Artificial limb powered by rocket fuel
Xiangrong Shen (right), associate professor of mechanical engineering, discusses a prototype of a below-knee prosthesis with graduate student Molei Wu (left). Just wait until Paralympian Oscar...
View ArticleBrain Computer Interface used to control the movement and actions of an...
Researchers at the CRNS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory, are working on ways to control robots via thought alone. "Basically we would like to create devices which would allow people to feel embodied, in...
View ArticleComputer Memory Could Increase Fivefold from Advances in Self-Assembling...
The storage capacity of hard disk drives could increase by a factor of five thanks to processes developed by chemists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. The researchers' technique,...
View ArticleDoctors Talk to Vegetative Patient Through Brain Scans
A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain. It's the first time an uncommunicative, severely...
View ArticleA world without limits/ Euronews
New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. The brain can control a machine, and even perceive it as its own body. Can that improve our lives? At Barcelona...
View ArticleRobot assistant could be the perfect bedside nurse for the elderly
The story of an aging Japan concocting new robots to entertain and assist its elderly populace is familiar by now, but mostly we get cute robo-pets and fragile humanoid robots. Finally, a company has...
View ArticleTouch-sensitive plastic skin can heal itself
Stanford scientists have for the first time created a synthetic material that can sense subtle pressure and heal itself when torn or cut. While similar materials have been developed in the past, some...
View ArticleWax-Filled Nanotubes Flex Their Muscles
Here's a twist: Scientists have designed a flexible, yarnlike artificial muscle that can also pack a punch. It can contract in 25 milliseconds—a fraction of the time it takes to blink an eye—and can...
View ArticleScientists print out 'walking' biological machines
It sounds like something dreamt up by a science fiction writer, but scientists have created a walking 'bio-bot' made from rat heart cells and hydrogels, using a 3-D printer. The biological machines are...
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South Korea develops bird strike defense robot
The Korean Atomic Energy Group and LIG Nex1 (an aerospace and defense subsidiary of LG Corp) have jointly developed what they are calling the world's first bird strike defense robot. Birds are a major...
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A leap forward in brain-controlled computer cursors
Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The...
View ArticleiRobot Smashes Its New Robotic Hand With Baseball Bat
What's up with roboticists and baseball bats? Last year, German researchers showed off their tough new robot arm by smashing it with a bat. Not to be outdone, iRobot now turns to the same "stress test"...
View ArticleBan ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late
(Washington, DC) – Governments should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today....
View ArticleHEARBO Robot Has Superhearing
We live in a world of sounds, full of beautiful music, birds chirping, and the voices of our friends. It's a rich cacophony, with blaring beeps, accented alarms, and knock-knock jokes. The sound of a...
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Toshiba unveils four-legged nuclear plant inspection robot
Toshiba has unveiled a four-legged inspection robot, which will carry out work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where people cannot go. The newly developed robot – simply called a...
View ArticleNose cell transplant enables paralysed dogs to walk
Scientists have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose. The pets had all suffered spinal injuries which prevented them from using their back...
View ArticleWatch This Awesome Robot Play Catch Better Than Your Dad
Fancy a round of catch? This Disney robot plays an eerily humanlike game. In a combination of engineering and sorcery, researchers created a robot that follows the ball in the air with its eyes,...
View ArticleSwarm robots perform classical 'scores' inside Georgia Tech's GritsLab
The folks at the Georgia Robotics and InTelligent Systems (Grits) Lab at Georgia Tech have been hard at work for some time now researching swarm robots. A portion of said work deals with tasks that...
View ArticleBrain waves encode rules for behavior
Fluctuations in electrical activity may also allow the brain to form thoughts and memories. One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and...
View ArticleBlind patient can "see" Braille with eye implant
A blind patient is able to "see" again thanks to a microchip in his eye which beams images of Braille directly to his brain. Wireless signals are picked up by a receiver in the white of the man's eye...
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