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Tractors, from the mule to the microchip
Since its inception agriculture had several technological revolutions, which have always gone in the direction of saving effort and increasing efficiency: animal traction, mechanization, precision and interconnection. Only robotics is lacking, and the farmer will not have to move a single finger to work in the field. The following spoke: Jordi Terrazas, Equibru, Joan and […]
1714: Science in war
Why eighteenth century military clothing was very showy colors rather than camouflage like today? How functioned firearms? What factors decided the victory in the open field? How was raised a siege to a city? And how the city was defended? How was medicine and surgery? The report explains what is aposematic coloration, shoots with an […]
Robots: improving nature
A robotic scalpel made in the Politechnical University of Catalonia adapts to heartbeat and makes the surgeon to operate with greater precision because it has the feel of operating a stopped heart. A submarine robot that can rescue a black box at 500 meters depth, the Girona 500, and a small slave who cleans the […]