PicoCool

I’ve been following @MarsPhoenix on Twitter and today we were able to watch the webcast of its historic, successful landing on Mars. The images above are some of the first photos taken by the Phoenix today. You can see more images and get further updates of its progress at the NASA Phoenix site.

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"A robot developed at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognize each other.” When kicked apart, the robot reassembles. [via JasonCalacanis at Twitter]

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"Softbank’s coming out with a new line of handsets in April that will double as robot friends. These handsets have arms and legs that fold out, and screens that will make faces according to their moods.” (via toykomango)

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