A team of American and Australian researchers claim they have created algorithms that enable robots to learn operational skills by watching human activities. They “taught” their... Read more
Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of... Read more
This quadrotor uses a nature-inspired, dry adhesive to cling to surfaces for extra-covert spying. This drone could become the proverbial fly on the wall. Thanks to a joint research project b... Read more
“I’m sure there are other uses we haven’t thought of.” Imagine a cell phone charger that recharges your phone remotely without even knowing where it is; a device that targets and dest... Read more
“Can build microscopic devices `brick by brick’ with building blocks that have different chemical or physical properties.” University of Maryland Chemistry Professor John F... Read more
Your next filling may do a little more to keep your teeth healthy. Researchers at the University of Maryland have created the first cavity-fillers also kill bacteria and re-grow layers of to... Read more
If you’ve ever watched a maple seed spiraling down from a branch, you may have marveled at how it looked like a tiny one-rotor-bladed helicopter. If you did, well, you weren’t th... Read more