Soldiers to have perfect aim with robotically-stabilized exoskeleton

No matter how hard we humans try we cannot have a perfect gun shot aim, but make up through our intuition. Robots come to our rescue to make our shutting aim more precise.  Dan Baechle, a mechanical engineer at the US Army Research Laboratory, has developed a new arm-mounted exoskeleton that does just that. The system, dubbed Mobile Arm exoskeleton for Firearm Aim Stabilization, or MAXFAS, definitely isn’t the first device of its kind, but it’s got a few tricks up its Exo-sleeve that other exoskeletons don’t. Unlike other systems, which can steady a shooter’s arm or hand by restricting movement or degrees of freedom, MAXFAS can actively reduce involuntary tremors while allowing larger voluntary aiming movements. In other words, it allows the wearer to wave their arms around freely, but also provides stability when it comes time to point and pull the trigger. This means less than 1% of inaccuracy if we succeed in this endeavor. Let’s hit the bull’s eye with every shot in the dark!

Amazing Glass Bridge

People might say that everything’s bigger in America, but it’s China that’s cementing its role as the most superlative-creating nation.

Taking things to dizzying new heights, the national park of Zhangjiajie in China’s Hunan province — said to be the inspiration behind planet Pandora in Avatar — is set to open the world's longest, as well as highest, glass-bottom bridge.

Designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan, the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge is set to be completed in July, with an official opening in October, according to CNN.

Connecting two massive cliffs, the bridge will be 1,247 feet long, and 20 feet wide, with nothing but glass between visitors and certain death 984 feet below.

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To top it all off, the bridge, which can accommodate up to 800 people at a time, will serve as a runway for fashion shows, and  feature world’s highest bungee jump, which is currently a 764 foot drop from Macau Tower.

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America boasts a similar contraption, but its Grand Canyon Skywalk is comparatively tame, at only 69 feet in length and 718 feet above the ground.

Mix Radio expands to iOS and Android

The previously Microsoft owned Music streaming and Discovery application, Mix Radio is now also available on platforms like iOS and Android. Initially developed by Nokia, which was then transferred to Microsoft after the acquisition. Later, due to the presence of Xbox Music with Microsoft, it decided to sell it to messaging app Line.

This popular application that gives you a daily fresh dose of music based on your tastes and preferences, searches from its library of 35 million tracks to give you a more personalized and appropriate experience. You can also download and listen to these tracks offline as well. Mix Radio has done a co-marketing partnership with HTC that allows it to upload its mix of songs directly to HTC's blinkfeed. This new development comes after a flurry of activities in the music streaming businesses like Spotify and Beats by Dre (owned by Apple) also plan to expand their services to their user base.