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NASA Awards R5 Valkyrie Robots to MIT and Northeastern
Robotics labs at MIT and Northeastern will both get their very own "superhero robot" on loan
Teaching Children to Talk, Not Text
Face time promotes empathy, curiosity, and learning
Three Alternative Fusion Projects That Are Making Progress
Physicists pin their hopes on new magnets and fast lasers
Can Energous Deliver on Wireless Power Promises?
Energous founder and CTO Michael Leabman answers (most of) our questions about their wireless charging technology
Iran Demonstrates New Humanoid Robot Surena III
University of Tehran researchers unveiled yesterday the latest generation of their adult-sized humanoid
Parrot Pitches BeBop 2 Drone As “Flying Image Processor”
The only moving parts are the propellers
Quantum Dots Made From Fool's Gold Could Lead to a New Generation of Batteries
Iron pyrite-based quantum dots enable Li-ion batteries to charge in seconds over repeated cycles
Getting Up Close and Personal With High-Voltage Electricity
This expert on ultrahigh-voltage systems has intimate access to the world’s most powerful places
Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program—Without a Computer Screen
If you think STEM education needs to happen in preschool, this would be the way to do it
Nuclear Waste Deep Storage Plans Approved
Finland issues first permit for long-term nuclear waste repository
Inside the Lab That Pushes Supergrid Circuit Breakers to the Limit
Tomorrow’s megavolt transmission lines need breakers that can withstand titanic forces
The Global Energy Risk of Growing More Protein
More crickets needed
Japan’s Plan to Speed Self-Driving Cars
Driverless cars for the Tokyo Olympics are part of a plan to boost the economy
Femtosecond Lasers Drive a New Generation of Network Vector Analyzers
Higher-resolution, lower-cost circuit and component analysis from ultrashort laser pulses
To See Deep Inside a Volcano, Use a Telescope Built for Quasars
New Cherenkov telescope for astrophysics could image Mt. Etna's innards
Robots, Robots, Everywhere (at San Francisco Startup Launches)
Robotic hands-free luggage, door-to door-delivery bots, and more
New Supercomputer Ranking Shows China Still on Top
The TOP500 ranking shows little change in the world's fastest supercomputers
Gourmet Coffee? High-Protein Insects? There’s a Desktop Gadget for That
The world is probably ready for a temperature adjustable, precise, coffee pot that learns. But is it ready for a desktop edible insect farm?
Molybdenum Dilsufide Outperforms Graphene in Water Desalination
MoS2 would filter 70 percent more water than graphene, because of its peculiar chemistry
Flexible Optogenetics Implants Hack the Sense of Pain
Squishy optoelectronics should make longer-lasting implants
Video Friday: Shape-Changing Interface, Robot Pro-Wrestling, and 3D-Printed Humanoid
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Remembering Gene Amdahl
Gene Amdahl, who died yesterday, started companies because “people’s needs aren’t all technical”
Better Brain-Reading Software Compensates for Squishy Brains and Vacuum Cleaner Noise
Really, those are serious problems.
Shocking Trick To Desalinate Seawater
An electrically driven shockwave can push the salt out of brackish water; uses much less energy than other methods
Graphene Coating Protects Nanowires for Displays
Protection from UV radiation could be the recipe for nanowires making it into a wide range of electronic products
How to Design a Robot You Can Swallow
Vanderbilt researchers launch open-source platform for make-your-own ingestible capsule robots
High Magnetic Fields Can't Stop These Superconducting Transistors
Discovery could lead to more robust quantum computers
Sculpted Bone Healing, Active Leg Compression, and More from Health Device Startups
Latest launches from hardware accelerators go beyond measurement of health and fitness to intervention
Experts Still Think uBeam’s Through-the-Air Charging Tech Is Unlikely
The ultrasound phone-charging company has backed off some awe-inducing claims as the cold reality of physics sets in
Vizio Smart TVs Snitch on Viewing Habits to Advertisers
Your Vizio smart TV tracks viewing habits by default so that advertisers can target you elsewhere
Alpha 2, a Humanoid Robot With Social Skills, Is Now on Indiegogo
UBTECH Robotics has big plans for this small and affordable robot
Putting California Wind Power Out to Sea
Proposals for floating wind farms such as Trident Winds' California project no longer sound like science fiction
Nanoscale Fasteners Strengthen Cost-Effective Membranes in Fuel Cells
Mechanical connection between membrane and electrodes offers fuel cells that are less expensive, more efficient, and easier to manufacture
The Best Robots at IROS 2015
Meet six of the most interesting robots from the 2015 IROS expo hall
Cars Talk to Cars on the Autobahn
Quick-as-lightning communications will let cars share highway info
Finally, the Jetpack We've Always Wanted
Jetpack Aviation's JB-9 is a compact, high-performance jet turbine backpack that can fly for a solid 10 minutes
Paris Climate Talks Facing Growing Carbon Emissions and Credibility Gaps
Pledged carbon emissions fall well short of what's needed to hold global warming to 2 degrees Celsius this century. Emissions denial could ultimately turn up the heat even more
Most Tech Professionals Are Happy Campers, Survey Says
But money could make them walk, and work-life balance could be better
Can Another Bushnell Revolutionize the Way We Play?
With $6.5 million of new investment, Two Bit Circus hopes to turn its STEAM Carnival into an entertainment empire
Disney Software Makes It Easy to Design and Print Custom Walking Robots
In minutes, you (yes, even you) can design a complex, customized walking robot
Can uBeam's Through-the-Air Phone Charging System Live Up to the Hype?
The company has backed off major awe-inducing claims as the cold reality of physical limits sets in
Researchers Achieve Long-Distance Teleportation and Quantum Entanglement With Twisted Photons
Two quantum leaps in quantum communication
Oculus Co-founder Jack McCauley’s Next Challenge: The Perfect Head-Tracker for VR
“I’m going to use a couple of MEMS mirrors and a laser,” he says
Large-Scale Solar and Repurposed EV Batteries to Play Large Role in California's Renewable Energy Future
In October, California passed a bill requiring the state to get half of its electricity from renewables by 2030
Hydrogen Treatment of Graphene Makes for Super Li-ion Batteries
Hydrogen improved both the the transport and storage capacity of lithium in graphene-based electrodes
Graphene Paper Transforms Into Tiny Origami Robots
Tiny graphene devices capable of folding in response to laser light could inspire future microrobots
Video Friday: Breakfast Robot, Programmable Matter, and Exploding Ping Pong Balls
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Toyota Invests $1 Billion in AI and Robots, Will Open R&D Lab in Silicon Valley
The Japanese automaker is establishing a Silicon Valley company and hiring hundreds of engineers to advance AI for cars and robots
Move Data by "Singing" to It
Researchers replace electricity and magnetism with surface acoustic waves to move data quickly and efficiently
Electron Map May Show the Way Toward High-Temp Superconductivity
3-D arrangement of electrons was unexpected
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