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This Week In Bots: The Running, Climbing, Flying On Other Worlds Edition

Running is hard, flying is hard, rocketing is hard--here's what innovative advances have been made in enabling robots to do all these things recently:READ»

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Athlete, the Robot, Runs Like You Do - May Soon Win the Race [Video]

This running robot uses the same leg design as Oscar Pistorius, the bi-amputee runner with carbon fiber feet who was denied entry to the Olympic games because his artificial lower limbs gave him an unfair advantage over able-bodied human runners.READ»

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Nike Turns London Into a Game Board to Get People Running

Nike asked Wieden+Kennedy to get young people excited about running. W+K said forget ads, let's make a game.READ»

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Nike+ GPS App for iPhone Challenges All Fitness App Rivals

Nike+ was one of the first real mobile fitness systems, but it's fallen behind rivals like Runkeeper in recent years. The new Nike+ is a worthy challenger to those upstarts.READ»

The Next Big Step in Running Shoes?

The On Running Shoe is meant to combat the problems created by over-soft shoes that make your support muscles degrade.READ»

Usain Bolt's World Record vs. Other Top Speeds in MPH

Usain Bolt continues to break his own records, and everyone else's, but how does he stack up against the top speeds of nonhumans?READ»

Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

Let's face it: it's almost August, the official month of no productivity. Why not start off a week early? Here's seven bits of Internet fun stuff that topped the social news sites this week. Sit back and enjoy. Dangerous ...READ»

Brooks Designs a Sustainable Running Shoe From the Bottom Up

When Brooks Sports set out to design the ultimate eco-friendly shoe, it operated on the philosophy that green doesn't have to be expensive if it's done right. Instead of taking an already existing shoe design and tweaking it to add ...READ»