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Engineers create artificial skin that can send pressure sensation to brain cell

16.10.2015 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Stanford engineers have created a plastic “skin” that can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver this sensory input directly to a living brain cell.

Engineers create artificial skin that can send pressure sensation to brain cell

Weird material shrinks when warm

14.10.2015 | UCONN | today.uconn.edu

Most materials swell when they warm, and shrink when they cool. But UConn physicist Jason Hancock has been investigating a substance that responds in reverse: it shrinks when it warms.

Making batteries with portobello mushrooms

12.10.2015 | University of California | universityofcalifornia.edu

Can portobello mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering think so.

Making batteries with portobello mushrooms

RoboCab Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan

09.10.2015 | The Japan Times | www.japantimes.co.jp

Robot Taxi Inc. said it will invite local residents to try out an experimental self-driving taxi on public roads early next year.

RoboCab Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan

Ten years after their debut, autonomous trucks are finally hitting the roads

07.10.2015 | ExtremeTech | www.extremetech.com

It was ten years ago this month that Terramax, the world’s first fully-autonomous truck, competed in the DARPA autonomous vehicle Grand Challenge.

Ten years after their debut, autonomous trucks are finally hitting the roads

IBM’s Watson to teach robots social skills

05.10.2015 | Impact Lab | www.impactlab.net

IBM wants to teach robots to better understand and mimic human communication by using some of the artificial-intelligence techniques that emerged from its Watson project.

IBM’s Watson to teach robots social skills

Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects

02.10.2015 | CSAIL | www.csail.mit.edu

Robots have many strong suits, but delicacy traditionally hasn’t been one of them. Rigid limbs and digits make it difficult for them to grasp, hold, and manipulate a range of everyday objects without…

Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects

Indian city of Cochin powers entire airport through solar

30.09.2015 | Bosch | www.boschindia.com

Bosch Limited, a leading supplier of technology and services, has commissioned a 12 MW solar project for Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL). Constructed on a land of 50 acres, this is the…

Indian city of Cochin powers entire airport through solar

Bosch has groundbreaking battery technology for electric vehicles

28.09.2015 | Bosch | www.bosch.com

Bosch is debuting a new battery technology for electric cars that could be production-ready in as little as five years. The acquisition of the U.S. start-up Seeo Inc. (Hayward, CA near the Silicon…

Bosch has groundbreaking battery technology for electric vehicles

Flexible Smart Sensors and the Future of Health

25.09.2015 | Engadget | www.engadget.com

Researchers from some of the top educational institutions and the private sector have been developing lightweight, bendable sensors that take advantage of the latest biomaterials and microelectronics…

Flexible Smart Sensors and the Future of Health

American Soldiers Test Battery-Powered Exoskeletons

23.09.2015 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

Deep in the woods in Maryland, the U.S. Army is testing exoskeletons that can lighten the load that soldiers carry.

American Soldiers Test Battery-Powered Exoskeletons

Making 3D Objects Disappear

21.09.2015 | Berkeley Lab | newscenter.lbl.gov

Invisibility cloaks are a staple of science fiction and fantasy, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, but don’t exist in real life, or do they?

iRobot Brings Visual Mapping and Navigation to the Roomba 980

18.09.2015 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

We’ve known for a while now that iRobot has been developing robots with wireless integration along with intelligent navigation capability based on VSLAM (Vision Simultaneous Localization and Mapping).

iRobot Brings Visual Mapping and Navigation to the Roomba 980

Super-antenna could let Mars rover talk directly with Earth

16.09.2015 | ExtremeTech | www.extremetech.com

Right now, Mars rovers like Curiosity get roughly 15 minutes to talk to scientists back on Earth, twice per day. If a scientist wants to issue a complex set of orders, or download a whole bunch of…

Super-antenna could let Mars rover talk directly with Earth

Researchers Control Surface Tension to Manipulate Liquid Metals

14.09.2015 | NCSU | news.ncsu.edu

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for controlling the surface tension of liquid metals by applying very low voltages, opening the door to a new generation of…

Researchers Control Surface Tension to Manipulate Liquid Metals

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Engineers create artificial skin that can send pressure sensation to brain cell

Weird material shrinks when warm

Making batteries with portobello mushrooms

RoboCab Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan

Ten years after their debut, autonomous trucks are finally hitting the roads

IBM’s Watson to teach robots social skills

Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects

Indian city of Cochin powers entire airport through solar

Bosch has groundbreaking battery technology for electric vehicles

Flexible Smart Sensors and the Future of Health

American Soldiers Test Battery-Powered Exoskeletons

Making 3D Objects Disappear

iRobot Brings Visual Mapping and Navigation to the Roomba 980

Super-antenna could let Mars rover talk directly with Earth

Researchers Control Surface Tension to Manipulate Liquid Metals