www.youtube.com/watch Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has caught international attention with the release of its promotional video for the “Intelligent Parking Chair.” The smart chair allows lazy employees to tidy up conference rooms and office spaces wi...
The new and improved Atlas robot picking up a box. Google’s Boston Dynamics has already created some impressive robots, but its latest generation of Atlas, a bipedal robot is uncanny. The new Atlas is so impressive that it has critics terrified of wh...
There's no arguing that Stars War: The Force Awakens was the biggest event of 2015. It smashed box office records and introduced viewers to new, lovable characters including BB-8. Before the launch of the movie fans could own a tiny version...
Golf robot hitting a hole-in-one at the 16th hole in the PGA tour – Scottsdale, Arizona (via Vimeo/The Golf Agency) The PGA tour is putting a little more excitement in their lives by welcoming a golf robot on tour which shocked and amazed golfe...
Soft gripping robot. Artificial muscle research from soft robotics and elect-adhesion research have been combined into a new robot hand that can pick up any object without previous training. Researchers at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EP...
Medical researchers from Melbourne recently revealed the world’s first bionic spinal cord. The stent-based electrode monitors brain waves and allows patients to control exoskeletons and bionic limbs using thoughts alone, acting as the spinal co...
At this year’s International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, CA, MIT researchers unveiled the newest AI development – bringing neural networks to mobile devices via a low-power, local smart chip. It could be commercialized in the ne...
Keyi Tech featured its modular, DIY Cellrobot prototype at CES 2016 last week, despite a failed Kickstarter campaign just last week. The company is still pushing for the robot to come to market, but unless prices drop or technology significantly incr...
Don’t let his quizitive face fool you, Bear is capable of sniffing out the smallest of microSD cards even in burned down buildings. (all images via ElectronicDetectionk9) These dogs are the elite of the elite - when it comes to rooting out elect...
Four students at Jackson State University invented a temperature-monitoring floor mat that allows users to manage their risk for lower extremity ulceration and amputation due to diabetes. It is a revolutionary idea that may significantly lower the pr...
New generation robotic arm named, “KATIA” a.k.a. Kick Ass Trainable Intelligent Arm. Carbon Robotics is breaking out a new technology into the prosumer market. Robotic arms have long been used to accomplish tasks in large factories, but their version...
We will soon have our own personal driver.. maybe if we want it or not (image via Pixabay)When we got word self-driving automobile technology was being developed, it was like hearing that hovercrafts were going into mass production – no one believed ...
Associate Professor Sile O’Modhrain of the University of Michigan is developing a Braille display for tablets that will revolutionize data transmission for the blind community. The unit will be a fraction of the cost compared to current technology, a...
London’s visually impaired may now navigate in Euston Station for series of trials (via Wayfindr) Wayfindr is a non-profit organization with some hefty goals that are potentially gaining ground. Wayfinder’s vision to empower ‘vision impaired peo...
Ziro control glove and module. (via Ziro)Ziro UI, it is a robot…system. It consists of basic robot building blocks and how the bocks are assembled is up to you. According to their website, you can build their parts into your own cardboard creation. T...
Spencer running in a terminal in Schiphol Airport. KLM in partnership with many, has been developing an autonomous robot, Spencer, to guide lost passengers to their travel gates. They ran their first trial in December 2015, so it’s only a matter of t...
The secret of VertiGo’s ability to drive on walls lies in the dual propellers that produce enough thrust to cling to vertical surfaces. (All images and video via Disney Research) Disney is widely known for their popular animated movies, however ...
Ring Worm by Alan Resnick. Paper-Thin was created by Daniel Smith and Cameron Buckley to display the work of digital artists. (via paper-thin) When you think of art, you often picture physical museums, off limits paintings, and stuffy art connoi...
As the new year starts, remember, you actions have concequences. Here is a roundup of some hard working members of the design team… animal testers. (Here is my stance on it all..) Chameleons play video games for science; helps researchers learn more ...
Finexus doesn't rely on a direct line of sight between electromagnets and sensors. Oculus and University of Washington have teamed up to develop Finexus, a system that combines fingertip electromagnets and sensors to track hand movements. (via ...
Yanto Shen is the leader researcher on this project. Researchers from UNR and UALR team up to work on a new device to help the visually impair detect and grasp object. (via UNR) A team of researchers from the University of Nevada in Reno (UNR) a...
The projected launch of NASA's Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center. Congress promises to give NASA $19.3 billion dollars, $1.23 billion than the agency received last year. (via NASA) NASA is always at the forefront of space explo...
Nereus was the only robot that could reach the deepest parts of the ocean (via Nature)Oceanic exploration may be even tougher before; the only robot that can explore the deepest ocean trenches perished on the job. Nereus was a hybrid ROV that could o...
We're only a day away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens aka the most anticipated movie of the year - maybe pf all time. The franchise is loved by millions for various reasons: the story, the action, the characters, and the technolo...
