Being an engineer is not easy these days. There is a demanding consumer industry which wants the best, and because of that, engineers today need to solve many problems for our future generation.  Recently, BusinessWeek asked several futurists, about the challenges that are critical to overcome. Today, RealityPOD has summarized their answers. These ideas will change the way humans interact with the... 

The New York Times just posted a story claiming that a secret Pentagon study, originally obtained by Soldiers for Truth, found that 80% — eight out of ten! — Marines with upper body wounds could have been saved by use of proper body armor. So, after reading this article we thought, what are the next generation body armors available for the next generation soldiers. Tags-dragon skin (5)-advanced... 

Today we have picked up top 10 future gadgets for 2010. Most of these gadgets are either announced by companies for future release or have been patented. So we hope to see them in near future. We have also picked some interesting gadgets which are not top rated but can be put in  ”Honourable Mention”. From kitchen appliances to memory LCD screens, it’s all here. Which ones are your... 

Those of you who have played the amazing computer game “crysis”  must be fascinated  by the bionic suits worn by the game character(maximum speed,maximum power,maximum strength…..remember??). The good(or the bad) news is that bionic suits are no more a fiction.Researchers at Sarcos inc, an American defense contractor, is developing exoskeleton technology for the military. The American... 

To be honest, I cannot believe this. Its the most dazzling thing I have read so far. The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth. Teams must be at least 90% privately funded and must be registered to compete by December 31, 2010. Tags-googlex... 

We all know about the predator strikes going on in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other US battlefields around the world these days. What many of us don’t know, however, is that these are all controlled half a world away form Edvards airbase in Arizona, USA. We have all seen videos of predator strikes (and their results), but not of how its controlled. Here’s a video to show you exactly... 

Just as the engine technology is improving day by day, some traditionalists are still dedicated to perfecting the technologies of the past.  A perfect example is the “Fastest Kettle” named car. A British-built steam supercar broke a 103-year-old world land speed record for steam-powered vehicles in the United States yesterday.The 25ft-long British Steam Car – nicknamed the “fastest... 

A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.  Read More →

According to the Free Spirit blog, NASA has added a second test rover to the project, where scientists are working on a way of freeing the stuck Mars Rover, Spirit. The rover is stuck in soft soil at a site called Troy. Tags-mars rover (5)-robot mars (3)-rover spirit (2)-large pictures of the rover spirit (1)-Spirit rover png (1)-rover to mars (1)-Pictures from Mars Rovers (1)-mars stuck rover (1)-mars... 

TSUKUBA, Japan- Japanese researchers have unveiled a robot that will soon strut her stuff on a Tokyo catwalk. The girl-faced humanoid boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models. Tags-hrp-4c (10)-world\s first fashion model (2)-maket robot (2)-human android robots (2)-girl robot face (1)-hrp4c (1)-female fashion models (1)-japan model girl (1)-japan...