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Artificial Skin That Senses and Stretches Like Human Skin
Everything seems to be getting smarter these days–We have smart phones, smart computers and now we have “smart skin.” Thanks to a group of researchers at Seol National University, prosthetics have gotten a whole lot smarter with smart skin. This ...
Bird-Like Drone Actually Perches To Spy
Drones have been used by the military ever since they were able to make full use of the technology to do so. However, current drones are limited by how they position themselves to look at their target. Development of bird-like ...
TFOT 2013 Round-Up: Year in Review
Although some tech enthusiasts considered 2013 to be a “blah” year for technology, we have found that it was a year that drastically improved existing technologies while laying the groundwork for even better ones to emerge in the future. While ...
Hosted VoIP PBX Service: An Excellent Choice for Business Communication
Virtual PBX systems establish a communication network without borders. Now voice calls and more can be made and received from anywhere at any time. Wherever there is an internet connection is where the network is. Business communication is no longer ...
Jellyfish Killing Robots Developed in Korea
Jellyfish population is increasing globally. They don’t only sting thousands of people but they also cause damage to the cooling systems of power reactors. Now researchers from Korea developed a new tool set to eliminate them – an autonomous robot ...
Robotic Crab Built to Explore the Underwater World
The Crabster CR200 standing up Researchers from the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) developed a 6 legged robot crab that can travel and explore the underwater world even in rough conditions and go where no (robot) has ...
DARPA Unveils ATLAS – The Super Humanoid Robot
The ATLAS robot Last week DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), unveiled ATLAS to the 6 teams that will compete in the next DARPA Robotics Challenge this December. During the challenge the advanced humanoid robot will have to perform ...
Scientists Develop Flying Robots to Replace Bees
The RoboBee (Credit: Harvard University) RoboBee – Body, Brain, and Colony (Credit: Harvard University) A team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern Universities have been developing micro robotic bees that can pollinate flowers and do the job of real bees. ...
MIT Developed a Super Efficient Robotic Cheetah
Sangbae Kim and the robotic cheetah (credit: M. Scott Brauer/MIT) Engineers at MIT have been making progress in developing the first ever “robotic cheetah”. The 70-pounds 4 legged robot can’t match the speed of the real feline (yet) but pound ...