Here come futuristic, plant-inspired microrobots that are powered simply through changes in environmental humidity — no batteries or electrical components at all Most efforts to develo... Read more
“Form a sea star shape,” directs a computer scientist, sending the command to 1,024 little bots simultaneously via an infrared light. The robots begin to blink at one another and then gradua... Read more
New zebrafish technique quickly finds potential treatments for multiple diseases Skeletal muscle has proved to be very difficult to grow in patients with muscular dystrophy and other disorde... Read more
“The robot can learn from corrective human feedback in order to plan its actions that are suitable to the environment and the objects present.” Cornell University engineers have taught a rob... Read more
A new approach allows “smart” machines to understand sounds other than speech Robots can already discern and react to speech thanks to voice-recognition software such as the iPhone’s S... Read more
If they had used a safer electrolyte, the risk would have been reduced. A research team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S. Korea, found a new physical organoge... Read more
“It’s amazing that by studying a fish gill, this team created a design that could impact water infrastructure on a world-wide scale.” Inspired by fish gills, newt tadpoles, and human a... Read more
Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has made his name by successfully transplanting bioengineered stem cell-based trachea, composed of both artificial and biological material. He now plans to use the... Read more
It is perfectly legal for companies to sit on patents and wait for others to create before either suing the creator or charging licensing fees. Today it is perfectly legal for companies to b... Read more
Eduardo Torres-Jara wants to expand the kinds of tasks robots can perform, by giving them more sensitive fingers. And his startup, Robot Rebuilt, is out making the rounds of Boston venture c... Read more
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... Read more
Children with anger issues show a drop in anger after playing ‘RAGE Control’ Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to... Read more
Boston’s dominant institutions Harvard and MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), business and strengthening start-up and arts network kept the city number one overall global... Read more