Future Mars explorers may take a glorified beach ball to the Red Planet. Angstrom Aerospace in Uppsala, Sweden, has designed a spherical plastic rover that inflates on landing with xenon gas pumped from an internal cartridge. The sphere rotates when a motor forces a pendulum inside to move forwards. Cameras and sensors inside would allow it to study areas of interest.
Are you always losing your car keys or the TV remote? Apple may have the answer. The firm has filed a US patent application (US20080125040) for a system that relies on next-generation remotes and keyring fobs containing a Bluetooth…
