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Logistics Complicate Puerto Rico's Electric Grid Recovery
The need to haul equipment and personnel by plane and barge has slowed efforts to restore the grid
Build an Illuminated Halloween Costume With the Wearable Gemma M0 Microcontroller
The Gemma board’s embedded Python lets you change your code on the fly
Clever Modular Robots Turn Legs Into Arms on Demand
Lots of legs is good, but slightly fewer legs plus a couple of arms can be more useful at times
Laser Weapons Not Yet Ready for Missile Defense
Prototype laser weapons can zap drones from the sky. But they won't protect the U.S. from North Korean nuclear missiles
Three Advances Make Magnetic Tape More Than a Memory
Sony and IBM keep tape storage running apace, with these key developments
Brain-Controlled Game Helps Kids With ADHD Improve Mental Focus
Study: startup NeuroPlus's games + an EEG-sensing headband = promising results for ADHD
Life-Size Humanoid Robot Is Designed to Fall Over (and Over and Over)
Why try to develop a humanoid robot that doesn't fall over when you can instead just develop an armored one that can fall over and get up again?
Learn the Basics of Power Amplifier and Front End Module Measurements
Download this white paper to learn the basics of testing RF PAs and FEMs via an interactive white paper with multiple how-to videos.
Sputnik at 60
Sixty years ago, this beeping metal sphere amazed the world, embarrassed the United States, and accelerated technological competition beyond all precedent
FirstNet Invites U.S. States to Sign Up for Public Safety Broadband Network
AT&T won a $7 billion contract to develop a broadband network that prioritizes traffic from first responders. Now, states must decide whether to opt in, or build their own service
Evaporative Power Has the Potential to Create Electricity for Large Parts of the U.S.
Harnessing the energy of rising water vapor can yield electricity, reduce water loss, and tackle renewables' intermittency issues
AI vs Doctors
Artificial intelligence is challenging doctors on their home turf. We’re keeping score
Review: 360fly 4K is a Simple, Rugged 360-Degree Camera for Your Next Adventure
A few interesting compromises make this unique 360-degree camera worth a look
Drone With Event Camera Takes First Autonomous Flight
Inspired by insect eyes, this camera helps drones move fast and reliably
Review: A New Exhibition Shows That Humanoid Robots Have Been Around Longer Than You Think
A robot exhibition at Britain’s Science Museum showcases automata from the 1500s to today
We're at IROS 2017 to Bring You the Most Exciting Robotics Research From Around the World
We'll try to attend over a hundred talks plus poster sessions and competitions and keynotes and plenaries and forums and the expo
Long-Lasting Qubits Share Vibrations to Stay Cool
With a new technique, a single qubit can remain coherent for roughly 10 minutes
Storing Light Waves as Sound for Energy-Saving Acoustic Memory
Data centers of the future could rely on photonic 'wires' instead of electronic interconnects
Video Friday: ANYmal Robot, Jibo Unboxing, and Anki Overdrive Fast & Furious
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Startup: LPPFusion Embraces Instability
Rather than fighting to control plasma, this startup’s device exploits instabilities to fuse atoms
Carbon Nanotube Thread Could Generate Electricity From The Bloodstream
Researchers have reported an idea to implant nanotube yarns that could draw electricity from flowing blood
For the First Time, Signal Transfer Between Molecules Has Been Achieved
Molecular computing reaches another milestone
Lidar-Equipped Autonomous Wheelchairs Roll Out in Singapore and Japan
No more waiting for an orderly to see you out, or an attendant to see you to your gate
Using VR to Diagnose Concussions
The new approach to concussion screening is spreading to colleges nationwide
Make the Web Better for Everyone
Corporations and governments must partner to fix a broken medium
Smartphone Heart Monitor Beats Doctors at Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation
The Kardia heart monitor from AliveCor did almost 4 times better than doctors providing standard care
The Language of the Dark Web
The Internet we browse is just the tip of the iceberg
Inception Drive: A Compact, Infinitely Variable Transmission for Robotics
A novel nested pulley configuration forms the heart of a transmission that could make robots safer and more energy efficient
Tiny Laser Device Predicts Cardiac Arrests
A laser-based device can predict when a heart will stop beating based on insufficient oxygen delivery
Zizmos Continues Its Quest to Create an IoT Earthquake-Warning Network
Earthquake-warning startup Zizmos has been surviving on contest prizes and reality TV opportunities. Next up, Kickstarter
A Bittersweet Milestone for the World’s Safest Nuclear Reactors
Westinghouse is poised to start up its first AP1000 nuclear reactors in China, fighting on in a troubled market
AI to Help Power Grids Resist Disruptions
A new project explores how artificial intelligence could help power grids anticipate and recover from natural disasters
Low-Power Devices Use Backscatter to Transmit Data Several Kilometers
A special modulation scheme and LoRa combine to boost backscatter for the Internet of Things
These Robots Can Merge and Split Their Brains to Form New Modular Bots
Researchers are developing splittable, mergeable nervous systems for truly modular robots
Stretchy, Waterproof Solar Cells to Power Wearables
A Japanese team develops a new solar cell that you can wash and wear
Starting a Robotics Company? Sell a Service, Not a Robot
Robot company founders and investors make a case for “Robots as a Service” at HAX demo day
Modeling of Electromechanical Sensors & Systems
In this webinar, PZFlex will explore and analyze some of the common pain-points, in complex device design and present pragmatic examples demonstrating how rapid FEA simulation can help engineers overcome challenges while minimizing time, risk and cost.
Off-Grid Electrification Financing Is Failing
Off-grid systems garner a piddling 1% of electricity investment in the African and Asian countries that need them most
Video Friday: SpaceX Rocket Mishaps, Robot Puppy, and Lean Robotics
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
How error-correction IP provides 20db improvements of time-interleaving spurious effects, in high-speed ADC systems
n this webinar, Teledyne SP Devices’ ADX time-interleaving ADC IP will be explained, detailing the use of a digital block for the post processing of the output from interleaved ADCs and how it can be used with any ADC.
After Equifax, What Will Credit or Identity Monitoring Really Do For You?
It may not help as much as you think
Google Has Spent Over $1.1 Billion on Self-Driving Tech
Court documents accidentally reveal costs for the company's self-driving car project between 2009 and 2015
Daimler Unveils First All-Electric Truck
The Fuso eCanter cost more to buy but less to operate, the Mitsubishi Fuso division asserts
Daimler Unveils First All-Electric Truck
The Fuso eCanter cost more to buy but less to operate, the Mitsubishi Fuso division asserts
Plasmonics Enables Sensing on Demand
Plasmonic nanostructures let infrared sensors turn themselves on and off
Plasmonics Enables Sensing on Demand
Plasmonic nanostructures let infrared sensors turn themselves on and off
Interview: Max Tegmark on Superintelligent AI, Cosmic Apocalypse, and Life 3.0
In his new book, Max Tegmark says the outcome of AI research--and of the universe--is in our hands
Interview: Max Tegmark on Superintelligent AI, Cosmic Apocalypse, and Life 3.0
In his new book, Max Tegmark says the outcome of AI research--and of the universe--is in our hands
EPFL's Collapsable Delivery Drone Protects Your Package With an Origami Cage
A protective origami shell that gets 92 percent smaller makes for a safe and portable delivery drone
EPFL's Collapsable Delivery Drone Protects Your Package With an Origami Cage
A protective origami shell that gets 92 percent smaller makes for a safe and portable delivery drone
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