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Biotech and 3-D Printing Could Make Rhino Poaching Pointless
Pembient’s founders hope to destroy the illegal trade in Rhino horn and make “essence of rhino” products popular
Robotic Tools Understand What You Want to Do, Help You Do It
An intelligent, collaborative robotic arm knows how to complete tasks that you may not
Graphene Shines in World's Thinnest Light Bulb
First on-chip visible light source that uses graphene could lead to photonic circuits
Video Friday: PR2 With Nailgun, Snake Bot Tango, and Robot vs Sword Master
Get caught up with non-ICRA, non-DRC videos. We promise!
Bots Do Ballet in Brooklyn, and the Crowd Goes Wild
Seven Nao robots steal the spotlight in a modern dance performance
Hackers Invade Hospital Networks Through Insecure Medical Equipment
Oh no, not again! “Medjacks” demonstrate that medical devices are the soft underbelly of medical networks, according to a TrapX study
Novel Nanomaterial Makes Carbon Dioxide Sensors Portable
A new operating principle brings CO2 sensors to a range of new applications
DARPA Robotics Challenge: Amazing Moments, Lessons Learned, and What's Next
With the DRC over, here's what we learned, and what we have to look forward to
Mercedes-Benz E Class Will Out-Robot Top-of-the-Line S Class
Problem is, car prices increasingly reflect their tech content, which doesn't age gracefully
Injectable Electronics Give Neurology a Shot to the Brain
Nanowire meshes can be placed into the brain through a needle
Implant Fights Stroke, Tinnitus by Retraining the Brain
Microtransponder’s vagus nerve stimulator uses precisely-timed jolts to help stroke victims relearn movements more quickly
The Forgotten History of How Bird Poop Cripples Power Lines
Excreting eagles nearly made a failure out of the most technologically advanced power line of its time. Animal incursions are still a problem, but there's a standard for that
An Autonomous Camera Picks Its Shots
Do you want a camera deciding when to film you and your family?
5 Materials Innovations for New Medical Devices
Organic electrochemical transistors, implantable ion pumps, and more
Is Google Angling to Corner the Auto Insurance Market?
Already a leader in the race to put self-driving cars on the world's roads, it may ultimately use that position to push today's auto insurance carriers out of the market
Powered Prosthetic Legs Work Better by Tracking EMG
Researchers improve powered prosthetic legs with algorithms that respond to muscles' electric signals
Quantum Dots Enable Next Generation of LED Lighting Systems
Researchers in Japan fabricate a hybrid inorganic/organic LED that produces white-blue electroluminescence using quantum dots
Senegalese-American Chart-topper Looks to Light Up Africa
The wildly popular singer Akon is establishing an academy to teach Africans how to build and maintain grid-free power networks
Robo-Trucks Come to Canada's Oil Sands
Humongous haulers handle themselves far from traffic and pedestrians
How South Korea's DRC-HUBO Robot Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge
This transformer robot took first place because it was fast, adaptable, and didn't fall down
Fraunhofer Optics Could Make Augmented Reality Specs Thinner
But will a waveguide look good on you?
Law Loosens an Efficiency Standard But Boosts Grid Stability
Legislation that went into effect last month allows some low-efficiency water heaters to be sold—for good reason
Is Drone Racing the Next Consumer Fad? Game of Drones Hopes So
Game of Drones wants to move drones out of the hands of hobbyists into the mass market with a hard-to-destroy, easy-to-fly racing drone
Team KAIST Wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
It was a nail-biting final round as Team KAIST completed a perfect run with the fastest time, winning the $2 million grand prize
DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: What We Learned on Day 1
Everything we were amazed by on the first day of the competition
DARPA Robotics Challenge: A Compilation of Robots Falling Down
Gravity is a bad thing for robots
DRC Finals: CMU’s CHIMP Gets Up After Fall, Shows How Awesome Robots Can Be
The most amazing run we saw all day came from CHIMP, which was the only robot to fall and get up again
With $31.5 Million in New Funds, Nantero Keeps Up the Good Fight
A fifth round of funding keeps the hope alive that carbon-nanotube memory can play David to the market Goliaths
The Reality Behind “Halt and Catch Fire”
Paul Carroll talks about the TV show’s technological background
8 Must-Have Implants for the Cyborg Patient
Next-gen medical devices include artificial hearts, neurostimulators to restore vision, and chips to dispense birth control
How to Watch the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Online
Not in Pomona? No problem. Here's how to watch a live stream of the competition
DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Rules and Course
Everything you need to know about the DRC Finals course
Do You Really Need a Smart Watch? Or Just a Smart Watch Back?
Chronos thinks people who love their “dumb” watches will love this smart watch back
Graphene Coating Could Save Millions in Power Plant Energy Costs
Hydrophobic graphene coating improves the rate of condensation heat transfer by a factor of four
Tech Talks with Max: Transportation
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Cheap Lidar for Automatic Braking
Osram joins the race to enable inexpensive cars to meet future safety standards
Welcome to the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
We're at the DRC Finals in Pomona, and here's your first look at the course
DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Know Your Robots
All 25 robots in a single handy poster-size image
Hardware Startups Take on Lupus, Asthma, Infertility, Night Terrors
Health and wellness startups dominate Highway 1’s latest class, launched in former grow-house
WALK-MAN Team Built Brand New, Highly Custom Robot for DRC Finals
The Italian team describes their highly customized humanoid
StoreDot Wants to Charge Your EV in 5 Minutes
Two-minute smartphone charging in 2016, prototype five-minute EV charging in 2017
Pre-DRC Finals Video Post: What to Expect from the World's Most Sophisticated Robots
We'll take you through the current state of the DRC robots just before the competition starts
VIDEO: Miniature Robots Perform Surgery
These tiny, starfish-like microrobots are designed to perform biopsies inside the human colon
Lockheed Martin's Team TROOPER Sets Expectations for DRC Finals
We visit Team TROOPER at Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories to see how ready they are for the DRC Finals
Fail: Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems for Medical Imaging
Computer programs that aim to help physicians make clinical decisions fail most of the time, says study
Graphene Heating System Dramatically Reduces Home Energy Costs
Graphene-based heating system promises 70-percent reduction in home heating costs
Soft Actuators Go From Squishy to Stiff (and Back Again)
Jamming layers give a soft actuator adjustable stiffness
Green Microchips Created on Cellulose Nanofibril Paper
Will these wood chips make cell phones and computers more environmentally friendly?
Stuxnet-Style Virus Failed to Infiltrate North Korea's Nuclear Program
A cousin of the Stuxnet virus that crippled Iran's nuclear program failed to do the same to North Korea, Reuters reports
NanoMRI Gets Real
Imaging of individual cells reduced from a couple of weeks to a couple of days
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