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E-Textile Pants Identify Fall-Prone Elderly Technology / Engineering July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of pants may help determine if elderly individuals have a high risk of slipping and falling by sensing fluctuations in their walking gait.

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 Technology / Engineering May 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 80 vote(s) \| User comments: 11 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 Technology / Engineering March 06, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 Technology / Engineering January 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 123 vote(s) \| User comments: 27 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 Technology / Engineering December 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 Technology / Engineering October 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 Technology / Engineering September 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering August 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering July 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 03, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 68 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

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E-Textile Pants Identify Fall-Prone Elderly Technology / Engineering July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of pants may help determine if elderly individuals have a high risk of slipping and falling by sensing fluctuations in their walking gait.

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 Technology / Engineering May 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 80 vote(s) \| User comments: 11 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 Technology / Engineering March 06, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 Technology / Engineering January 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 123 vote(s) \| User comments: 27 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 Technology / Engineering December 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 Technology / Engineering October 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 Technology / Engineering September 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering August 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering July 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering April 03, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 68 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

E-Textile Pants Identify Fall-Prone Elderly

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display

Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision

Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat

Laser remote makes watching TV even lazier

Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky

Vehicles That Talk to Each Other Know What Lanes They're In

Robot Suit May Help You Achieve a Perfect Golf Swing

Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics

Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers

Elastic circuit connectors designed for rubber-band-like circuits

Tactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery

Superconducting motor to increase power density

Microorganisms act as tiny machines in future MEMS devices

Future of war demands futuristic flying machines

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