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Watch a Robot Solve  a Rubik's Cube in 0.38 Seconds By  Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer  |  March 16, 2018 01:48pm ET A robot built at MIT has reportedly set a world speed record for solving a Rubik's Cube, cutting the previous record of 0.637 seconds (set by another robot in 2016) down to just 0.38 seconds. If robots had grandparents, this one's would be very proud. The Rubik's-solving robot was constructed at MIT this January by Ben Katz, a mechanical engineering graduate student, and Jared Di Carlo, an electrical engineering and computer science student, at a student-run hacker lab. According to a  news release from MIT , the two became inspired when they noticed a design flaw in  footage of the previous robot record-holder , a compact sphere of whirling motors created by German engineer Albert Beer. [ Super-Intelligent Machines: 7 Robotic Futures ] "We watched the videos of the previous robots, and we noticed that the motors were not...
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2018 Tech Expo: Nigeria inches towards innovation driven economy By Zakariyya Adaramola | Publish Date: Mar 11 2018 2:00AM Last week’s technology expo in Abuja witnessed a tumultuous crowd of investors, innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs - all with their findings, products and inventions. With array of locally made machines and electronics products showcased at the expo, officials and experts said Nigeria has started its journey towards innovation-driven economy. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo could hide his feeling when he commissioned the National Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on the opening day of the five-day 2018 Technology and Innovation Expo which took part at Eagle Square, Abuja.   The vice president said with locally made engineering and scientific products like the NASENI’s UAV and others displayed at the Expo, Nigeria was surely on its path towards the promised land of greatness.   ...
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