 Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ... | |
 Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ... | |
 Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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The long, wiry antennas that protrude from airplanes, cars, cell phones – and even the bunny ears on some TVs – may one day become novelty items. Researchers are developing a smart-skin antenna that is simply ... | |
 Laser remote makes watching TV even lazier March 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Modern-day remote controls can be complicated. But, thankfully, researchers are making TV the relaxing, mindless pastime that it was always intended to be with a new easy-to-use remote control. The controller ... | |
 Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 123 vote(s)
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Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ... | |
 Vehicles That Talk to Each Other Know What Lanes They're In December 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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A standard GPS receiver has an average 2D-positioning accuracy of about 13 meters. While this precision is high enough to direct you to your hotel, it’s quite a bit lower than the accuracy required to determine ... | |
 Robot Suit May Help You Achieve a Perfect Golf Swing October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Researchers have developed a vibrotactile feedback suit to help individuals learn new motor skills more quickly and accurately than by mimicking human teachers alone. Besides golf, dance and sports training, ... | |
 Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics September 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 69 vote(s)
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All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack. The pack has straps made of a piezoelectric ... | |
 Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers August 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Using the pressure waves in the ear caused by tongue movements, researchers have designed a technique for interfacing with computers. For the millions of people living with spinal cord injuries, this hands-free, ... | |
 Elastic circuit connectors designed for rubber-band-like circuits July 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Researchers from Belgium have devised a plan for making headway into the area of flexible, washable electronics. These integrated electronics, which could be incorporated into clothing and biomedical applications, ... | |
 Tactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery June 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Researchers have designed a millimeter-sized sensor that has many of the tactile abilities of a human finger: it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and ... | |
 Superconducting motor to increase power density May 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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The field of electric motors has recently entered a new era. The electric motors that you see today in everything from washing machines, toys, and fans use the same basic principles as motors from 50 years ... | |
 Microorganisms act as tiny machines in future MEMS devices April 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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The single-celled Spirostomum is a tiny brown worm that can contract its 500-micrometer-long body to 25% of its length in a millisecond, making this protozoan the fastest-contracting microorganism known. ... | |
Future of war demands futuristic flying machines April 03, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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While no one can predict where, when or why countries will fight future wars, experts are already creating war technology that may play a deciding factor in the outcome. Perhaps it’s a bit bold to say scientists can write ... | |
 Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 97 vote(s)
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Contemporaries of the ancient Greeks might find something familiar within the walls of the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois. In constructing a new type of smart fabric, researchers ... | |
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