Step to artificial hand that feels what you touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not quite the bionics of science fiction, but European researchers have created a robotic hand that gave an amputee a sense...
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Scientists Solve Mystery of Flying Snakes
A new study sheds light on how flying snakes are capable of gliding in the air. This discovery can possibly help in the improvement of...
Humans controlled fire at least 300,000 years ago, new study says
Archeologists know that early humans discovered fire over a million years ago, but when they learned to control it–to use it for cooking and for...
Europe launches RoboEarth: ‘Wikipedia for Robots’
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Let the robot race begin. Expectations are high for RoboEarth, a new European-funded system to speed the development of human-serving robots....
Australian scientists microchip bees to map movements, halt diseases
(Reuters) – Australian scientists are gluing tiny sensors onto thousands of honey bees to track their movements in a trial aimed at halting the spread...
Over a thousand candidates shortlisted for life on Mars
(Reuters) – A mission to put humans on Mars that drew 200,000 applicants has selected more than a thousand candidates who will now be tested...
Obama agrees to 4-year extension for International Space Station
(Reuters) – The Obama administration wants to keep the International Space Station, a $100 billion orbital research outpost that is a project of 15 nations,...
Astonishing video shows scientists making objects LEVITATE using sound waves
Japanese researchers have developed a method of making small objects float and move around in mid-air using sound. Japanese scientists have found a way to...
New MIT technology allows 3D image interaction
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to allow people in one place to interact with three-dimensional...
World’s first ARTIFICIAL heart transplanted into patient
The heart weighs 2lb – three times the weight of a real heart – and contains bovine tissue and sensors that adapt the blood flow....