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2016
Optical tech gives prosthesis a more human-like sense of touch
The prototype made use of a combination of LEDs and photosensors incorporated in bendable tubes (known as elastomeric optical waveguides) and used as detectors of curvature, elongation, and force.
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2016
Hello Waymo: Google spins off self-driving car project into new company
The new moniker of Waymo apparently stands for "a new way forward in mobility," and to that end, the company's mission is to start commercialize autonomous vehicles, and build products for the general public.
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2016
Internet of Things: What makes it the technology of the future?
IoT, which is an abbreviation for Internet of Things, is the holy grail that everyone from the tech industry has been chasing after.
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2016
Thinking inside the box: Machine makes boxes based on contents
The user starts by measuring the length, width and height of the item, and entering that information on a free iOS/Android app on their smartphone or tablet. The app then creates a computer model of the box needed.
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2016
BMW concept touches on holographic interiors
The HoloActive Touch interior draws together elements of the gesture control, touchscreen and head-up display systems currently serving in production and concept BMWs.
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2016
Multi-material 3D printer squirts out homemade electronic circuits
Next Dynamics has developed a proprietary print head it calls "DigiJet", which works like a 3D version of the tried-and-true inkjet printing.
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2016
New telescope chip could help spy on alien worlds
This chip is an interferometer that adds equal but opposite light waves from a host sun, which cancels out the light from the (exoplanet's) sun, allowing the much weaker planet light to be seen.
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2016
Science Behind Things: Electric Motors
This ubiquitous little invention, as it would have been referred to back when it was invented, is a technological marvel that changed the course of Human Civilization and propelled us towards the path of the information age.
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2016
Spring-heeled hopper performs robotic parkour
A new robot built at UC Berkeley is out to prove that size doesn't matter when it comes to leaping into the air.
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2016
That's My Bot: Siddharth Venkatesan
Let's catch up with Siddharth who's built a wall detector robot !
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