Ultra-Thin Flexible Transparent Electronics Can Wrap Around a Hair
Researchers at ETH are developing electronic components that are thinner and more flexible than before. They can even be wrapped around a single hair without damaging the electronics. This opens up new...
View Article7 Medical Advances to Watch in 2014
These breakthroughs range from making body parts on a 3D printer to getting the body to fight cancer on its own The big health care story of the past six months has been the bumbling signup process for...
View ArticleComputer science: The learning machines
Using massive amounts of data to recognize photos and speech, deep-learning computers are taking a big step towards true artificial intelligence. Three years ago, researchers at the secretive Google X...
View ArticleTelescope eye implant restores sight in macular degeneration patients
It sounds like science fiction: Tiny telescopes being implanted into the eyes of humans to restore sight in those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). But it’s actually happening in operating...
View ArticleCES 2014 - Where A Paraplegic Walked
I give full credit to Sonny Vu (CEO and Founder of Misfit Wearables) for his quote last year around the appeal and adoption of wearable technology. He suggested that in order to be successful as...
View ArticleHere's What The Future Of Insect And Nano Drones Looks Like [VIDEO]
Tiny drones are widely expected to become a fixture of American airspace come 2015 as Federal Aviation Administration rules become more relaxed. The FAA believes there will be around 20,000 drones in...
View ArticleNew giant 3D printer can build a house in 24 hours
Scientists claim to have developed a revolutionary new giant 3D concrete printer that can build a 2,500-square-foot house in just 24 hours. The 3D printer, developed by Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis...
View Article3D-printed EEG headset from OpenBCI is customizable and open-source
When Gizmag wrote about OpenBCI, a brain-computer interface system with open-source software, the company was waiting to announce an EEG headset it claimed would be entirely new. A few days later, the...
View ArticleStudy: potentially life-saving blood stem cells regenerate in artificial bone...
A team of biochemists has engineered artificial bone marrow capable of hosting hematopoietic stem cells -- the potentially life-saving cells used in the treatment of leukemia -- for regeneration. The...
View ArticleWhat space robots can teach us about disaster prepping
Robots in space are undoubtedly awesome, but they could also have some valuable lessons to teach us about disaster responses here on earth. Brett Kennedy, who led the teams that engineered both...
View Article'Wikipedia for robots': Because bots need an Internet too
RoboEarth, meant to be a Web community where caregiving bots can autonomously swap knowledge, is about to be demonstrated. Please don't let the Terminator have access to this thing. If robots are...
View ArticleMuscle Sensors Allow Robots to Cooperate Better With Humans
Using arm sensors that can “read” a person’s muscle movements, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a control system that makes robots more intelligent. The sensors send information...
View ArticleMaltese researchers build a mind-controlled music player
Imagine controlling a music player just by looking at your laptop. Engineers from the Department of Systems and Control Engineering and the Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics at the University of Malta...
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Prosthesis human-piloted racing robot aims to usher in a new sport
Who wouldn't want to slip into Iron Man's armor or try out the gigantic Jaegers that saved the world in the movie Pacific Rim? Wearable exoskeletons currently being built, from the military-based...
View Article3D-printed fetuses show what to expect when you're expecting
While some expectant parents are steadfast in their desire to conceal the sex until they see their newborn with their own eyes, others just can't wait. We'll hazard a guess that by offering 3D-printed...
View ArticleMechanism Identified in Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss
Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer's patients, according to a study to be published in the journalNature...
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Soft pneumatic exoskeleton could be perfect for use in rehab
We've recently been hearing a lot about how exoskeletons can be used in rehabilitation, guiding patients' disabled limbs through a normal range of motion in order to develop muscle memory. The problem...
View ArticleResearchers Discover an Epigenetic Lesion in Hippocampus of Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease can reach epidemic range in the coming decades, by the increasing average age of society.There are two key issues for Alzheimer's disease: there is currently no effective treatment...
View ArticleU.S. Army Considers Replacing Thousands of Soldiers With Robots
Last week at the Army Aviation Symposium, in Arlington, Va., a U.S. Army officer announced that the Army is looking to slim down its personnel numbers and adopt more robots over the coming years. The...
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Highly Sensitive Tactile Sensors Developed for Robotics and Other Applications
From the world of nanotechnology we've gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants or e-eyes. Now we're on the verge of electronic whiskers. Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the...
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