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An engineering student soothes Yotaro, a robot which emulates ...
Mar 10th, 2010
(AFP/File) - An engineering student soothes Yotaro, a robot which emulates a real baby at Tsukuba University in Japan. Yotaro's face, made of soft translucent silicon with a rosy hue, is backlit by a projector connected to a computer to simulate crying, sneezing, sleeping and smiling, while a speaker can let out bursts of baby giggles.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)
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Members of the Engineering Regiment of the People's Liberation ...
Jul 30th, 2010 - 06:10h (CET +01.00)
(Reuters) - Members of the Engineering Regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) participate in an exercise on a training ground for earthquake rescues during a demonstration for international media at a base located on the outskirts of Beijing July 30, 2010. The regiment makes up most of the China International Search and Rescue (CISAR) f... [Full Article]
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An elementary school student takes note during a class in Taipei. ...
Jul 30th, 2010 - 07:00h (CET +01.00)
(AFP/File) - An elementary school student takes note during a class in Taipei. The Mandarin spoken and written in Taiwan is very different from the Mandarin in use in mainland China, according to an expert.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)... [Full Article]
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A robotic wheelchair, developed by Saitama University's ...
Jul 29th, 2010 - 18:20h (CET +01.00)
(AFP) - A robotic wheelchair, developed by Saitama University's professor Yoshinori Kobayashi, follows or moves beside a walking person automatically during a demonstration at the Robotech exhibition in Tokyo. Robotic wheelchairs, mechanical arms and humanoid waiters are among the cutting-edge inventions on show at a robotics fair in Japan, a c... [Full Article]
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Atiyat Badr, 67, cooks food in a room in which she has lived ...
Jul 30th, 2010 - 02:40h (CET +01.00)
(Reuters) - Atiyat Badr, 67, cooks food in a room in which she has lived for 40 years, beside a mausoleum in the City of the Dead, known as al-Arafa, in Cairo July 29, 2010. The City of the Dead, which lies on the outskirts of Cairo, consists of cemeteries that provide shelter for thousands of poor residents. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - ... [Full Article]
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