Amazon Astro is a home robot developed by Amazon that was announced in September 2021. The robot is designed to function as a personal assistant and has advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities. The robot is about one meter tall and has a circular base that allows it to move around the…
The internal combustion engine, or ICE, is a seriously impressive piece of engineering. It generates motive power by the burning of fuel and air inside the engine to push pistons. The idea is that when a tiny amount of fuel (like diesel, gasoline or renewable/alternative fuels including natural gas or bio-diesel) is ignited in a…
These days we take the world of computing for granted, using it in almost every aspect of our lives; emails, streaming, social media, at work and of course for pointless games (I’m looking at you Clash of Clans!). The question is do we really know where this technology came from? Do you know who invented…
It’s easy to think the environmental comparison between cars and hamburgers may be silly. When you drive a car, you can easily see the gas fumes drifting up into the sky first hand. However, a beef barbecue on a hot summer day has even greater impact that you probably were unaware of! Let’s take a…
