Enter IceBot This is where the GRASP Lab’s IceBot project comes into the picture. “IceBot is a first-of-its-kind robot made from ice,” Devin Carroll, lead author on the project, told Digital Trends. “[In our new work, we present] a proof-of-concept, two-wheeled robot to show the feasibility of building robots from ice. Our intent with this technology is to advance the self-repair, self-reconfiguration, and self-replication capabilities of exploration robots. In making a robot like this, we are one step closer to a true self-replicating system – one that can use materials from the local environment to repair, augment, and replicate itself.” … [Read more...] about The latest wild idea for space exploration? Robots made from hunks of ice
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Building your infrastructure, zoning businesses, and expanding your city are all in a day’s work in Cities: Skylines. There’s always something to do, and as your city grows, the list gets longer. Traffic congestion will leave your residents and tourists unhappy, and industrial zones cause odor, potentially turning away new citizens. You can also enact laws for your city, some of which draw in more taxes at the cost of citizen happiness and others that do the opposite. It’s the breadth of content in Cities: Skylines that keeps the game interesting. You start with no more than a couple square kilometers, and from there, it’s up to you to grow that space into a bustling metropolis. … [Read more...] about The best strategy games
Netflix reveals top shows and movies as subscribers hit 200M
In comments accompanying the release of its quarterly results, Netflix touched on the role its service is playing during the ongoing pandemic, saying: “2020 was an incredibly difficult year with extraordinary loss for so many families, new restrictions that none of us have ever had to live with before, and great uncertainty. We’re enormously grateful that in these uniquely challenging times we’ve been able to provide our members around the world with a source of escape, connection, and joy while continuing to build our business.” … [Read more...] about Netflix reveals top shows and movies as subscribers hit 200M