Google's Driver less Car

   About 2 months ago the U.S state Nevada passed a law allowing Google to test their driver less car. The car is said to gather information from its surroundings by using Google Street View with an AI software that uses input from video cameras and sensors. So far it has been tested on the Toyota Prius, an Audi TT, and a Lexus RX450h. With this technology driving can be made safe and less accidents will occur.

Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells

  Wow! Recently researchers at MIT and the Georgia institute of technology have developed a robotic arm that can identify and record information of the neurons in the living brain. The researchers said that when tested with a living mouse's brain the robotic arm, guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm, could identify the neurons in the mouse's brain with better accuracy and speed than that of a human. Using this technology scientists will be able to classify the thousands of various cells in the brain, identify how they are linked to each other, and compare a diseased brain cell with a healthy one. For more information about neuroscience and biology check out this blog! http://genesforteenz.blogspot.in

Robotics Coffee Shop

   Today I came across an article where it said that a coffee shop called Briggo used robots to serve coffee. Situated in Texas Briggo is a coffee shop where you can order via Internet, on the phone or at the kiosk itself. All you have to do is basically choose your drink from a wide variety of options, choose some add-on, pay the amount due online and go pick it up. The robot does the rest. For example once the order is place a robot calculates the amount of milk required, how the coffee should be ground and how the shots are pulled. It is very precise. Once your drink is made Briggo will text to you to come over and pick it up. As of now Briggo is only situated at Austin however a new version of Briggo is under development, allowing it to be located at airports, hospitals and shopping malls. Here is the link for the site https://www.briggo.com/web/

DNA Cells Programmed to Kill Cancer Cells

   Recently scientists have created a new type of a robot, made entirely from DNA strands. The robot is said to be programmed in order to identify and kill cancer cells. So far the robot has been programmed to attack leukemia and lymphoma cells in a laboratory dish. The robot delivers immune system antibodies that kill the cancer cells or cause them to destroy themselves. The technology is still not commercially available, however.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-24/dna-robots-programmed-to-kill-cancer-cells-harvard-study-shows.html

- Mithil Hari