The future of theater — Robots debut as actors
While we’ve all been to a play or two in our lifetime, chances are none of us have seen anything quite like what’s being done at the Seinedan Theater Company, where
Author: Jeffrey Bausch
Student develops Spiderman suit that tingles when villains get too close
Victor Mateevitsi, a student of the University of Illinois (Chicago), has created a remarkably intricate suit that provides the wearer with the same spider-like senses
According to UN, drone attacks in Afghanistan increased 72 percent in 2012
The UN released its annual report on armed conflict in Afghanistan this past week. Within the 85-page study were numbers indicating a significant uptick in drone-related
Temporary tattoo lets users control machines via telekinesis
Todd Coleman, electrical engineer, bioengineer, and the leader of the Neural Interactional Lab at the University of California (San Diego), has proposed the use of
Student builds electromagnetic harvester that can recharge AA battery
Dennis Siegel, a student at the University of the Arts (Germany), has developed a device called an electromagnetic harvester. Basically, it converts electromagnetic
New system improves accuracy of GPS technologies by 90 percent
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have created a new system that improves a GPS’s ability to determine a vehicle’s position by
How Microsoft Kinect could cut US healthcare bill by billions of dollars
Researchers have proposed that a Microsoft Kinect game controller could be used to cut the US healthcare bill by $30 billion. Specifically, they say that the device
Hobbyist combines Raspberry Pi with Siri to fully automate his home
Amazing demonstration of two technologies working
Exploding, soft-bodied robot can jump 30 times its own height
A DARPA-sponsored initiative to build soft-bodied robots has led to some pretty impressive breakthroughs in robotics research, ranging from being able to access
Fujifilm establishes new record in thermoelectric efficiency
Well-known photographic film maker Fujifilm used Nanotech 2013 as grounds to demonstrate a thermoelectric material so sensitive it can convert a temperature difference