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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake – Berau, 187 km northeast of Bontang, Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Thursday, Apr 17, 2025, at 07:14 pm (Makassar time)

Published: 17 April 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Nov 29, 2024 08:52 am (Makassar)

4.1

10 km37 km (23 mi) to the SW Indonesia: Borneo InfoSep 15, 2024 09:08 pm (Makassar)

5.5

6.5 km59 km (37 mi) to the NW Berau, 174 km northeast of Bontang, Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia 3 reportsInfoSep 15, 2024 07:28 pm (Makassar)

4.3

10 km66 km (41 mi) to the NW180 km NE of Bontang, Indonesia 1 reportInfoMay 30, 2024 05:58 am (GMT +8)

4.3

30 km100 km (62 mi) to the E210 km N of Palu, Indonesia InfoNov 19, 2023 02:42 am (GMT +8)

4.7

25 km66 km (41 mi) to the E Makassar Strait, 105 km west of Pulau Simatang Island, Indonesia InfoJul 31, 2023 10:36 pm (GMT +8)

4.2

23 km62 km (38 mi) to the EMakassar Strait, 105 km west of Pulau Simatang Island, Indonesia InfoFeb 19, 2023 05:18 am (GMT +8)

4.6

10 km93 km (58 mi) to the SEMakassar Strait, 106 km southwest of Pulau Simatang Island, Indonesia InfoJan 29, 2022 01:07 pm (Makassar)

4.5

146 km56 km (35 mi) to the N Makassar Strait, Indonesia 1 reportInfoApr 6, 2020 04:44 am (Makassar)

4.7

30 km30 km (19 mi) to the SW 230 km northeast of Samarinda, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia InfoFeb 17, 2020 06:23 am (Makassar)

4.4

476 km66 km (41 mi) to the S 175 km northwest of Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia InfoFeb 4, 2020 06:53 pm (Makassar)

4.4

21 km60 km (37 mi) to the E 202 km north of Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia InfoAug 9, 2019 12:05 am (Makassar)

4.6

10 km49 km (30 mi) to the N Celebes Sea (Indonesia) InfoMar 29, 2019 03:13 pm (Makassar)

5.1

10 km59 km (37 mi) to the NW Celebes Sea,

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How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics

Published: 17 April 2025
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While my dad was locating capacitors and resistors, I was in the toy section. It was there, in 1984, that I discovered the best toy of my childhood: the Armatron robotic arm. 

A drawing from the patent application for the Armatron robotic arm.COURTESY OF TAKARA TOMY

Described as a “robot-like arm to aid young masterminds in scientific and laboratory experiments,” it was the rare toy that lived up to the hype printed on the front of the box. This was a legit robotic arm. You could rotate the arm to spin around its base, tilt it up and down, bend it at the “elbow” joint, rotate the “wrist,” and open and close the bright-­orange articulated hand in elegant chords of

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