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Insta360 One R is the first transformer camera The Insta360 One R is made of three main components — the swappable camera module, battery base, and touchscreen. The camera module connects to both the core and the battery base. ONE R currently offers three ways to shoot with three available lens Mods — the Dual-Lens 360 Mod, the 4K Wide-Angle Mod and the 1-Inch Wide Angle Mod — all with a single device.

Full Metal Jacket made from copper This jacket's peculiarity is that it incorporates more than 11 kilometers of copper. It's capable of conducting heat and energy, killing bacteria and viruses in the process. Built with 65% copper, polyamide and polyurethane, it uses Schoeller c_change® membrane and comes with a fleece lined neck and pockets.

Razer Project Hazel: smart and socially friendly face mask The conceptual design of the mask includes an N95 protective respirator using rechargeable fans. There are also Smart Pods intended to improve breathability by regulating airflow. The Razer VoiceAmp technology, featuring the microphone and amplifier, was implemented to improve the user's speech. In addition to interior lights, the mask boasts active cooling and CO2-regulated airflow.

Stillness Bath is an "Anti-stress" voice-controlled bath for $16,000 The bath supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants, as well as a number of relaxation functions. In addition to adjusting the water level and temperature, you can activate fog mode or aromatherapy. The basic version (without relaxation functions) will cost users $8,698 (modification with a fog generator), but for fog feature and an aromatization module will cost $10,998. The high-end configuration with lighting and drain grilles on the floor will cost $15,998.

Goosebumps – the robot that teaches people manners Scientists from Cornell University have developed a robot that responds to the human touch. When the robot gets scared, it ejects small spikes, but when it experiences delight, it literally has goose bumps. The mechanism is made of elastic material and can take various shapes. Along with the change in texture, the robot's facial expression also changes. This is done so that people understand better what emotions the device is experiencing.

An AI has written its first play GPT-2, developed by OpenAI, is known to a lot of people thanks to writing news, articles and poetry. This time, it’s created a real play, with the help of humans, of course. The process looks like this: the operators provide a «clue» in the form of a few themed sentences, whereas the AI creates the scenario by itself. The first play by an AI tells of robot adventures among humans to understand their true purpose of existence.

Robobloq - one of the friendliest robots in the STEM education system. One of the main features of the robot is in its emotions: it is really sensitive and demonstrates its "feelings" on a small LED screen that acts as the face of Qoopers. Some emotions are preset, but the user can expand their range. The robot parts are made of anodized aluminum, providing for extra sturdiness. The robot can be remotely controlled by downloading a free application on an iOS or Android smartphone. The assembly time of the "standard issued" Qoopers models is around half an hour.

The Lucon lamp can transmit physical sensations. This unusual lamp was created by an engineer from Seattle, who decided to bring all the lonely people of the world together. Lucon is an LED lamp with internet connection and a tactile surface. Touching it, anyone will feel as if it is a touch of another person, who is also touching the lamp at that very moment. So, according to the creator's idea, people can feel support from complete strangers and reciprocally support others themselves.

BADGER - underground bot for pipework routing. Researchers at the Spanish Carlos III University (Madrid) have developed a BADGER pipelaying robot that can pass through the earth's firmament like a worm. BADGER is equipped with a drill with an ultrasonic feature for efficient crushing of earth rocks, specifically segmented to move the bot and strengthen the tunnel walls. It also has a ground drain and a 3d printer that will create the the required tube using turpentine.

UPON: World's 1st e-Desk With 3 Axis Adjustment UPON comes in lifting and full-featured options. The desk height can be freely adjusted from 650mm to 1300mm to meet the change of children and adults from sitting posture to standing posture. It is suitable for reading, drawing and other posture changes through the flip angle lockable from 0 ° to 35 ° and the tray extendable up to 150mm. With the patented unique Joystick alike “Joy-Con” controller, the desk can be easily extended with 3 axis, up/down, forward/backward, multiple tilting angles.

Creator is the world's first restaurant with a robot chef. Creator, the San Francisco restaurant built around a cooking robot announced its opening. The robot chef, a mechanism that uses the power of 20 computers, 350 sensors and fifty regulators, will cook burgers. The process is fully automated and is not require human assistance. The burger will be priced at $6, which is even lower than an average price for a similar product in a regular, non-robotic fast food restaurant.

A device that is capable of charging up using heat from the human body CU Boulder researchers are working on a device that will charge directly from a human body using the temperature difference between the skin and the surroundings. For now, the scientists have managed to generate about 1 volt of energy per 6 centimeters of skin area, which is not enough for powerful gadgets, but is close to providing energy for a simple watch.

Shock and Wind Resistant MIT Insect Robots MIT researchers are working on an insect-size drone that can withstand shock loads. The bots weigh only 0.6 grams and have wings made of rubberized materials coated with carbon nanotubes, allowing for controlled flight with no fear of structural damage during collisions. Potential use cases: rescue operations, pollination of plants, inspection of tiny spaces.

Wilson Camera: To See the Invisible This unique device was invented by Charles Wilson back in 1911, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1927. Wilson camera, due to the vapour condensing into droplets (thus creating ionised air molecules), allows to see and record the trajectory of the movement of elementary particles. That is, elementary particles, like an airplane in the sky, leave a kind of inversion vapor trail, which can be viewed.

Dr. Octopus exoskeleton built by a crypto-millionaire Young crypto-millionaire Erik Finman (19 years old) created Dr. Octopus exoskeleton for his friend, who is fond of Marvel comics. Some of the details were bought at conventional stores and some were printed on a 3D printer. Although the resulting model doesn't feature the capabilities of a movie character, it can easily impress a child. However, the creator of the suit believes that this development has a great future. For example, in the mining industry.

A printed school by Thinking Huts Thinking Huts has designed a project of a fast-deployed school for the children of Madagascar. According to the developers, it will help solve the problem of poor-quality educational buildings in the African region. The walls of the building will be 3D-printed from a special environmentally friendly material, while the roof and finishes - from some local materials.

Samsung augmented reality glasses Samsung has revealed its vision of glasses with augmented reality by releasing a couple of commercials about its developments. So their specialists are working on two models: Glasses Lite and AR Glasses. These glasses will be able to broadcast virtual three-dimensional images, as well as allow watching video, making video calls, working with digital 3D-objects and even controlling a drone in FPV mode.

Titanic Explorer - taking tourists to the 'Titanic' American company Triton, which produces underwater vehicles, has developed a bathyscaphe with a one-piece acrylic cover to deliver tourists to take a look at the Titanic. The 12 ton vehicle can carry up to 2 passengers, operate for up to 12 hours without recharging and descend to a depth of 4,000 meters. It's worth mentioning that the device is designed in such a way as not to disturb the underwater inhabitants and not to destroy the natural environment.

Chinese bots to fight Covid Back at the beginning of the pandemic, when the virus mostly hit only China, researchers at Jiao Tong University created robots in a hurry to deal with the spread of the coronavirus. Their bots can monitor the body temperature of several people at once, as well as to disinfect rooms. As we can see, China managed to tame the epidemic, and such developments played an important part in that.

A robot sculpting with clay Constructors from Disney Research and researchers at the Zurich University of Technology (Switzerland) have developed an algorithm capable of making clay sculptures and creating strokes undistinguishable from handmade work. They used a robotic arm with a U-shaped wire as a working tool. However, an expert should still mark the bot's working area using a 3D model.