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(Via Dailymotion) Engineers in China have recently unveiled an out of the box transit system that would revolutionalize public transportation. Its called the Transit Elevated Bus or TEB . They video above is a scale model of what it would look like. The bus is designed to carry 1,200 passengers but is slated to be cheaper than a subway. The design of the bus allows for traffic to pass right under it which would eliviate traffic issues in the world's most populated country. According to the dailymail the TEB would run on a set of fixed rails connected to the roads, Chinese engineers hope that the design helps increase the availability for more road space and fewer traffic jams. During the showcase and announcement of this transit system at the 19th China Bejing International High-Tech Expo, the lead Engineer in charge, Bai Zhiming said construction can be finished in one year, the TEB will be tested in Qinhuangdao City, China during the second half of the year. #s4tTech #TEB #chinese #Transit #Transportation

This is the view from an onboard camera during the ocean landing of the @spacex #falcon9 rocket. #spacex #s4tTech

(Via Verge/NASA) Aerospace and Space Corporation/Manufacturer, @spacex made history when it successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea. According to the Verge this is the first time the space company, owned by Billionaire #ElonMusk, has pulled off an ocean landing after four failed attempts. Not only has Space X Innovated space travel with this landing they are also saving money on launch costs. The #falcon9 rocket was sent into space yesterday to provide technology and equipment to the international Space Station, NASA reports that the rocket was carrying "an expandable structure that had the potential to revolutionize work and life on the space station" they went on to say that the "cargo will allow investigators to use microgravity conditions to test viability of expandable space habitats, assess that impact of antibodies on muscle wasting, use protein crystal growth to aid design of new disease fighting drugs and investigates how microbes could effect the health of the crew and their equipment over a long duration mission." Elon Musk has said that another launch of the Falcon9 can be expected in May or June. #S4tbNews #s4tTech #spacex #nasa #space

(VIA the Verge & Techcrunch) Apple has recently launched a new environmental initiative in the form of a robot called LIAM. LIAM is a robot  that is able to detect parts in an Iphone and strip them safely and efficiently, this process makes it easier and quicker for the parts to be refurbished. LIAM has 29 robotics arm, drills, and other tools that helps it take apart an iPhone bit by bit, and is predicted to disassemble 1.2 million iPhones each year.  #s4ttech

(VIA The Verge) (Video VIA BBC) A team of engineers from Stanford University have created mini robots they call "Micro Tugs" that are capable of pulling and lifting objects more than 100 times their own weight. One of the robots weighs just 12 grams but can pull object "2,000 times heavier than itself...equivalent to a human dragging a blue whale...". According to the Verge, the micro tugs strengths comes from techniques borrowed from the animal kingdom. The engineers at at Stanford "covered the robots feet with tiny rubber spikes that bend when pressure is applied...this increases their surface are and thus their stickiness." #s4ttech