Gizmo Watch

Developed by Dr. William Whittaker from Carnegie Mellon, Astrobotic Technology’s prototype of a lunar rover is hoping to win the $25 million Google Lunar X Prize. Scheduled to take to the Apollo 11 landing site by the year 2011, the rover’s been...

Re-exploring the moon has become the latest fad for scientists, as if they were bored with Earth. Reaching the moon again and further unraveling its mysteries is their desire. There isn’t any hesitation in saying – we will reach the moon again....

Chariot vehicle is supposed to support ten times more weight and travel 100 times longer than the Apollo. Learning lessons from Apollo, Goodyear and NASA announced a collaboration to develop a special non-pneumatic tire to be used by vehicles on the...

Distance apart, a lonely digger digs in the dark! Man trying every possible bit to build a manned moon base. Researchers at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science unveiled a four-wheeled robot concept...