A light touch: Embedded optical sensors could make robotic hands more dexterous
Optical sensors may be uniquely suited for use in robotic hands, according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers who have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fiber...
View ArticleA micro-supercapacitor with unmatched energy storage performance
A micro-supercapacitor made using a new electrode reached an energy density 1,000 times greater than existing electrochemical capacitors. (2015-10-01)
View ArticleUV-light enabled catheter fixes holes in the heart without invasive surgery
Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)...
View ArticleSurgical trainees retain information, master skills better when honed beyond...
Researchers from Drexel University, Philadelphia, have found that when surgical trainees train beyond competence using a simulator, they retain information longer and master surgical skills better...
View ArticleBio-inspired robotic finger looks, feels and works like the real thing
Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't really look lifelike. (2015-10-09)
View ArticleHow sensorimotor intelligence may develop
It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and subsequently developing different self-taught behaviors without any instructions. (2015-10-28)
View ArticleDisney Researchers use multigrid method to dramatically speed up cloth...
Simulating the behavior of clothing and other fabrics in animated films requires animators to make tradeoffs between a realistic look and a reasonable amount of computing time. Researchers at Walt...
View ArticleQueen's University professor to unveil self-levitating displays
An interactive swarm of flying 3D pixels (voxels) developed at Queen's University's Human Media Lab is set to revolutionize the way people interact with virtual reality. The system, called BitDrones,...
View ArticleUsing mobile devices to augment reality can enhance creative play and...
A child need not choose between the immersive, but often passive world of digital media or the physical interaction of real-world games and activities. (2015-11-10)
View ArticleSystem recognizes objects touched by user, enabling context-aware smartwatch...
A new technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research could enable smartwatches to automatically recognize what objects users are touching, for instance, whether the wearer is...
View ArticleTactile animation makes it easier to design rich haptic sensations
Immersive media experiences that engage an audience's sense of touch are easier to create with the help of a new haptic design process, called tactile animation, developed by Disney Research....
View ArticleGene drive reversibility introduces new layer of biosafety
In parallel with their development of the first synthetic gene drives - which greatly increase the chance a specific gene will be passed on to all offspring - George Church, Ph.D., and Kevin Esvelt,...
View ArticleStrategy based on human reflexes may keep legged robots and prosthetic legs...
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 their balance...
View ArticleClinical trial demonstrates effectiveness of infant apnea prevention technology
Scientists and clinicians at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have shown in a...
View ArticleShining light on microbial growth and death inside our guts
For the first time, scientists can accurately measure population growth rates of the microbes that live inside mammalian gastrointestinal tracts, according to a new method reported in Nature...
View ArticleRealistic facial reconstructions enhanced by combining three computer vision...
Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University scientists have found that three computer vision methods commonly used to reconstruct 3-D scenes produce superior results in capturing facial details...
View ArticleAnalysis of neuronal avalanches reveals spatial temporal roadmap of humans...
The word 'avalanche' is generally associated with violent and unexpected events -- such as rockslides, or the sudden collapse of unstable drifts of snow. But in brain research, avalanches --...
View ArticleSystem converts stereoscopic 3-D video content for use in glasses-less 3-D...
"Glasses-less" 3-D displays now commercially available dispense with the need for cumbersome glasses, but existing 3-D stereoscopic content will not work in these new devices, which project several...
View Article3-D footage of nematode brains links neurons with motion and behavior
Princeton University researchers have captured among the first recordings of neural activity in nearly the entire brain of a free-moving animal. (2016-01-04)
View Article'Squishy' robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep-sea coral reefs, Baruch College marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fragile specimens of coral and sponges...
View ArticleNewfound strength in regenerative medicine
Researchers in the field of mechanobiology are evolving our understanding of health by revealing new insights into how the body's physical forces and mechanics impact development, physiological...
View ArticleResearchers identify potential targeted therapy for lung cancer using fly model
A drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for melanoma in combination with a common cholesterol-lowering drug may show promise in controlling cancer growth in patients with non-small...
View ArticleBreakthrough in dynamically variable negative stiffness structures
HRL Laboratories, LLC, today announced that researchers in its Sensors and Materials Laboratory have developed an active variable stiffness vibration isolator capable of 100x stiffness changes and...
View ArticleAutomatic programming makes swarm robots safer and more reliable
Researchers from Sheffield Robotics have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously. (2016-02-26)
View ArticleDisney automated system lets characters leap and bound realistically in...
Virtual game characters can leap, roll and climb so realistically that simply watching them could seemingly exhaust a player. Generating the precise instructions that govern such characters in...
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