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Welding has always been a physical, hands-on job — but that may be about to change. That’s because researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a newmind-control systemthat makes it possible for someone to control a welding robot by transmitting mental instructions via an electroencephalography (EEG) cap. While robot welders are already used in industry, this innovation could help make the process more efficient, in addition to keeping human workers at a safe distance from the potentially deadly machines they work with....

Artist’s concept of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.NASA/JPL-Caltech Some of the earliest explorations of the universe beyond our solar system were made by four probes launched by NASA in the 1970s — Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2. The Voyager probes have since departed our solar system andmoved into interstellar space, while contact was lost with the Pioneers in the 1995 and 2003. But where will these early probes end up?...

Since its release more than 25 years ago, more and more people have come to realize that Paul Verhoeven’sStarship Troopersis actually something close to a masterpiece. (Well, except for oneTwitter user, who went viralwith his tone-deaf take on it.) The 1997 film, which is set in a future in which young army officers battle against massive alien bugs, is a hilarious send-up of the military-industrial complex and the ideologies that propel it....

Talk, wave, or smile, and Yuneec’s newest drone will snap a photo. TheYuneec Mantis Q, as it’s called, integrates voice control and 4K inside a $500 folding drone designed for adventurers, families, and UAV enthusiasts. While voice control has become increasingly common in devices like smartphones and smart speakers, it’s a rare feature (and to our knowledge, possibly a first) for drones. Yuneec’s new drone can reportedly respond to commands like “record a video,” “take a picture,” and “take a selfie....

Boston Dynamics has offered a fascinating look inside the workshop at the center of its astonishing Atlas robot. A six-minute video from the Massachusetts-based robotics team highlights Atlas’s various skills that enable it to move just like a human. We also get to see the team tinkering with five-foot-tall Atlas as they tirelessly hone its existing abilities while also adding new ones. A big focus of the Atlas team is parkour, a training discipline that involves tackling an obstacle course....

Motorola’s latest phone, the Moto Z4, is now here, and on paper, it’s almost a replica of theMotorola One Vision, a phone the company announced a few weeks ago. The One Vision isn’t coming to the United States, though, so we’ll have to make do with the Z4. While Moto Z phones are Motorola’s cream of the crop, they’re decidedly midrange phones when compared to the rest of the market. Last year’sMoto Z3, for example, offered Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor, while its peers had the newer Snapdragon 845....

Earlier this month, OnePlus revealed the latest iteration of its custom user interface —OxygenOS 13— along with the launch of theOnePlus 10T. The company announced that an open beta of the OS would soon be available for theOnePlus 10 Pro, followed by the 10T sometime later. Now, as per aOnePlus Community post, the first Open Beta of the OxygenOS 13 is out for the OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone. Here are some interesting new changes you’d see in the new OS....

The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies have been facing as a result is how to keep business moving along without putting employees at risk of being infected. As you might expect, one of the ways many businesses are staying operational is by automating tasks that would otherwise be done by humans. Robots, after all, aren’t at risk of dying from COVID-19....

Slowly but surely, the Pokémon series has undergone its own evolution over the course of the past two decades. There are some things that may never change, most importantly the mechanic of finding and catching a colorful, creative, and unique roster of monsters in their fictional worlds. Leading up toPokémon Legends: Arceus, the mainline games have been reluctant to, or incapable of, showing Pokémon out in the world before you encounter them....

Summary Jake Gyllenhaal teases the expanded world ofRoad House 2. Starring opposite MMA star Conor McGregor, Gyllenhaal plays former UFC fighter Dalton in the 2024 Prime Video film, which is a remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze film of the same name. Shortly after the release ofRoad Houseto Prime Video in March, theproduction ofRoad House 2was confirmed. Gyllenhaal is confirmed to return as Dalton, but McGregor’s return prospects have not yet been confirmed....

Walmart currently deploys a small number of robots at its stores across the United States, but this week it says it’s “going big” with the technology, rolling out thousands more machines so that its human workers can spend more time helping customers. So what exactly is Walmart planning? Well, the deployment includes 1,500 autonomous Auto-C floor cleaners, 300 Auto-S shelf scanners to monitor inventory, 1,200 FAST Unloaders that automatically scan and sorts items delivered by trucks, and 900 Pickup Towers that functions like a giant vending machine for customers collecting orders that they placed online....

A Russian spacecraft has crashed into the moon, spelling the end for theLuna-25 mission. The plan had been for the spacecraft to land on the moon’s surface in the area around the south pole, but on Sunday, August 20, Russian officials confirmed that the spacecraft had been lost. News of problems with the Luna-25 mission began on Saturday, August 19, when Russian space agency Roscosmos announced via Telegram that an “emergency situation” had occurred with the spacecraft....

Nothing screams luxury more than genuine leather. This material isn’t usually found in thebest laptops, which is exactly why theHP Spectre Foliois so unique. This stunningly designed laptop is currently available on Amazon for anunbelievable $481 off. Get this2-in-1 laptopfor $919 instead of $1,400. To make the deal even more irresistible, you’re able to get an additional $50 off instantly upon approval for the Amazon Rewards Visa, bringing the price down to $869....