NASA's Mars 2030 virtual reality software to put users on the surface of the...
Mission simulation has historically played a big part in space exploration by helping astronauts to better prepare for the unknown. Now NASA is looking to afford owners of popular VR headsets a...
View ArticleNew Method Allows Gene Expression Tracking over Generations of Cells
MIT researchers engineered a microfluidic device that traces detailed family histories for several generations of cells descended from one "ancestor." [Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT (additional video...
View ArticleThis new brain implant has the potential to restore paralysed limbs
Researchers have just been granted US$16 million in funding to go towards the development of brain implants that could one day help paralysed limbs come back to life. These "bidirectional...
View ArticleInsulin-producing pancreatic cells created from human skin cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells. The new cells produced...
View ArticleChinese drone maker unveils human-carrying drone
Chinese drone maker Ehang Inc. on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first drone capable of carrying a human passenger. The Guangzhou, China-based company pulled the cloth off the Ehang 184...
View ArticleJapanese scientists have created a new type of hologram that you can actually...
Researchers have built a machine that renders holograms touchable, adding to a growing body of “telehaptic” prototypes released in 2015. The holographic machine is called Haptoclone and was developed...
View ArticleTHE FLEYE DRONE IS A $1200 FLOATING SOCCER BALL
CES 2016 brought a lot of recycled drone designs, and most of them copy DJI's original Phantom. But every once in a while, there's an outlier. Fleye breaks the typical drone mold, a white quadcopter...
View ArticleRobotic glove helps patients restore hand movements
Patients who have lost their hand functions due to injuries or nerve-related conditions, such as stroke and muscular dystrophy, now have a chance of restoring their hand movements by using a new...
View ArticleCreative people’s brains really do work differently
What makes highly creative people different from the rest of us? In the 1960s, psychologist and creativity researcher Frank X. Barron set about finding out. Barron conducted a series of experiments on...
View ArticleOne-armed HyQ robot can knock obstacles out of its way
Four-legged robots are being touted as a useful tool for search-and-rescue missions, but until now they've been limited to load carrying or observation. This is the Italian Institute of Technology's...
View ArticleBionic eye changing woman's life after losing sight
A woman who has gradually been losing her sight for years has been describing the joys of being able to see again after being fitted with a bionic eye. Rhian Lewis, from Cardiff, Wales, was given the...
View ArticleThis Is What It's Like To Test-Drive A Bionic Exoskeleton
R70i looks like the blue, robotic love child of C-3PO and Iron Man. Glowing lights line the bionic exoskeleton’s joints, which bend only at odd angles, and a chest plate gives the entire outfit a...
View ArticleBrain monitoring takes a leap out of the lab
Bioengineers and cognitive scientists have developed the first portable, 64-channel wearable brain activity monitoring system that's comparable to state-of-the-art equipment found in research...
View ArticleThese Gloves Allow You to Feel Virtually Reality
A new smart glove, dubbed Gloveone, allows users to feel sensations when they are interacting with virtual objects.
View ArticleSensitive robot skin has a memory and knows what it has touched
Fishing keys from the bottom of a bag or picking up soft fruit are pretty basic tasks for us humans. But they’re not so easy for robotic hands. Recognising and grasping different objects usually...
View Article'Spermbots' could help women trying to conceive (video)
Sperm that don't swim well rank high among the main causes of infertility. To give these cells a boost, women trying to conceive can turn to artificial insemination or other assisted reproduction...
View Article'Bursting' cells gain the brain's attention for life-or-death decisions
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your brain shifts its focus to assess the potential threat, which you quickly determine...
View ArticleHope in a Glove for Parkinson’s Patients
When he was a 24-year-old medical student living in London, Faii Ong was assigned to care for a 103-year-old patient who suffered from Parkinson’s, the progressive neurological condition that affects a...
View ArticleBrain waves may be spread by weak electrical field
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate...
View ArticlePhysicists propose the first scheme to teleport the memory of an organism
In "Star Trek," a transporter can teleport a person from one location to a remote location without actually making the journey along the way. Such a transporter has fascinated many people. Quantum...
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