Using this state-of-the-art technique will benefit the agency by saving millions in manufacturing costs. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. is using a method called selective laser melting, or SLM, to create intricate

A research project considers how the law should deal with technologies that blur man and machine SPEAKING at a conference organised by The Economist earlier this year, Hugh Herr, a roboticist at the Massachusetts Institute

Microsoft’s speech recognizer can correctly identify 86 to 88 percent of the words in arbitrary speech, Rashid said. Ever wondered what you’d sound like if you were fluent in Chinese, French or another language you

Researchers at the University of Tokyo‘s Kamata lab are working on a new wheeled robotic vehicle that can climb stairs. Called the NOBOROT, it uses a proximity sensor to detect when it is next to a step

Long-abandoned bacterial fermentation process resurrected to feed catalysis into fuel mixture A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace the fossil fuels

Wyss Institute Models a Human Disease in an Organ-on-a-Chip Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have mimicked pulmonary edema in a microchip lined by living human cells, as reported

Researchers also note that the new materials devised could be applied to satellites, cars, space suits and shuttles, basically everything that might take an impact. Military armor progressed from steel plates to kevlar (ceramic) plates

The goal is to help doctors make better predictions about how a patient’s illness will progress and what type of treatment will be most effective. Storing music and photos on distant computers via “cloud” technology

TechJect is looking to raise $110,000 via indigogo by the time the calendar ticks over to 2013. Given their impressive flight capabilities, it’s not surprising to see researchers turning to the world of flying insects

Aguilar suggests that a future version of the device might have a Geiger counter to get initial readings on suspected radioactive areas. A CLUMP of cameras, electronics and LEDs packed into a rubber shell the

This discovery opens the door to a great deal of applications Controlling and modifying at will the transparency, electrical properties, and stiffness of a gel – such are the promises of a new discovery by

Future research projects include optimized routing, road hazard reporting, optimized de-icing, beacon for at-risk pedestrians, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication to enhance rear signaling. Someday, your auto and the roadway will be in constant communication and able