Implantable wireless devices trigger, and may block, pain signals
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate -- and, in theory, block -- pain signals in the...
View ArticleRobot Makes Sure Stores Don’t Run Out of Doritos
A shelf-scanning bot called Tally will help make sure everything is in its place in supermarkets and other retail outlets. When customers can’t find a product on a shelf it’s an inconvenience. But by...
View ArticleResearchers find way to create wide variety of new holograms
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed techniques that can be used to create ideal geometric phase holograms for any kind of optical pattern – a significant advance over the...
View ArticleImplantable wireless devices trigger—and may block—pain signals
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate—and, in theory, block—pain signals in the body...
View ArticleThe Latest Trend Among Biohackers Is Implanting LED Lights Beneath Your Skin
Inspired by bioluminescent organisms, the DIY biohackers at Grindhouse Wetware have unveiled their latest creation—a magnetically activated, LED-equipped silicone implant. As Motherboard reports, the...
View ArticleRobotic worm for head surgery can cut around corners
Removing tumors from within the inner ear is a very delicate matter that typically requires surgeons to remove the entire mastoid bone. However, in the future, all doctors will need to do is cut a...
View ArticleExperimental drug targeting Alzheimer's disease shows anti-aging effects
Salk Institute researchers have found that an experimental drug candidate aimed at combating Alzheimer's disease has a host of unexpected anti-aging effects in animals. The Salk team expanded upon...
View ArticleHOW WE'VE SUCCEEDED IN BREACHING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AT LAST
Last week, a team of Canadian doctors tried an experimental new procedure on a patient in dire straits. Bonny Hall has a brain tumor that she had been managing for years with medication, but it was...
View ArticleWearable bionic suit aims to make wheelchairs obsolete, allows users to stand...
Science is going one step further for people with motor disabilities. The team at Ekso Bionics has created a wearable exoskeleton, which will allow people with lower extremity weakness or paralysis to...
View ArticleResearchers decode patterns that make our brains human
The human brain may be the most complex piece of organized matter in the known universe, but Allen Institute researchers have begun to unravel the genetic code underlying its function. Research...
View ArticleMegabots v Kuratas: US and Japan battle it out for robot supremacy
They’ve been popularized in movies, television and video games, but giant fighting robots still haven’t left the realm of science fiction. That will soon change. Megabots Inc, an Oakland,...
View ArticleHow Robots Can Quickly Teach Each Other to Grasp New Objects
Grabbing a pen or pair of sunglasses might be effortless for you or me, but it’s fiendishly difficult for a robot, especially if the object in question is unfamiliar or positioned awkwardly. Practice...
View Article#24 AVATAR TECHNOLOGY DIGEST / Get a Virtual-Reality Punch/ A Humanoid...
Welcome to #24 Avatar Technology Digest! We provide you with the latest news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence the best way we can. Here are the top stories of the last...
View ArticleThis self-healing sensor could make electronic skin a reality
Flexible electronics are great - they're useful in wearable technology, robotics, healthcare and spaceflight. But the components we have right now are easily damaged, destroying their functionality....
View ArticleStrategy based on human reflexes may keep legged robots and prosthetic legs...
PITTSBURGH--Trips and stumbles too often lead to falls for amputees using leg prosthetics, but a robotic leg prosthesis being developed at Carnegie Mellon University promises to help users recover...
View ArticleScientists Create Bioengineered Vocal Cord Tissue Capable Of Transmitting Sound
It’s a scientific accomplishment that might leave many at a loss for words, and someday return the power of voice to countless others. This Wednesday, a team of researchers, primarily from the...
View ArticleWearable bionic suit aims to make wheelchairs obsolete, allows users to stand...
Science is going one step further for people with motor disabilities. The team at Ekso Bionics has created a wearable exoskeleton, which will allow people with lower extremity weakness or paralysis to...
View ArticleHighly Accurate microRNA Sensor for Cancer Detection
MicroRNAs are short RNA bits that are known to act like oncogenes or tumor suppressors while inside cells. But, when released out of the cell and into the rest of the body, their activity is poorly...
View ArticleTiny robots inspired by pine cones
Most efforts to develop bio-inspired robots center on mimicking the motions of animals: but plants move too -- even if most of their motions are so slow they can't be detected by the naked eye. The...
View ArticleNASA needs robotic upgrades for work on Mars
After not faring well in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, NASA is hoping its Valkyrie humanoid robot will do much better working on Mars. The space agency has given two robotic prototypes to scientists at...
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