RHex All-Terrain Robot Can Jump And Climb
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have spent the last 15 years developing a new robot that will be able to climb and jump, which could be used in goods transport or military activity by…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have spent the last 15 years developing a new robot that will be able to climb and jump, which could be used in goods transport or military activity by…
Some in the engineering and technology world are salivating over the economic opportunities presented by Elon Musk’s Hyperloop proposal. It is hard to imagine the Hyperloop without a significant amount of automated equipment and processes. As…
Scientists at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee have devised a new robotic steerable needle that can be used to remove blood clots from inoperable areas of the brain, which would relieve damage caused by the pressure…
Scaling Down Basic Memory Storage Units To 4 x 16 Nanometers Today’s computers store one bit on 1 million atoms; scientists at IBM Germany and the German Center for Free Electron Laser Science have developed…
New Zealander Ivan Sentch is building a replica of the 1961 Aston Martin DB4 using a $500 3D printer. Using Autodesk 3ds Max modeling software, Sentch is printing the car in 4″ x 4″ sections,…
Britain’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), in conjunction with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced a new £85 million grant system for “three key technologies” – Robotics and Autonomous systems, Advanced Materials…
The year 2013 has been one for the history books as regards Elon Musk, SpaceX and its new partners. In March SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft docked with the international space station, ferried to it by a…
A Nanotechnology Breakthrough Recent advances in practical applications of nanotechnology reveal an astounding truth: nanotechnology is here to stay and its application will transform every scientific field and industry it comes in contact with. When…
Creating a global smart grid is as simple as applying today’s 21st-century technologies to an electric grid that was created in the post-World War II decades and in some cases includes “ancient” technology from an…
Modern multi-channel implantable hearing devices were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1985 for adults and in 1990 for children. Since that time approximately 300,000 cochlear implants worldwide have been conducted…