Did you know that you can create your own robotic hand? You only need a few parts, all of which are simple to find. All you need is to use servos, an Arduino microprocessor, a gyroscope and multiple bend sensors. Using a glove, you can control the robotic hand, as it does exactly what your hand does. This is because the glove contains the gyroscope and bend sensors. These sense the motion of the user's hand, and relay that information to the servos. The robotic arm can move in anyway a human arm...

Aero-X is an aerial all-terrain vehicle. It is a surface effect vehicle, similar to a hovercraft. Like a hovercraft it uses the benefit of the surface below it to provide lift, but unlike a hovercraft it does not rely on that surface for stability, so it is able to fly higher. Aero-X, a vehicle that makes low-altitude flight realistic and affordable. Flying up to 10 feet off the ground at 45 miles per hour, the Aero-X is unlike any vehicle you’ve seen. It’s a hovercraft that rides like a moto...

'Bluesmart' is more than a regular carry on bag. It allows users to track its location, digitally lock and unlock it, charge mobile devices and even weight it thanks to a built in digital scale. All this can be done through your smartphone. Bluesmart has a beautiful, stylish design and is made primarily from polycarbonate and anodized aluminum, two materials which offer high resistance to torsion guaranteeing its durability. This bag has some nice features such as proximity sensors, which not...

Anki DRIVE is a first-of-its-kind racing game that lets players use a mobile app to race real battle-equipped toy cars - alone or against friends. Powered by robotics, each car has the ability to steer and battle for itself. Part toy, part video game and all-out high speed family fun. Anki DRIVE is a battle-racing game your whole family can enjoy. The more you play the more powerful your cars become. To get started, roll out the track, pick your car, and download the free app to take control of ...

Google's new 'Liftware' stabilizing technology, utensil will shake an average of 70% less than your hand, so you can worry less about spilling and focus on enjoying your meal. The biggest challenge with People with  Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, or other motion disorders is that people cannot enjoy their meal as their hands shake,with the new technology, it cancels the motion and stabilizes the utensil like, spoon, fork... Liftware includes two parts: a stabilizing handle and a ut...

A thousand-robot swarm created by Harvard researchers can self-assemble into different shapes. Harvard roboticists created Kilobots which are small robots that are the size of a penny and traverse themselves by measuring the distance from each other to coordinate and form complex shapes. With the Kilobots, the algorithm that they use to create shapes are based on a similarly simple set of capabilities: Edge-following, where a robot can move along the edge of a group by measuring distances...

Researchers at MIT have developed  'inFORM' a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table’s surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, allowing for a strong sense of presence and the ability to interact physically at a distance. The latest invention, built by students from ...

Scientists developing fatigue detection system Scientists have been working on the development of a system able to measure a driver’s heartbeat and respiratory rate in order to prevent fatigue and sleepiness at the wheel. Researchers from the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV), Spain, Eesti Innovatsiooni Instituut and the University of Manchester, UK, have been collaborating on the HARKEN project, funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It embeds a n...

Google-backed life-extension company, Calico is working to tackling aging, one of life’s greatest mysteries. Calico (California Life Company) is a research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies to increase our understanding of the biology that controls lifespan. Calico will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives. Executing on this mission will require an unprecedented level of interdisciplinary ef...

DragonBot is a new robot platform from the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. Specifically designed to support long-term learning interactions between children and robots. DragonBot is a new platform built to support long-term interactions between children and robots. The robot runs entirely on an Android cell phone, which displays an animated virtual face. Additionally, the phone provides sensory input (camera and microphone) and fully controls the actuation of the robot (motors and...

Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that planets the size of Earth exist in the habitable zone of stars other than our sun. While planets have previously been found in the habitable zone, they are all at least 40 percent larger in size than Earth and unders...

Researchers, led by  scientist Prof Azim Surani , have for the first time used human embryonic stem cells to create primordial germ cells that give rise to egg and sperm. Although this had already been done using rodent stem cells, scientists at the University of Cambridge in UK and the Weizmann Institute in Israel are the first to achieve this feat using human stem cells. "The creation of primordial germ cells is one of the earliest events during early mammalian development," said Dr Naok...

Jon Sacker was near death, too sick for doctors to attempt the double lung transplant he so desperately needed. His only chance: An experimental machine that essentially works like dialysis for the lungs. The device, known as a Hemolung, unfortunately was not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and there were none in the United States where Sacker was being treated. It would take an overnight race into Canada to retrieve a Hemolung. Fortunately for him, he received the device. ...

The newest edition to the Bedol Water Alarm Clock. Squirt resembles a small splash of water. Perfect size for a college students desk. Just pop open the cap and fill Squirt with ordinary tap water! Features a daily or hourly alarm and easy to set 12 hour or 24 hour clock. Squirt Water Clock keeps perfect time without requiring batteries or electricity. The amazing Bedol Water Clock technology converts ions in the water into clean energy power. Built-in memory chip remembers time so you don’t ...

Most of the clocks we see on walls in offices and homes are either roundish or rectangle digital units. Rarely do you see a clock that is as interesting as the verTick at Yanko Design. The clock has sticks with numbers rather than a digital readout or hands. In the middle of the clock is an aluminum section with windows. The sticks move up and down on motors to put the right number in the windows to shows the time. The clock is 438mm high at its longest point.   At its smallest poi...

An iPad solar cover with up to an average 10 Days Use!!! The Kudo uses new photovoltaic ink technology, essentially a liquid solar panel, to convert indoor and outdoor light into usable energy.  It converts the light around it to continually charge the iPad with a constant trickle from its built in iPad solar charger. Everyone will see different results depending on usage and lighting conditions but the company found that the average user will go up to about 10 days before having to charge the...

A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable. The findings from Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering, were published today in the journal Nature Communications. While other sugar batteries ha...

5G is the next generation of mobile communication technology, it will need to offer far greater capacity and be faster, more energy-efficient and more cost-effective than anything that has gone before. The proliferation of smartphones is driving ever-increasing demand for mobile data – in fact some predict it will grow by a hundred times over the next decade – with much demand for video and other high-speed services. At the same time, we are just beginning to see the emergence of the In...

The DRC is a competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. It was designed to be extremely difficult. Participating teams, representing some of the most advanced robotics research and development organizations in the world, are collaborating and innovating on a very short timeline to develop the hardware, software, sensors, and human-machine control interfaces that will enable their robots to c...

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency released new footage of its AlphaDog, a technological marvel of emerging technology that could turn the tide of battle, or at least carry a lot of heavy gear for soldiers. Technically designated the Legged Squad Support System (L3), the AlphaDog can traverse rough terrain, plow through underbrush, follow soldiers in the field, act as a charging station for radios, and generally scare the hell out of any enemy soldier it comes across. Its original conc...

The Wave Glider represents an innovative approach to ocean persistent presence; it harnesses ocean wave energy to provide essentially limitless propulsion while solar panels continually replenish the batteries used to power the Wave Glider’s control electronics and payload systems. The Wave Glider vehicle is propelled by the purely mechanical conversion of ocean wave energy into forward thrust, independent of wave direction. Through extensive engineering trials and demonstrations, the Wave Glide...

NASA's Ironman-Like Exoskeleton Could Give Astronauts, Paraplegics Improved Mobility and Strength NASA's X1 robotic exoskeleton project is a latest robotic, space technology, spinoff derived from NASA's Robonaut 2 project, it may someday help astronauts stay healthier in space with the added benefit of assisting paraplegics in walking here on Earth. NASA and The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of Pensacola, Fla., with the help of engineers from Oceaneering Space Sy...

Computers are really cool and helpful, but when we're on the computer, we can't connect with each other;  computers can't really interact with humans. "So the challenge and opportunity that lies ahead is how to get the computers out of computing," said Mark Rolston, the chief creative officer at frog.  Essentially, Rolston wants to personalize the experience of interacting with a computer, but also give more flexibility to a "computer user." Rolston came up with an innovative technology to...

For the 2.2 million Americans battling glaucoma, the main course of action for staving off blindness involves weekly visits to eye specialists who monitor – and control – increasing pressure within the eye. Now, a tiny eye implant developed at Stanford could enable patients to take more frequent readings from the comfort of home. Daily or hourly measurements of eye pressure could help doctors tailor more effective treatment plans.Internal optic pressure (IOP) is the main risk factor associated w...

When babies are  born, they don't have enough body fat to keep their body warm. To these newborns, room temperature is extremely cold. This means that babies in developing nations that don't have access to ways to keep their children warm, leading to many harmful consequences. To help stop this  world wide problem, Embrace Global created the Embrace Warmer, a device that regulates the body temperature of recently born babies, keeping them alive in places that are still developing and would no...