The university is now pursuing a patent for the technology Insects have served as the inspiration for a number of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) that could be deployed to monitor hazardous... Read more
ASIMO keeps getting better Ask anyone what their favorite real-life robot is, and chances are the majority will say “That one made by Honda, that looks like an astronaut.” They w... Read more
A chip implant may soon be capable of monitoring tumors that are difficult to operate on or growing slowly. Medical engineers at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed an elec... Read more
The sensor detected both GHB and ketamine with 100 percent accuracy According to the U.S. Department of Justice, around 200,000 women were raped in the U.S. in 2007 with the aid of a “... Read more
According to a 2009 estimate by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers, more than one in four U.S. bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While newer “smart... Read more
Scientists have developed a self-powered nano-equipment with the ability to transfer data across long distances wirelessly. In a study published in Nano Letters, a journal of ACS, scientists... Read more
Knee injuries are one of the most common injuries that can befall sportspeople or those that simply enjoy an active lifestyle. Such injuries can lay up patients for weeks while they wait for... Read more
Despite all the breakthroughs in the world of robotics, we still seem to be some way off the kind of advanced robots that can autonomously carry out a variety of tasks in unstructured and cl... Read more
Over the past decade, touchscreens have risen to dominate mobile phone and other mobile consumer electronic device interfaces – and their popularity shows no sign of waning. Capacitive touch... Read more