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Grab Your Boomstick: The Zombie Apocalypse May Actually Be Upon Us
gawker.com 17 hours, 59 minutes agoActually Be Upon Us" href="http://gawker.com/5914059/grab-your-boomstick-the-zombie-apocalypse-may-actually-be-upon-us" class="pp_image"> Actually Be Upon Us" alt="Click here to read Grab Your Boomstick: The Zombie Apocalypse May Actually Be Upon Us" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17o5svpu99z0ejpg/original.jpg"/> By now we've all seen the awful, awful story about the Florida man who was shot to death by police for refusing to stop chewing on another man's face. More ยป
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A Bird In The Hand Thanks To A Robot That Can Perch
engadget.com 4 weeks agoLand-bound robots? Been there, done that. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are taking things up a notch with a bird-style bot capable of autonomous flight. By replicating the features that enable birds to make a soft landing -- including the flapping wings that help them change direction -- the researchers developed the first micro aerial vehicle (MAV) capable of swooping down to perch on a human hand. The craft forgoes a vertical tail, which birds also lack, to allow for enough
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