Watch As Tesla Demonstrates A 90 Second Electric Vehicle Battery Swap
Better Place may have given up on its electric vehicle battery swap technology, but Tesla is moving full-speed ahead. Here’s what the company’s ultra-fast swap stations look like. A few weeks ago, we...
View ArticleBattery Explosions a Thing of the Past
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 organogel...
View ArticleIf You’re Not Looking for It, You Probably Won’t See It
If you were working on something at your computer and a gorilla floated across your computer screen, would you notice it? You would like to think yes, however, research shows that people often miss...
View ArticleNew Software Gives Robots the Gift of Hearing
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 Siri. But “smart”...
View ArticleHow The Dream Of Spying More On The Public With Cameras Will Likely Decrease...
Marcus Ranum wrote “Information security’s response to bitter failure, in any area of endeavour, is to try the same thing that didn’t work — only harder.” It seems that this often applies to the entire...
View ArticleVIDEO: Knife-Wielding Robot Trains for Grocery Checkout Job Using New...
“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 robot to work...
View ArticleResearchers build muscle in diseased mice; create human muscle cells in a dish
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 disorders that...
View ArticleA self-organizing thousand-robot swarm
“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 gradually arrange...
View ArticleSoftware that knows the risks – Risk allocation software
Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives. Imagine that you could tell your phone that you want to drive from your house in Boston to a hotel in upstate New...
View ArticleBio-inspired robots move without batteries
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 develop bio-inspired...
View ArticleFacial Recognition Technology Proves Itself
In a study that evaluated some of the latest in automatic facial recognition technology, researchers at Michigan State University were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing...
View ArticleFish Gill-Inspired Design Wins 1st Prize in Biomimicry Design Competition
“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 arteries, a team...
View ArticleNeedle-Nose Parasite Inspires New Surgical Bandage
A fish parasite with a needle-like nose that pierces the intestines of its host has inspired a revolutionary medical invention that could replace surgical staples now used to hold skin grafts in place...
View ArticleCan Synthetic Biology Keep Your Food Safe?
“It’s much better if you test the process as it is working.” On a hot summer day, nothing spells refreshment quite like a slice of juicy, orange cantaloupe. But in summer 2011, cantaloupes reached...
View ArticleCould a computer on the police beat prevent violence?
Detailed analysis of drugs, alcohol & crimes across a city could help target prevention As cities across America work to reduce violence in tight budget times, new research shows how they might be...
View ArticleStem Cell-Based Bioartificial Tissues and Organs
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 technique...
View ArticleResearchers Use Liquid Metal to Create Wires That Stretch Eight Times Their...
The wires can be used for everything from headphones to phone chargers, and hold potential for use in electronic textiles. Researchers from North Carolina State University have created conductive wires...
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