Robot suit
A Japanese company has been working on a robotic suit that could help the old and the disabled person. Comprised of robotic limbs and a backpack containing a battery and computer system. When the wearer tries to move tiny nerve signals in the skin are detected by HAL, and converted into moviments. So advanced is the technology that the company is already renting the robot suits. We assume that it is Japanese humour that made the company choose Cyberdyne Corporation as its name, a reference to the company responsible for the end of the world in the Terminator movies.
Electric cars
2009 was the year the world embraced the electric car. The reason this is not yet evident is that the technology won't be in place for another two years, but several countries are already investing in infrastructure to support the change. The boldest experiment is taking place in Israel, where a company called Better Plave has convinced the government to install 500000 electrical-charging points for cars. Planned to start in 2011, the system will use Renault-Nissan's new range of battery-powered vehicles. The innovative sapect of this system is that cars in need of charging can drive into a station where a robotic arm removes the battery and repleces in with a fully-charged one. The process will take about three minutes the time needed to fill a tank of petrol. China meanwhile, plans to dominate tha car industry of the future by producing cheap electrical cars through the company BTD Never heard of it? Remember that you saw it here first when you buy one...
A Japanese company has been working on a robotic suit that could help the old and the disabled person. Comprised of robotic limbs and a backpack containing a battery and computer system. When the wearer tries to move tiny nerve signals in the skin are detected by HAL, and converted into moviments. So advanced is the technology that the company is already renting the robot suits. We assume that it is Japanese humour that made the company choose Cyberdyne Corporation as its name, a reference to the company responsible for the end of the world in the Terminator movies.
Electric cars
2009 was the year the world embraced the electric car. The reason this is not yet evident is that the technology won't be in place for another two years, but several countries are already investing in infrastructure to support the change. The boldest experiment is taking place in Israel, where a company called Better Plave has convinced the government to install 500000 electrical-charging points for cars. Planned to start in 2011, the system will use Renault-Nissan's new range of battery-powered vehicles. The innovative sapect of this system is that cars in need of charging can drive into a station where a robotic arm removes the battery and repleces in with a fully-charged one. The process will take about three minutes the time needed to fill a tank of petrol. China meanwhile, plans to dominate tha car industry of the future by producing cheap electrical cars through the company BTD Never heard of it? Remember that you saw it here first when you buy one...
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