Japanese robots earn their keep
It was not quite as memorable as “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” as uttered by Neil Armstrong in 1969. But the matter-of-fact statement was thrilling for the creators of a...
View ArticleRobot Designed to Guide Insertion of Needles, Catheters
This robot has a hybrid powerstrain structure which will allow a precise, repetitive, planned and controlled insertion enhancing the current procedures used so far. In addition, it has a lower cost and...
View ArticleBoth GE and Rolls Royce Are To Use 3D Printing To Make Jet Engines And...
There is an old and important saying in engineering: fast, better, cheaper. The point being that you can only ever have two out of the three. But in this pair of tales about how both GE and Rolls Royce...
View ArticleHow 3D Printers Are Cranking Out Eyes, Bones, and Blood Vessels
At the dawn of rapid prototyping, a common predication was that 3D printing would transform manufacturing, spurring a consumer revolution that would put a printer in every home. That hasn't quite...
View ArticleGoogle Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner. If Amazon can imagine delivering books by drones, is it too much to think that Google...
View ArticleFuture Robots Will Be Soft And Shaped Like Squids
Someday soon, your life may be saved by a weird-looking octopus, squid, or caterpillar – a squishy, form-changing, animal-like device that’s actually a soft robot. Scientists are exploring the fluidity...
View ArticleThe Heart's Own Stem Cells Play Their Part in Regeneration
Up until a few years ago, the common school of thought held that the mammalian heart had very little regenerative capacity. However, scientists now know that heart muscle cells constantly regenerate,...
View ArticleHow to Change Cell Types by Flipping a Single Switch
With few exceptions, cells don't change type once they have become specialized -- a heart cell, for example, won't suddenly become a brain cell. However, new findings by researchers at UC Santa Barbara...
View ArticleOne Million Chips Mimic One Percent Of The Brain: A Robot's Neural Network
Last month, the Human Brain Project kicked off a 10 year study to understand the brain a bit more. It is considered one of the most advanced neur0science projects in the world. As a part of that...
View ArticleGene Found to Be Crucial for Formation of Certain Brain Circuitry
Using a powerful gene-hunting technique for the first time in mammalian brain cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins report they have identified a gene involved in building the circuitry that relays...
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Artificial Euglenids: Smaller, Softer Robots Have A Cuter Image
The image of robotics in popular culture is classic science fiction; cogwheels, pistons and levers with perhaps a layer of rubberized skin: miniaturized robots of the future will be "soft". "If I...
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An Artificial Hand with Real Feelings
There have been remarkable mechanical advances in prosthetic limbs in recent years, including rewiring nerve fibers to control sophisticated mechanical arms (see “A Lifelike Prosthetic Arm”), and brain...
View ArticleLiving without a pulse: Engineering a better artificial heart
(CNN) -- The human heart beats 60 to 100 times a minute, more than 86,000 times a day, 35 million times a year. A single beat pushes about 6 tablespoons of blood through the body. An organ that works...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence, algorithms shed light on breast cancer in Alberta...
EDMONTON - Researchers from the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services have figured out a faster, cheaper, more accurate way of understanding breast cancer cells. They have developed a...
View ArticleUltrathin 'Diagnostic Skin' Allows Continuous Patient Monitoring
It is likely that at your next visit to the doctor, a medical practitioner will start by taking your temperature. This has been part of medical practice for so long that we may see it as antiquated,...
View ArticleScientists grow artificial skin from stem cells of umbilical cord
Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to grow artificial skin - using stem cells taken from the umbilical cord. The new method means major burn patients could benefit from faster skin...
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Two-legged robot walks outside at U-Michigan
With prosthetic feet and hips that can swing sideways for stability, the University of Michigan's newest two-legged robot has taken its first steps outside. The machine named MARLO is the...
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Now DHL tests a delivery drone: Airborne robots could be used to deliver...
Germany’s express delivery company, Deutsche Post (DHL), is testing a drone that could be used to deliver urgently needed goods such as medicine to remote locations in the future. The debut of the...
View ArticleCourant professors create flying robot
Most flying robot models currently base their design on insect-like wing motions, like those of bees, hummingbirds and moths. Instead of flapping up and down, insects sweep their wings forward, flip...
View ArticleArtificial Creativity – Rise of the Idea Machines
In the not too far future machines and robots will not only become more advanced, they will also begin to exhibit aspects of Creativity, and may soon exceed people in the ability to produce simple...
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