In happier robonews, Volvo teamed with several universities to build an automated robot programmed to hang onto the back of a garbage truck, then autonomously collect garbage cans from curbs, ferrying them back and forth.

A new first-person shooter device and game is on Indiegogo that makes any smartphone a portal into an augmented reality battle in the great outdoors.

And we enjoyed this LEGO creation of part of the solar system, timed to rotate accordingly. As always, please share any interesting science or tech videos, anytime! Just tweet us with the #ICYMI hashtag to @mskerryd.