Search and Rescue Drones Wins $1Million Prize

The Gimball is quite remarkable. It has two rotors and its outer frame rotates independently of the drone inside. It smashes into obstacles as a way to navigate, similar to the behavior of insects. With a GPS destination it will roll along walls and bounce off ceilings as it finds its way.

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A camera flash will make the Raspberry Pi 2 freeze and reboot

Unfortunately for Raspberry Pi 2 owners who are trying to photograph their devices, however, the Raspberry Pi 2 has been found to be Xenon flash sensitive. Or as the initial person who reported it on the Raspberry Pi forums called it: 'camera shy.' Any camera with a Xenon flash aimed at the device is causing the device to freeze for a few seconds before rebooting. It's worth mentioning that an LED flash would not cause this phenomenon to happen - it has to be a Xenon flash.

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Scientists Invent A New Steel As Strong As Titanium

Bend, Don't Break

The key to creating this new super-steel was overcoming a challenge that had plagued materials scientists for decades. In the 1970's, Soviet researchers discovered that adding aluminum to the mix when creating steel can make an incredibly strong and lightweight metal, but this new steel was unavoidably brittle. You'd have to exert lots of force to reach the limit of its strength, but once you did, the steel would break rather than bend.

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Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app

Instant translation with Word Lens 
The Translate app already lets you use camera mode to snap a photo of text and get a translation for it in 36 languages. Now, we’re taking it to the next level and letting you instantly translate text using your camera—so it’s way easier to navigate street signs in the Italian countryside or decide what to order off a Barcelona menu. While using the Translate app, just point your camera at a sign or text and you’ll see the translated text overlaid on your screen—even if you don't have an Internet or data connection.

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The new Carbon-fiber construction Ford GT

The engine sitting under that back lid is a twin-turbo Ecoboost V-6 producing, Ford claims, "more than 600 horsepower." Little was revealed about the car at the press conference; we got a short press release, a bunch of images, and not much else. Highlights: active aerodynamics including a deployable rear spoiler, upward-opening doors, aluminum front and rear subframes, torsion-bar and pushrod suspension, 20-inch carbon-fiber wheels, and carbon-ceramic brakes.


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