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Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing (Video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 890 days ago
In the world of prosthetics, there’s really no such thing as “one size fits all.” Back when we discussed the [...]
Newly Discovered Sensory System in Skin May Reveal Secrets of Pain
Written by: Aaron Saenz 890 days ago
Advertisement: Learn More About Fibromyalgia And Chronic Pain Imagine a life without any physical pain. It exists, and it’s not [...]
Hitachi’s Desktop Electron Microscope – Soon Cheap Enough for Home Use?
Written by: Aaron Saenz 891 days ago
For those with the time and the money, there is a host of impressive professional-quality gadgets you can enjoy in [...]
Martin Ford Asks: Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse?
Written by: Aaron Saenz 891 days ago
Will the future be filled with cool technologies and endless opportunities or will our own creations lead to eventual doom? [...]
Robotic Arm Opens Doors for Wheelchairs (Video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 891 days ago
If good help is hard to find, consider building it instead. Opening doors isn’t any easy task for robots, they [...]
Dragon Dictation, Voice Recognition Comes to the iPhone for Free (Video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 891 days ago
Can’t afford a stenographer? Well now iPhone has an App for that. Nuance, the creators of the successful Dragon Naturally [...]
NIH Guides Nanomedicine Towards Killing Cancer
Written by: Aaron Saenz 892 days ago
There have been many proposed means of killing cancer cells: selective pathogens, irradiation, chemical corrosion of membranes…but my favorite has [...]
Roach Acts As Brain for Robot (Video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 895 days ago
I’m not a big fan of cockroaches, and that goes double for the giant hissing kind. So I find Garnet [...]
Light Used to Remotely Control Mouse Cells Like Robots
Written by: Aaron Saenz 895 days ago
Plants use light to tell them where to move and how to grow. What if animal cells could be directed [...]
Chinese Woman Surgically Modifies Fingerprints to Illegally Enter Japan
Written by: Aaron Saenz 895 days ago
When people really want to enter a country, they’ll try anything. Chinese national Lin Rong, 27, reportedly paid surgeons 100,000 [...]