New self-healing coating for aluminum developed to replace cancer-causing...
A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno has developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used in aerospace applications. The...
View ArticleMilitary's New Radio: Laser Beams
One of the recurring challenges for the military is to send a message without anyone else listening in. Communicating via a laser could be the solution. The Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson...
View ArticleDARPA's Pet-Proto can jump, climb, dodge obstacles; can't lord over humans yet
There's definitely something unsettling about the way the wire-riddled Pet-Proto robot—a predecessor to DARPA's Atlas robot—shakily clambers over hurdles, with its arms propped up against the walls to...
View ArticleElectronic nose sniffs out molecules to detect sleep apnoea
An electronic nose could dramatically simplify diagnosis of sleep apnoea. Sleep apnoea, a condition that causes interrupted breathing during sleep, is linked with inflammation of the upper airways...
View ArticleMaribor 2012: Soft Control - Art, Science, and the Technologically Unconscious
SOFT CONTROL: Art, Science and the Technological Unconscious International art exhibition, conference, workshops, lectures November 14–December 15, 2012 Venues for the project: Koroška galerija...
View ArticleInterruptible 3-D printing method wins Gehry prize
A husband and wife architecture team have managed to turn 3-D printing into something that is less rigidly planned and more on the fly and have won a prestigious award as a result. Liz and Kyle von...
View ArticleMan with first mind-controlled bionic leg climbs Chicago's 103-story Willis...
31 year-old Zac Vawter made history on Sunday when he became the first person to scale the 103 flights of stairs in Chicago’s Willis Tower with a mind-controlled robotic leg,reports the Associated...
View ArticleDown on the robofarm
Can robots do better than farmers by feeding the planet's rising population while helping to protect the environment? NEXT time you stand at the supermarket checkout, spare a thought for the farmers...
View ArticleUniversity of Tokyo turns real paper and ink into a display, could share...
Forget e-paper: if the University of Tokyo's Naemura Lab has its way, we'll interact with the real thing. The division's new research has budding artists draw on photochromic paper with Frixion's...
View ArticleThis Robot’s Offspring Will Clean Your Future Home
Bossa Nova Robotics has developed a robot that the company says is “the first step towards the creation of a 21st century personal robotics platform for everyday consumers.” It’s called Project mObi,...
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NOROROT robotic vehicle could lead to stair-climbing wheelchairs by 2017
Researchers at the University of Tokyo's Kamata lab are working on a new wheeled robotic vehicle that can climb stairs. Called the NOBOROT, it uses a proximity sensor to detect when it is next to a...
View ArticleMedical devices powered by the ear itself
Deep in the inner ear of mammals is a natural battery—a chamber filled with ions that produces an electrical potential to drive neural signals. In Nature Biotechnology, a team of researchers from the...
View Article"Beaming" technology allows for remote human/rat communications
Earlier this week, we reported on the “beaming” telepresence system being developed by the EU Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). Once developed, the system...
View ArticleSequoia Supercomputer Pumps Up Heart Research
The world's fastest computer has created the fastest computer simulation of the human heart. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sequoia supercomputer, a TOP500 chart topper, was built to...
View ArticleLab-made droplets roll themselves
Using biological building blocks found inside a living cell, researchers have created a material that moves itself. The researchers first made a gel comprising microtubules — stiff polymer filaments...
View ArticleHow the brain trades good accuracy for speedy thinking
When people make hasty decisions, they tend to make more mistakes. Now, a new study on monkeys explains why: Brain cells become hypersensitive to new information, even bad information, making us...
View ArticleInk containing living cells to print tissue
Scientists in Australia are a step closer to printing living cells for tissue engineering with the development of a new bio-ink that allows the cells to stay alive until they are printed and not clog...
View ArticleJellyfish-inspired tentacles capture canser
Tiny strands of DNA that float like jellyfish tentacles can grab and hold tumor cells in the bloodstream in a device inspired by nature that may help cancer patients fight the dreaded disease. The...
View ArticleUS Titan supercomputer clocked as world's fastest
The top two spots on the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers have both been captured by the US. The last time the country was in a similar position was three years ago. The fastest machine...
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TechJect’s Dragonfly micro UAV flies like a bird and hovers like an insect
Given their impressive flight capabilities, it’s not surprising to see researchers turning to the world of flying insects for inspiration when developing new kinds of micro UAVs. With their ability to...
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