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• Disability
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  World Premiere of Muscle and Nerve Controlled Arm Prosthesis

  February 22, 2013 — Electrodes have been permanently implanted in nerves and muscles of an amputee to directly control an arm prosthesis, for the first time. The result allows natural control of an advanced robotic ... > full story
• Aviation
  Robotics Research
  Vehicles
  Wind Energy
  Birds
  Engineering
   
  

  Robotic Bat Wing Engineered: Researchers Uncover Flight Secrets of Real Bats

  February 21, 2013 — Researchers have developed a robotic bat wing that is providing valuable new information about dynamics of flapping flight in real bats. From an engineering perspective, the researchers hope the data ... > full story
• Technology
  Detectors
  Robotics Research
  Solar Energy
  Electronics
  Medical Technology
   
  

  Writing Without Keyboard: Handwriting Recognition on the Wrist

  February 21, 2013 — Typing text messages on the mobile phone via the tiny soft keyboard is very cumbersome. How about simply writing it into the air! This idea drove the development of  “airwriting” by ... > full story
• Artificial Intelligence
  Detectors
  Computer Programming
  Robotics Research
  Robotics
  Computer Science
   
  

  Insects Inspiring New Technology: Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots Based on Locust Vision

  February 21, 2013 — The way in which the locust's distinctive visual system could be transferred into technology for state of the art vehicle collision sensors, surveillance technology and video games has been detailed ... > full story
• NASA
  Mars
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   
  

  NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample

  February 20, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever drilled ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Language Acquisition
  Artificial Intelligence
  Neuroscience
  Robotics
   
  

  'Simplified' Brain Lets the iCub Robot Learn Language

  February 19, 2013 — The iCub humanoid robot will now be able to understand what is being said to it and even anticipate the end of a ... > full story
• Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biochemistry
  Nanotechnology
  Nature of Water
   
  

  'Bionic Proteins': Nano-Machines Recreate Protein Activities

  February 17, 2013 — Physicists have developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system. These ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Marine Biology
  Oceanography
  Ice Ages
  Sea Life
   
  

  Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem During Ice Minimum in Summer 2012

  February 14, 2013 — Huge quantities of algae are growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic: In 2012 the ice algae Melosira arctica was responsible for almost half the primary production in this area. ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Encryption
  Hacking
  Statistics
  Quantum Computers
  Computer Modeling
   

  New Method to Measure the Redundancy of Information

  February 14, 2013 — Understanding information as well as its redundancy, or duplication, has been crucial in the development of many of our everyday items such mobile phones, the internet, the compact disc as well as ... > full story
• Robotics
  Robotics Research
  Artificial Intelligence
  Engineering
  Solar Energy
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Robots With Lift: Researchers Use Combustible Gases to Power Leaping Machines

  February 13, 2013 — Using small explosions produced by a mix of methane and oxygen, researchers have designed a soft robot that can leap as much as a foot in the air. That ability to jump could one day prove critical in ... > full story

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