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2017
High-tech wound dressing glows if it has to go
Open wounds are something of a paradox – they need to be checked regularly, yet taking the dressing off too often just increases the risk of infection. That's why a group of Swiss researchers has developed a new "glowing" bandage that lets caregivers moni
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2017
Salto - a tiny wall jumping robot
Now a little robot from the University of California Berkeley is putting on a jumping clinic. Meet Salto, the bot that not only leaps four times higher than its height—higher than you could ever manage—but strings together multiple jumps and bo
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2017
3D Printed Heart That Beats Like a Real One
A working artificial heart has been 3D printed by researchers from ETH Zurich.
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2017
Two arms are better than one for disaster relief robot
Japanese researchers have built on last year's disaster relief excavator to create a remotely-operated construction prototype with two arms that can rotate 360 degrees around its central pod, giving it multitasking capabilities. The team has also develope
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2017
ThermoReal Technology Can Make You Feel Hot, Cold and Pain in Virtual Reality
For once, you can get pinched in the virtual world. These thermoelectric device can drastically heightened the realism by adding heat, chill and pain into VR/AR
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2017
Caterpillar backs bricklaying robot
The world is another step closer to a bricklaying robot that can build the framework of a house in less than three days. Caterpillar has invested US$2 million in Fastbrick Robotics, the Australian company behind the builder bot.
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2017
Three thumbs up to this 3D-printed prosthetic thumb
We've all had a moment where an extra pair of hands would have been incredibly useful, but who has ever wondered what they could do with just an extra thumb? London-based designer Danielle Clode not only wondered, but went on to bu
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2017
Industrial Exposure to our Bengaluru community at Caterpillar
Our community members were invited to showcase their project exclusively in Caterpillar's Innovation expo
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2017
Gesture-recognizing watch strap lets its wearer fly a drone
Although there are already systems that allow us to control devices via hand gestures, they typically either rely upon visual sensors such as cameras, or they utilize accelerometers and gyroscopes. Scientists from Swiss research center Empa, however, have
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2017
Augmented Reality vs. Virtual Reality: What’s the Difference?
You might find yourself wondering what the exact difference between augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)
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