Researchers reveal tip for riders of hoverboards
Engineering researchers have some simple advice for people learning to ride hoverboards: it's all in the ankles.
Aug 08, 2022
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Robotics
Virtual co-embodiment of a joint body with left and right limbs controlled by two persons
What factors influence the embodiment felt towards parts of our bodies controlled by others? Using a new "joint avatar" whose left and right limbs are controlled by two people simultaneously, researchers have revealed that ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Robots learn household tasks by watching humans
The robot watched as Shikhar Bahl opened the refrigerator door. It recorded his movements, the swing of the door, the location of the fridge and more, analyzing this data and readying itself to mimic what Bahl had done.
Jul 20, 2022
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Wearable device uses sonar to reconstruct facial expressions
Cornell researchers have developed a wearable earphone device—or "earable"—that bounces sound off the cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of a person's entire moving face, utilizing acoustic technology to ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Automotive
Extra 'eye' movements are the key to better self-driving cars
Andrea Benucci and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science has developed a way to create artificial neural networks that learn to recognize objects faster and more accurately. The study, recently published in the ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Using a semi-autonomous robot to understand the psychological connections between machine and user
Humans have long been known to sympathize with the machines or computer representations they operate. Whether driving a car or directing a video game avatar, people are more likely to identify with something that they feel ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
New 'fabric' converts motion into electricity
Scientists at NTU Singapore have developed a stretchable and waterproof "fabric" that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.
Jun 02, 2022
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Tracking sleep with a self-powering smart pillow
The human body needs sleep as much as it needs food and water. Yet many people fail to get enough, causing both mind and body to suffer. People who struggle for shut-eye could benefit from monitoring their sleep, but they ...
Jun 02, 2022
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Soft robotic origami crawlers
Materials scientists aim to develop biomimetic soft robotic crawlers including earthworm-like and inchworm-like crawlers to realize locomotion via in-plane and out-of-plane contractions for a variety of engineering applications. ...
Apr 13, 2022 feature
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Folding design leads to heart sensor with smaller profile
As advances in wearable devices push the amount of information they can provide consumers, sensors increasingly have to conform to the contours of the body. One approach applies the principles of kirigami to give sensors ...
Mar 29, 2022
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