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Robotic Glove Will Turn Astronauts into Cyborgs

NASA and General Motors are currently developing a robotic glove, which they say could have countless practical applications both in space and on the ground. The extra strength the tool provides could come in handy in many scenarios. The American space agency has already collaborated successfully with GM, in creati...

15 March 2012
05:45 GMT

Robonaut 2 Said “Hello” to the World

Yesterday, February 15, marked a special occasion aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Robonaut 2, the robotic astronaut assistant developed by NASA and General Motors, has been reactivated, and greeted the Expedition 30 Commander, and the world. After it was turned on, the robot gave a “heartfelt&rdq...

16 February 2012
04:51 GMT

GM Presents Augmented Reality Window of Opportunity

General Motors Research and Development (GM) challenged researchers and students from the FUTURE LAB at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel to come up with some way of making car rides more enjoyable for passengers. As any rules and regulations book will clearly spell out, car drivers should have their eye ...

19 January 2012
04:03 GMT

GM May Have Chosen Google Apps for 100,000 Employees, Instead of Microsoft

Google is said to be close to signing a deal with General Motors to provide the large automaker with Google Apps. If completed, the deal would be a huge win for Google which has been building up its enterprise offerings and market share. No one is confirming anything on the record, but the Wall Street Journal says...

5 November 2011
06:50 GMT

GM and eBay End New Car Auctions After Disappointing Results

A couple of months ago, eBay and General Motors launched a pilot program to sell new cars online through a dedicated site but also through eBay Motors, the auctions site's automotive arm. The program was limited to California and the scope was to find out if an online presence could boost the sales for local dea...

30 September 2009
06:21 GMT

Build 10A432 May Not Be the GM (Final) Edition of Snow Leopard

Word on the web is that the rumored golden master version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (build 10A432) may be a preliminary release still, according to one report. MacMagazine describes build 10A432 as a preview, accusing bugs, including Mail instabilities, scroll bar errors, and quite a few freezing applications. The ma...

14 August 2009
05:51 GMT

EBay Starts Selling GM Cars Online

EBay is moving further away from the auction-based service that made the company the giant it is today and more into online retailer territory. In a move first rumored a month ago, eBay will start to sell new GM cars online on a co-branded site at gm.ebay.com. This is just a trial run set to end on September 8 and on...

10 August 2009
10:00 GMT

Salt-Tolerant Crops Brought One Step Closer by New Study

With the threat of global warming turning more into reality each single day, plant bioengineers everywhere are working around the clock on creating crop varieties able to withstand prolonged drought and still yield sufficient produce to sustain a booming human population. In a related line of research, Australian exp...

8 July 2009
06:51 GMT

Pests Develop Resistance to GM Crop-Produced Pesticides

Experts have recently been horrified to learn that some pests have developed immunity to a lot of chemicals that genetically modified (GM) crops produce, for the specific purpose of keeping the former away. The find is potentially devastating because food supplies of a certain type could be in peril around the world,...

8 July 2009
02:53 GMT

New GM Rice Fights Allergies

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), rice is the most important staple food in the world, and is the number-one source of food for billions of people. In countries in tropical Latin America, the West Indies, East, South and Southeast Asia, there is no other crop plant that o...

25 June 2009
06:15 GMT

Why Robot Cars Are Closer To Reality!

During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, General Motors has demonstrated the Chevrolet Tahoe car, the same that used electronics to successfully "drive" itself through a 60-mile urban course, in November 2007. Its electronic revolutionary technology is so promising that it could lead to mass production vehicles tha...

11 January 2008
06:12 GMT

Hackers Could Shut Down Car Engines!

Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again - this is another case of overzealous security that can seriously end up in hurting the ones who should be protected! General Motors is going to come up with a system to make car thefts history at least in their opinion! The technology is called Sto...

11 October 2007
03:31 GMT


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