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Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!
High on the "wow" factor! Of course, this is a military invention! Israel did it! There are more very interesting articles on this website."George Hunka, 26 March, 2009–A remarkable new invention from Tel aviv University –a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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124 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
Robotic fish to be released to test pollution in our water
Robot fish are set to be released into rivers, lakes and seas around the world as part of a three year project based in Spain, that will help scientists determine the level of pollution found in the water. The fish... Robotic suit augments farmer strength
" The suit, unveiled on Friday by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, is a prototype wearable assistance machine equipped with eight motors and 16 sensors. The 55-pound device is designed... Look Ma no Wires
" Intel Hopes to Bring Free Energy to Mobile Devices Agam Shah, IDG News Service Dec 5, 2008 4:00 pm"Now wireless Computing takes it a step further, just think you would not have to plug in your cell phone every night to ensure you don't miss that important call in the... Artificial heart ready for human trials by 2011
In a great scientific discovery which will benefit millions of people all over the world, Heart specialists have been able to create the artificial heart. The first entirely artificial heart should be ready for human trials 'within two and a half years'. The prosthetic...Body Scanning Technology Could Detect Terrorists
The US Department of Homeland Security is in the early stages of developing a body scanning technology which will detect hostile intent by examining a number of physical and physiological factors. Sensors and imagers will scan the entire body to measure body... Minnesota bridge opens a year after deadly collapse
A new I-35W bridge has opened in Minneapolis, 13 months after the last bridge collapsed into the Mississippi, killing 13 people and injuring 145. "Honking their horns and stirring up faint clouds of...
created by Rachel Nixon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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404 views | 20 recommendations | 5 comments
"Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes
Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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346 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
Japanese firm makes robot girlfriend for lonely men
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorApparently the lonely have a girlfriend and it is battery operated, much like battery operated boyfriends for the lonely gal. Friday nights will now be...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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580 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Penguin robot can interact with humans
"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces,... Robocarp: Mecha Fish to Track Oil Spills
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a new type of robotic fish which moves through the water as a real fish does: with fins. Such locomotion makes the mechafish more...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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401 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
Antarctic Robots: Don't Get Lost Out There
Like a human science team, this crowd of robots can not only split up a task list, but argue over who does what. No word on if they can grow beards, but I'd add that as a feature request.Aside from obvious...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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290 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Fingernail Touch Sensors
""My doctoral thesis research project was the development of "Fingernail Touch Sensors" for human-machine interaction. These sensors can detect touch forces at the human fingertip as well as changes in...$60M to shoot a satellite?
A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy satellite that had been malfunctioning 130 miles above the Earth. The price tag for the endeavor has been pegged at upward of $30 million and even as high as $60 million, depending on the news report.... Finger on Your Pulse: Microsoft Seeks New Spyware
Human Resources departments could be assessing workers based upon biometric measuring software developed by Microsoft, which brought us such bulletproof products as Vista... Integrity of development aside, this...
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