Lincoln Laboratory lends a 3-D-printed hand
Cyborg beast, phoenix, talon — although these names seem fitting for superhero characters, they are actually names for devices that make people feel like superheroes. These devices are 3-D-printed...
View ArticleSan Francisco Lowe's stores to get robot workers this fall
Shoppers at San Francisco area Lowe's stores are about to encounter a new kind of customer service worker: The LoweBot. Sound familiar? It might: Lowe's Innovation Labs first showed off an autonomous...
View ArticleAnthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins
In Brief The Anthrobotics Cluster seeks to start conversations (and answer questions) regarding some of the biggest topics in AI research. Here, Luis de Miranda, one of the founders, discusses...
View Article'Mr. Robot' uses a Pwn Phone, the work of one Boston-based startup
Mr. Robot didn't have to imagine a new device for last week's episode. The phone used to tap into a certain Dark Army's conversation is a product from Pwnie Express, a Boston-based startup focused on...
View ArticleRobotics Can Get Girls Into STEM, but Some Still Need Convincing
When her high school in Grosse Ile, Michigan, started a co-ed robotics team dubbed The Wired Devils, Maya Pandya thought she’d give it a try. The 17-year-old already excelled in math and science, and...
View ArticleABB Robotics
Find out why Loading... Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 28, 2008Robots have been proven...
View ArticleThe Robot Surgeon of Your Nightmares Can Wiggle Its Way Inside You
Form and functionThe Flex Robotic System is equipped with a high-definition camera and can bend to conform to a patient’s anatomy, allowing a surgeon to guide instruments through the patient’s body....
View ArticleDanica Kragic, the Face of Rodebjer’s New Campaign, Might Be the First...
Sweaters in June, caftans in February? Customers, and designers, are saying it’s time for a reset. The best way to go about that remains anyone’s guess, but in the space of three days during Stockholm...
View ArticleThe Head of CMU's Robotics Lab Says Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Not Even Close’
Uber doesn’t play nice with whoever or whatever stands in its way. But the notoriously cut-throat ridesharing company surprised even its own critics when it partnered with one of the most advanced...
View ArticleProcess for 3D bone printing discovered at Trinity
Scientists in Ireland have developed a process to make new bones using 3D bioprinting technology. The development could lead to new methods for large and complex defects in bones to be repaired -...
View ArticleWhat are synthetic biologists doing to plants, and what are plants doing to...
What are synthetic biologists doing to plants, and what are plants doing to synthetic biology? This question frames a series of laboratory observations that I am pursuing across the UK as part of the...
View ArticleNanomaterial Offers First Fabric That Can Keep Us Cool
The use of nanomaterials in textiles is one of the earliest commercial applications of nanotechnology. Nanomaterials have given us stain-resistant fabrics and enabled a range of wearable electronics....
View ArticleWhy We Need Moonshot Thinking in High School Education
0 Take a moment and think back to when you were in kindergarten. Activities like capturing tadpoles, making birdfeeders, and building forts filled school days with wonder and excitement. Now...
View ArticleLike Video Games, Your Brain Has a Physics Engine That Simulates the World
0 Picture this: you’re standing in front of a pile of glistening avocados at a grocery store. You snatch one up, put it in your cart, and wheel off dreaming of nachos and guacamole — a completely...
View ArticleNo Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data
The Saildrone’s carbon fiber sail acts like an aircraft wing. When air passes over it, thrust is created. The sail is stabilized by a counterweight that is placed in front of it and a tab trailing...
View ArticleYou could own this dilapidated 1960s NASA robot
The Power-Driven Articulated Dummy is a strange aside in NASA's space race story, and now you can own it. The space suit testing robot is going up for grabs as part of RR Auctions' Remarkable Rarities...
View ArticlePhilae found!
Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The images were taken on 2...
View ArticlePhilae found!
Posted on 05/09/2016 by emily Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet...
View ArticleEquip your genius ®
Parallax Insider News How do I use this stuff? Our new STEM/Robotics Educator Matt Matz can help you equip your classroom of geniuses. Robotics with the BOE Shield for Arduino Tutorials...
View ArticleUniversity research 'must widen impact'
University research should have more impact with the wider public, says a review of how billions of pounds of UK research funding is awarded. Economist Lord Nicholas Stern has published a review of how...
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