Heather McLellan Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Engineers Launch Cloud-Based Collective “Brain” for Robots

The collective, global robot brain of the future is just around the corner. When thinking about a future where robots live alongside human ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2013

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College Student Unveils Working Mass Effect Medi-Gel

Veti-Gel is a functioning prototype that can instantly seal any wound. As most of us are aware, the lives of the characters in ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2013

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Largest Telescope in History of Time Goes Live

It’s big, it’s beautiful, and it’s called ALMA. Telescopes, generally speaking, are amazing pieces of machinery. And the bigger a telescope is, the ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2013

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Nonprofit Organization Wants to Send Married Couple to Mars

As romantic getaways go, it’s out there. Since the Curiosity rover landed on Mars and started introducing non-human space to the concept of ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorMarch 1, 2013

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Electronic Brain Link Lets Rats Send Each Other Thoughts

Scientists have allowed rats to turn their thoughts into direct messages. For every ounce of wonder and knowledge the field of neuroscience gives ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2013

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Robotic Hand Offers Users a Real Sense of Touch

Near-full sensory perception for amputees isn’t the distant dream it once was. While the past few years have been exciting in terms of ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2013

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Update: NASA Loses Touch With International Space Station

We hope their spaceship knows which way to go. The International Space Station (ISS), a football-field-sized testament to the good things that come ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2013

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Higgs Boson Points to End of Whole Universe

Billions of years from now, vaccuum instability could see a new universe wiping ours away. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), that big particle ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2013

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PC Gamers Pretty Up Aliens: Colonial Marines

Some gamers have decided that their Aliens experience needs a little spitshine. Massive sales figures aside, it’s been a tough week to be ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 18, 2013

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Egyptian Telecoms Ministry Appeals Against YouTube Ban

The government would see YouTube blocked for 30 days over The Innocence of Muslims. When inflammatory anti-Islamic video The Innocence of Muslims first ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 18, 2013

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MIT and US Army Unveil Prototype Sensor Uniform

Functional microfibers let this smart fabric sense heat, light, and sound. In many of the futuristic games that we play, we’re habituated to ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 18, 2013

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“Tongueduino” Lets Your Brain Taste Earth’s Magnetic Field

…just like chicken? The human brain is impressive for many things, not the least of which is its capacity for turning the world ...

By Heather McLellan Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2013

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