<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aea0ad77-2102-47da-984a-6797ddf2ef65/84931D02-C45D-424A-AA2A-8BC17951256E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://io9.com/5081506/the-best-real+life-science-fictional-inventions-of-2008" href="http://io9.com/5081506/the-best-real+life-science-fictional-inventions-of-2008" style="font-size: 11px;">io9.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/5081506/the-best-real+life-science-fictional-inventions-of-2008"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/584A9CDE-F370-4AAC-8F31-F60109532742" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/5081506/the-best-real+life-science-fictional-inventions-of-2008"><P><STRONG><A href="http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/ground-bot">The Ground Bot — For Exploring Other Planets</A></STRONG> Designed by Swedish physicists for exploring other planets,the GroundBot can roll up to 6 mph through just about anything—mud, sand, snow and even water. Two gyroscopically steadied wide-angle cameras and a suite of sensors give remote operators a real-time, 360-degree view of the landscape, letting them zoom in on prowlers or detect gas leaks, radioactivity and biohazards. 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