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Robotic Prosthesis Turns Drummer Into a Three-Armed Cyborg
Mar. 6, 2014 Scientists have created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians’ arms and electronically using ... full story -
New Robotic Refueling Technologies Tested
Mar. 5, 2014 NASA has successfully concluded a remotely controlled test of new technologies that would empower future space robots to transfer hazardous oxidizer -- a type of propellant -- into the tanks of ... full story -
Platform Would Protect Smartphones from Cyber Criminals
Mar. 5, 2014 Criminals don't have to pick your pocket to get what they want out of your mobile. But a certifiably secure operating platform is being developed by researchers so that consumers can be ... full story -
Computer Reads Text Written in the Air and Other Innovations
Mar. 5, 2014 In the future, computers and humans will cooperate more seamlessly: perhaps by easier access to data or by the intuitive control of programs and robots. Conference exhibits along this line include ... full story -
Voters Using Smartphones Made Fewer Errors in Mock Election
Mar. 4, 2014 Voters who cast their ballots via smartphones made fewer errors than they did when voting via traditional methods in a mock election, according to new research. Researchers found that while there are ... full story -
Smartphone-Based Voting Technology May Lead to Fewer User Errors
Feb. 25, 2014 A new study examines how smartphone-based voting systems can be incorporated into the current large-scale election ... full story -
Rise of the Compliant Machines: Sociable Humanoids Could Help Advance Human-Robot Interaction
Feb. 20, 2014 Are we on the brink of a robotics revolution? That's what numerous media outlets asked last December when Google acquired eight robotics companies that specialize in such innovations as ... full story -
Brain Signals Move Paralyzed Limbs in New Experiment
Feb. 19, 2014 To help people suffering paralysis from injury, stroke or disease, scientists have invented brain-machine interfaces that record electrical signals of neurons in the brain and translate them to ... full story -
Clear Differences in Flagship Mobile Phones' Connection Speed
Feb. 19, 2014 Flagship models of Apple, LG, Samsung and Nokia phones provide users with remarkably different mobile network connection speed compared to each other. According to Netradar, a free mobile application ... full story -
Bats Inspire 'Micro Air Vehicle' Designs: Small Flying Vehicles, Complete With Flapping Wings, May Now Be Designed
Feb. 18, 2014 By exploring how creatures in nature are able to fly by flapping their wings, researchers hope to apply that knowledge toward designing small flying vehicles known as "micro air vehicles" ... full story -
Stretchable, Bendable Electronics: A Stretchable Highway for Light
Feb. 18, 2014 Electronics that bend and stretch have been demonstrated, but similar work in optics has lagged behind. Particularly difficult to engineer have been optics that stretch, lengthening when someone ... full story -
Robotic Fish Aids Understanding of How Animals Move
Feb. 15, 2014 The weakly electric black ghost knifefish of the Amazon basin has inspired scientists to develop agile fish robots that could lead to a vast improvement in underwater vehicles used to study fragile ... full story -
Robotic Construction Crew Needs No Foreman
Feb. 13, 2014 On the plains of Namibia, millions of tiny termites are building a mound of soil—an 8-foot-tall “lung” for their underground nest. During a year of construction, many termites will live and ... full story -
Herding Robots: New System Combines Control Programs So Fleets of Robots Can Collaborate
Feb. 12, 2014 A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots -- or other "multiagent systems" -- to collaborate in unprecedented ... full story -
New Advance in 3-D Printing and Tissue Engineering Technology
Feb. 10, 2014 Researchers have introduced a unique micro-robotic technique to assemble the components of complex materials, the foundation of tissue engineering and 3-D ... full story -
'Friendly' Robots Could Allow for More Realistic Human-Android Relationships
Feb. 6, 2014 Two 'friendly' robots, including a 3D-printed humanistic android, are helping scientists to understand how more realistic long-term relationships might be developed between humans and ... full story -
Amputee Feels in Real-Time With Bionic Hand
Feb. 5, 2014 Dennis Aabo Sψrensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information -- in realtime -- with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm. Sψrensen could grasp objects ... full story -
Robots With Insect-Like Brains: Robot Can Learn to Navigate Through Its Environment Guided by External Stimuli
Feb. 4, 2014 Scientists have developed a robot that perceives environmental stimuli and learns to react to them. The scientists used the relatively simple nervous system of the honeybee as a model for its working ... full story -
Robot With a Taste for Beer? Electronic Tongue Can Identify Brands of Beer
Jan. 30, 2014 Researchers have managed to distinguish between different varieties of beer using an electronic tongue. The discovery is accurate in almost 82% of cases. Beer is the oldest and most widely consumed ... full story -
Filleting Robot to Help the Norwegian Fishing Industry
Jan. 28, 2014 A newly developed white fish filleting machine could give this Norwegian industry a much-needed boost. Unlike farmed salmon, white fish varies greatly in size and weight. This means that until now, ... full story -
Bio-Inspired Robotic Device Could Aid Ankle-Foot Rehabilitation
Jan. 21, 2014 A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said a robotics ... full story
- New robotic refueling technologies tested
- Platform would protect smartphones from cyber criminals
- Computer reads text written in the air and other innovations
- Brain signals move paralyzed limbs in new experiment
- Clear differences in flagship mobile phones' connection speed
- Bats inspire 'micro air vehicle' designs: Small flying vehicles, complete with flapping wings, may now be designed
- Stretchable, bendable electronics: A stretchable highway for light
- A micro-muscular breakthrough: Powerful new microscale torsional muscle/motor from vanadium dioxide
- Robotic grasp: Robot picks up castors as fast as blueberries
- Programming smart molecules: Machine-learning algorithms could make chemical reactions intelligent
- Controlling PCs and tablets with hand movements
- Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots
- Inkblots improve security of online passwords
- Novel radar technology developed
- Using mobile devices to look up drug info prevents adverse events in nursing homes
- Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs
- Stepping out in style: Toward an artificial leg with a natural gait
- A blueprint for restoring touch with a prosthetic hand
- New technology can prevent cellular overload, dropped calls
- Improving child malnutrition in developing countries
- Better robot vision: Neglected statistical tool could help robots better understand the objects in the world around them
- Video game technology: Motion tracking technology is extremely precise, inexpensive with minimal lag
- When technology merges with healthcare: Mobile diagnostics and image analysis for antibiotic resistance
- Snake robot on Mars?
- Development of a new program that simulates protein movements
- Robots take over economy: Sudden rise of global ecology of interacting robots trade at speeds too fast for humans
- Microchips that mimic the brain: Novel microchips imitate the brain's information processing in real time
- Could HYCCUPS boost phone battery life?
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