How Do You Depress A Rat? Harass It With A Robot
Rats and mice are often instrumental in testing new drug treatments before they reach the clinical use phase. To create the appropriate conditions to test a drug for depression, though, researchers...
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Researchers Give Lab Rats Terminator-Like Infrared Vision
Researchers at Duke university have developed a neuroprosthesis that gives rats the ability to detect infrared light, a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to which mammals are normally blind....
View ArticleBionic Muscles Toughen Up
The tissues of the heart are mechanically tough and electrically conductive, and they keep a strong, rhythmic beat—properties that are tough to mimic in the lab. But a new hybrid material that combines...
View ArticleWorld's First Bionic Eye Receives FDA Approval
The new retinal prosthesis, called Argus II, can restore partial sight to people blinded by a degenerative eye disease. This morning, I was speaking with Brian Mech, the vice-president of the medical...
View ArticleCross training helps humans and robots work better together
Like many people, I spend most of my time worrying about the inevitable robot uprising. MIT is doing its bit to put off that day with its experiments in teaching robots and humans to work together...
View ArticleCyborg rats use sense of touch to detect infrared light
Quite often, when we hear about brain-machine interfaces, it’s in the context of returning an ability to people who lack it. People who are unable to speak, for instance, might be able to interface...
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A sensational breakthrough: the first bionic hand that can feel
The first bionic hand that allows an amputee to feel what they are touching will be transplanted later this year in a pioneering operation that could introduce a new generation of artificial limbs with...
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How Neuroscience Will Fight Five Age-Old Afflictions
Rewiring The Brain: Seizures a) A surgeon identifies where in the brain seizures occur using electrodes placed on the scalp, then inserts an electrode array directly into that region. b) A seizure...
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Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human...
View ArticleWatch as robots and androids portray themselves in this futuristic stage show
What better way to portray robots and androids on stage than by having actualrobots and androids perform their own parts? Such is the thinking behind the Japanese Robot Theater Project. The troupe's...
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Temporary tattoos could make electronic telepathy and telekinesis possible
Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say. Commanding machines using the brain...
View ArticleGoogle Glass on Sale in March for $1,500
Google Glass, the polymath company's take on a head-mounted video display and camera, is about to hit the market — for a limited few who make a compelling case for how to use it. Google announced today...
View ArticleBrain-scanning headset monitors your mental workload
A cheap, portable device that reads your mind to gauge your concentration could some day ease information overload in stressful jobs like air-traffic control. EMAILS, tweets, Facebook posts, texts, RSS...
View ArticleUsing 3-D Printing and Injectable Molds, Bioengineered Ears Look and Act Like...
Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear -- using 3-D printing and injectable molds -- that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born...
View ArticleCanon Mixed Reality Is Google Glass for Business
The Canon Mixed Reality headset can created detailed simulations and present them to the wearer as if they were highly detailed objects. Aimed at businesses who want to create products in a virtual...
View ArticleHoly flight plan: Researchers build a robotic bat wing
A robotic bat wing lets researchers measure forces, joint movements, and flight parameters — and learn more about how the real thing operates in nature. A robotic bat wing flapping in a university lab...
View ArticleMood-sensing smartphone tells your shrink how you feel
PEOPLE with anxiety, depression or stress are often asked to record their mood changes throughout the day, helping psychologists fine-tune their treatment. But they often forget, recording only sparse...
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Video: Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum – with quadrocopters
Two of the most challenging problems tackled with quadrocopters so far are balancing an inverted pendulum and juggling balls. My colleagues at ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena have now combined the...
View ArticleWristband Tracks Your Muscle Movements For Super-Precise Gesture Controls
Most gesture-control systems require some kind of external sensors that "see" you, with optical sensors or depth sensors or cameras. They're on the outside, measuring your movements the same way human...
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Meet Pneupard, Osaka University's Air-Powered Cheetah Robot
Roboticists around the world are in the process of reverse engineering the anatomical construction of cheetahs and other cats in an attempt to develop faster and more agile legged robots. The latest...
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