20-Legged Argus Robot Symmetry

Innovative 20-Legged Argus Robot Rolls Without a Compass

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20-Legged Argus Robot Symmetry
Engineers at Duke University built a family of robots around one steady goal. They wanted machines that could act with the same strength and quickness no matter which way the body pointed. The clearest working example carries twenty legs that reach outward from a central core. Each leg shortens or lengthens through a cable-driven mechanism. The legs sit in a pattern based on a twelve-sided geometric form, so they spread evenly around the machine. White rounded caps sit at the outer ends of many legs, and small depth cameras look outward from the tips. The finished shape looks rounded and bristling, not unlike a sea urchin resting on the ground.

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Webb Telescope QSO1 Supermassive Black Hole Before Galaxy

Webb Telescope Spots Supermassive Black Hole Born Before Its Galaxy

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Webb Telescope QSO1 Supermassive Black Hole Before Galaxy
Astronomers examining deep views from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified a supermassive black hole that reached enormous size while the material around it had barely begun to form stars or build a full galaxy. The object, known as Abell2744-QSO1 or simply QSO1, sat in the universe when it was only about 700 million years old. Its light has traveled more than 13 billion years to reach us.

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Custom PlayStation 2 Portable PS2 Handheld

Duct Tape PlayStation 2 Portable Delivers Five Hours of Play as James Channel Makes the Handheld Sony Skipped

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Custom PlayStation 2 Portable PS2 Handheld
James Channel reached into a pile of spare parts and pulled out a dusty PlayStation 2 Slim that had sat unused for years. The console carried an intact warranty seal yet refused to read discs. Fans had imagined portable PS2 play since the early 2000s, but official hardware never arrived in that form. Channel decided to finish the job himself in a Frankenstein-like manner.

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Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Launch Explosion May 2026

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Destroyed on the Pad After Routine Test Turns Explosive

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Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Launch Explosion May 2026
Engineers at Blue Origin had the New Glenn rocket fully stacked and ready at Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. They prepared for a standard static fire test. The check would run the first-stage engines for a short time while the vehicle stayed secured on the ground. This step formed part of preparations for a planned early June flight carrying Amazon satellites.

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