The robot equipment industry has one word for the alarmist articles and television news programs that predict a robot is about to steal your job: Fiddlesticks! Well, that wasn’t actually the... Read more
Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed robots that are able to deceive each other. The research is fund... 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
The HyTAQ is a novel mobile robot capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. Flight is achieved through a quadrotor configuration; four actuators provide the required thrust. Adding... Read more
Crowd-funding website Kickstarter is being sued for its promotion of a new 3D printer. More than 2,000 users contributed over $2.9m (£1.8m) to help Massachusetts-based Formlabs build the dev... Read more
MOOCs first landed in the spotlight last year, when Sebastian Thrun, a Stanford professor, offered a free artificial-intelligence course, attracting 160,000 students in 190 nations. Teachin... Read more
To help planes fly safely through cold, wet, and icy conditions, a team of Japanese scientists has developed a new super water-repellent surface that can prevent ice from forming in these ha... Read more
At the Chiba Institute of Technology, a group led by Shuro Nakajima has developed a robot wheelchair that can climb over steps. This robot can make a variety of movements, using its four-whe... Read more
Understanding how the human brain categorizes information through signs and language is a key part of developing computers that can ‘think’ and ‘see’ in the same way as humans. Hiroyuki Akam... Read more
Has become a de facto standard that assists laboratories and microscope companies Ignacio Arganda, a young researcher from San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid) working for the Massachusetts I... Read more
In the future, it could also enable entirely new kinds of devices. MIT researchers produce complex electronic circuits from molybdenum disulfide, a material that could have many more... Read more
3-D modelling is maturing fast. Increasingly affordable solutions are not only raising general awareness of 3D workflows but revolutionizing design, engineering and manufacturing processes.... Read more
Is the era of the ivy-walled college coming to an end? How much will technology reshape what we think of as the college experience? See what the experts had to say. Higher education is rapid... Read more
The PopFab was developed by students Ilan Moyer and Nadya Peek The PopFab was developed by students Ilan Moyer and Nadya Peek,There are plenty of different 3D printers to choose from these d... Read more
Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI). The gadget was successfully u... Read more