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New science-education subscription service for kids
21 Aug 2019 -
Seeking welder with 'golden arm,' developer turns to cobot system
01 May 2019 -
Listen to a Bit of Space History
15 Nov 2018 -
Watch: 13 Ocean Solutions for Climate Change
04 Oct 2018 -
A First for Flat Lenses: Full-Color Imaging
03 Oct 2018
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A shoe to help stroke patients improve gait
17 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonAccording to the researchers, this strengthens the wearer’s stroke-affected leg, improving gait proportionality once the shoe is taken off. -
Team can predict heart attacks using AI
13 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at the University of Oxford have devised a new biomarker using artificial intelligence (AI) that can reportedly identify people at significant risk of experiencing a fatal heart attack roughly five years before it happens. -
New Product: Zip Chain Lifter
13 Sep 2019A new chain technology used for applications that involve pushing and pulling motions. -
Designing cable management systems for collaborative robots
13 Sep 2019In this video, you'll learn how triflex® R can help manage your cobot's cables. -
Scientists create robot with aerial-aquatic locomotion
12 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonThe water and calcium carbide react, producing acetylene gas, which is then ignited for thrust. -
Prosthetic hand combines user and robotic control
12 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonAn algorithm translates user intention into finger movement on the prosthetic hand. -
US Navy tests robotic mine countermeasures
11 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonThe United States Navy has successfully tested a system that relies on autonomous robots to detect, identify and destroy sea mines. -
Surgeon performs cardiovascular procedures on patients 20 miles away
09 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonA surgeon in India has conducted what is being touted as the first ever long-distance heart surgery on patients in an operating room roughly 20 miles away. -
Unique enclosure with patented air ventilation
09 Sep 2019The Altech AKIII industrial enclosure has a patented air ventilation system that eliminates condensation. -
New sensors on Florida bridges will measure hurricane impacts
06 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonA team of researchers from the University of Florida is attaching sensors to concrete bridges in Florida togather real-time data about rising water and wave impact on bridges during hurricanes. -
Hyundai develops a robotic exoskeleton for factory workers
06 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonA wearable robot vest has been developed by Hyundai Motor Group to assist factory workers who spend a significant amount of time working in overhead settings. -
Proven detector solutions for gas analysis
05 Sep 2019Thermopile detectors for gas analysis and flame detection. -
Leech-like robot can climb up and down vertical walls
04 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) in Japan and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have developed a leech-like robot that can climb vertical walls. -
E-glove offers hand prosthetics life-like human hand qualities
04 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at Purdue University have developed an electronic glove (or e-glove) to enhance hand prosthetics, giving them more human-like qualities and offering the wearer sensory perception. -
Imperial graduate creates system for turning fruit and vegetable waste into dyes
03 Sep 2019Source: Marie DonlonA graduate from Imperial College London has devised a system for transforming fruit and vegetable waste into environmentally friendly powdered paint pigments using vaporization technology. -
Efficient and intelligent feeders featuring power savings of 80%
03 Sep 2019Deprag offers efficient and intelligent feeders that have a reduced power consumption of up to 80%. -
Engineers create robotic thread designed to travel through brain vessels
29 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonEngineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a thread-like, magnetically steerable robot that is capable of navigating through narrow, winding environments like the brain. -
Professor creates a 'laser scarecrow' for warding off birds
28 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonA professor from the University of Rhode Island has developed a laser scarecrow capable of warding off birds from farmers' crops. -
Researchers develop pen-like device for improving cancer surgery outcomes
28 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a pen-like device to help surgeons distinguish between where a tumor begins and where it ends — a possible marker of a successful cancer surgery. -
Detecting norovirus with a smartphone
27 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonTaking expensive diagnostics out of the lab, the team devised a low-cost, water quality device to detect norovirus in the field.