Robotic arm was controlled by monkeys

In their attempt of realizing a fully operable robotic arm to replace the lost limb of amputees, Dr Andrew Schwartz researcher at the Pittsburgh School University of Medicine trained two monkeys to control a robotic arm. In order for the monkeys to complete this task a small probe less than a mil ...

New material could change the world of electronic

According to an Australian researcher, there is a new material which could revolutionize the world of electronics. The reason that this material is so special is the unusual movement of its electrons. The electrons of a normal semiconductor will move in the same way as the electric current when ...

Soft Body Robots

The technology regarding robotics have been developed very much in latest years and in the same time their aspect. Referring at the aspect part, has been created a new model of covering - "soft body", based on biometric technology, that will have under it's synthetic skin a silicon layer controll ...

GPS 3000

The new GPS3000, is a portable GPS multimedia device, with many features. Does not require any internet connection. Does not require software installation and doesn't affect the car infrastructure. The operations are made on a 3.5 inch TFT display with 65535 colors - touchscreen. For storin ...

Researchers create super-sensitive robotic hand

It looks like the ability to grab a can of beans wasn't enough to satisfy those mad scientists at the University of Southampton, who promptly went back to work in the lab to create an even more dexterous and sensitive robotic hand, one that will let its human controller (or eventual autonomous robot ...

Hitachi introduce DZHS500A hybrid DVD / hard drive camcorder

Hitachi's apparently working on a hybrid DVD / hard drive camcorder that not only records video to DVD and your drive (and even SD), but also records video to DVD from that very same internal drive, making burning DVD videos a PC-less process. ...

VR920 headset

It looks a lot like Icuiti's current model AV230 headset from what we can tell, but this latest version, the VR920 (not to be confused with their DV920), has not only the head tracking and audio of its successor, but apparently adds microphone input as well. The sound you just heard was a hundred ...