Astronauts are about to hand off a tedious, daily task to an adorable robot friend developed by engineers at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. Its name is Int-Ball, and it’s a tiny, 3-D ...
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, BB-8 is a spherical robot (a "droid" in actually trademarked Lucasfilm-speak). Beyond the delightful puppeteering of the droid, what makes BB-8 compelling is the ...
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a lot to do 400 kilometers above our heads, whether it’s growing flowers, playing pong with water, or doing more serious genetics research ...
Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station. When you purchase through links on our ...
The JEM Internal Ball Camera looks like a cool high-tech toy but it’s fulfilling an important role for astronauts on the International Space Station. Last week, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...