artificially generated tornado in the world’ according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Any animal that can change colours and look in two directions at once is worth learning more about. Armed with a tongue you have to see to believe, ...
Each year, 10 Golden Raspberry Awards are bestowed on the worst actors, writers, and directors in film. As always, some of these nominees, which were announced yesterday, deserve a break.
Oh, you think they're awesome and cute 'cause they're just like us? Wrong. They're the worst.
Malissa and Christopher Tack live in a perfect miniature home which they built themselves.
Orda Cave is located in the Perm region of Russia. You can see how beautiful it is in one of our previous posts. Right now it's freezing cold over there.
They say, when you do something bad, it comes back to you... Well, this people have done lots of bad things, obviously...
It’s in everything we touch, taste, smell, and feel. It evokes emotion without asking for prior thought. It can be the focus of our careers, the way we live, the choices we make, and the fun we have.
Do you believe in fairy tales about the love of a young beautiful woman with an old millionaire? Perhaps this happens, but I did not hear about it.
The Chinese amaze us every time. Do you know, what these scrunchies are made of? Take a look under the cut.
Chinese visitors to the zoo in the city of Hangzhou had a little fun. They threw snowballs in lions. Lions didn't know, where to hide. Pour things.
For anyone who has ever gazed enviously at a dog or a cat wishing that they might have a tail of their own to wag as they please, well believe it or not we have found the answer to your prayers.
This is how overly-attached girlfriend would react, I suppose... I wonder, if her boyfriend still wants to date her)))
According to the the researches on the most porn site, Washington DC residents watch more porn than anyone else.
The photos were made by combining multiple images of residents of each country. You may find yourself here.
Women in the Hadramaut area wear all black and the ones who work in the fields wear tall conical shaped straw sunhats, like witches hats, which contrast quite starkly with their black clothes.
It is very cold in the Chinese city of Xi'an adn the river is frozen. Residents took advantage of this and went fishing. The catch was very good.
Polish old ladies tried knit thongs and they became so popular, that now everybody can buy them on the Internet. Looks very unusual. Great idea.
