Robotics
When it comes to soft, assistive devices—like the exosuit being designed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab—the wearer and the robot need to be in sync. But every human moves a bit differently and tailoring the robot's parameters ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers in China have developed a battery with organic compound electrodes that can function at -70 degrees Celsius—far colder than the temperature at which lithium-ion batteries lose most of their ability to conduct ...
Feb 28, 2018
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The new iKeyp Bolt smart home safe is the first of its kind to keep valuables locked up and controlled from anywhere.
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Computer Sciences
Powerful AI needs to be reliably aligned with human values. Does this mean that AI will eventually have to police those values? Cambridge philosophers Huw Price and Karina Vold consider the trade-off between safety and autonomy ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Layered oxides can form the basis of high-performance materials for battery electrodes. A KAUST team has developed a cheap and simple technique that creates this crucial element for rechargeable zinc-ion cells.
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Robotics
Every year thousands of carpenters injure their hands and fingers doing dangerous tasks such as sawing.
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Hi Tech & Innovation
BUF, one of the main visual effects companies behind Blade Runner 2049, sought the collaboration of Javier Alba-Tercedor, a Professor of Zoology at the University of Granada, to obtain scans of different species of beetles ...
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Engineering
Earlier this month a tantalizing thought from Boeing was presented, as "an aircraft that can fly more than five times the speed of sound, jetting across world in one to three hours. If Boeing has any say, it'll be a reality ...
