A partnership between the U.S. Department of Defense and members of corporate oil is looking to make Mattel’s ‘Transformers’ a reality. SubSeaWorldNews According to Live Science, DOD contractor Houston Mechatronics is a company founded by a former NASA robot engineer who is looking to design the first ever transforming submersible robot that will have both civilian and military applications. SubSeaWorldNews On May 1, Houston Mechatronics announced that it had completed the hardest part of what will be called ‘Aquanaut’, a unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) weighing just over 2,000 lbs.

The age of mechanical devices performing programmed tasks has given way to the reign of the autonomous robot. Last year, Boston Dynamics released video of its four-legged robot called SpotMini. In the video, the robot showed how it could open and close doors, even holding it for open for others. When a human tried to prevent SpotMini from opening the door by swatting at its mechanical arm, the dog-like robot tried to continue with its task until it basically fought off the human.

Thanks to medical advances and science, it is now possible for the body to aid in the regeneration of certain body parts. In 2016, Army Pvt. Shamika Burrage was involved in an auto accident that resulted in the loss of her right ear. She could still hear but without the funneling accoutrement of the exterior ear, Burrage did not get the best quality. Live Science Surgeons at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas decided to try a new procedure called prelaminated forearm free flap surgery.

The Earth appears to be going through some growing pains. In the news recently was the report of the massive fissure that appeared overnight in Kenya on March 18 and has been labeled the ‘Grand Kenyan’. At more than fifty feet deep and 65 feet wide, the fissure rungs for hundreds of yards and scientists believe it is a sign that the Dark Continent is succumbing to tectonic forces that are ripping the eastern half of the land mass apart.

It looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie. A glowing green alien life form closes in on its prey and shoots out green blasts of energy at its victim. The alien closes in and infects his adversary with a virus that he/she will spread to others. The incident detailed above occurred and was recorded by pathologists at the Institut Cochin in Paris who were studying the actual method and playing out of an HIV viral cell attacking a healthy cell in the human body.

What do you get when you combine a hot glue gun, a 3D printer and modern skin-grafting techniques? Why you get the sci-fi-looking contraption developed by researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada. Digital Trends Live Science writes that the prototype device — which weighs less than 2 lbs. (0.9 kilograms) —deposits a layer of “‘bio-ink’ when dragged across a surface. This ink contains materials normally present in the skin, including collagen, a protein that allows cells to grow and thrive; and fibrin, a protein that aids in blood clotting to help heal wounds.

A series of unfolding events in and around Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has the potential to rain trouble down on the immediate area… literally. Before it started leaking lava last week, the lava lake in the crater atop Kilauea had ballooned like a Jiffy Pop bag due to the tremendous pressure from an expanding pool of magma and accompanying volcanic gas. Wiki Commons Earthquakes triggered the “popping” of this balloon, sending lava slowly cascading down the east side of the mountain and causing numerous pockets of vapor to shoot out of the ground.

If their plans can become reality, Uber may one day be shuttling commuters and other patrons from one point to another aboard flying taxis. In a recent interview with CBS News’ “CBS This Morning”, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that ‘Uber Air’ is in the conception phase, but the company is looking to make it a reality for people living in highly congested urban centers in the United States. YouTube “We think cities are going to go vertical in terms of transportation and we want to make that a reality,” Khosrowshahi told CBS News’ Bianna Golodryga.

Kendra Jackson of Omaha, Nebraska counted herself lucky in 2013 when she walked away from a car accident with a minor head injury resulting from her head hitting the dashboard of the car she was in. The bruising slowly went away. The pain receded as well…at least temporarily. Week Facts Years after her accident Jackson began to be plagued with debilitating headaches, dizziness, sleeplessness and a constant runny nose. Her primary care physician diagnosed her symptoms as results of severe allergies that were causing sinus infections.

The search for extraterrestrial life got an upgrade recently, writes the Daily Mail. A scientific team from the University of California Berkeley launched their Breakthrough Listen project back in 2016. The team has been using the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia to record any signals from space that it deems may be indicative of emanating from an intelligent source. The telescope recently got a new receiver hosting 13 beams and capable to scan the entire spectrum of the galaxy as seen from Down Under.