Artificial skin can't dodge the human touchOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - Artificial skin covering prosthetics and humanoid robots might resemble real skin to the 'T', but when touched the difference is apparent. John-John Cabibihan at the National University of Singapore and colleagues from Italy, Norway and France, have found that fake skin responds very differently to being touched.
Scientists create 'artificial ionosphere' using radio wavesOctober 4th, 2009 LONDON - An experiment that fires powerful radio waves into the sky has created a patch of 'artificial ionosphere', mimicking the uppermost portion of Earth's atmosphere. According to a report in Nature News, the experiment is called the 'High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program' (HAARP), near Gakona, Alaska.
Robot that mimics humans from the inside outSeptember 17th, 2009 LONDON - Boffins have developed an amazing skeleton robot that moves just like humans. The creation is known as an "anthropomimetic robot".
Scientists develop robotic hand that 'restores sense of touch'September 10th, 2009 LONDON - The first robotic hand to give amputees a sense of touch has been created by Swedish scientists. When pressed against an object the 40 sensors in the Smarthand get activated.
Robots designed using human anatomy may soon move like we doAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - A group of researchers from five European countries are designing a robot using human anatomy as a blueprint. The Eccerobot project has been designed to duplicate the way human bones, muscles and tendons work and are linked together.
'Artificial leaf' that may help generate clean power on the anvilAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers at Imperial College London are trying to imitate the process of photosynthesis by making an 'artificial leaf' to produce clean power. Photosynthesis, the process where plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar, is the most effective solar energy conversion process on Earth.
Mysterious Mars "monolith" is just a broken boulderAugust 5th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have solved the mystery of the rocky Mars "monolith" that resembled the black monolith from Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", and have determined that it is just a broken boulder. When a high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the monolith last July, speculation was rife that it appeared to show evidence there was once life on the Red Planet.
Scientists secretly fear AI robot-machines may soon outsmart menAugust 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A robot that can open doors. Computer viruses that no one can stop.
Are artificial human sperm actually identical to natural kind?July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists are calling for more tests to ensure that artificial sperm created by some British researchers are identical to their natural counterpart, saying that further proof may make them a valuable tool to understand male infertility. Karim Nayernia and his colleagues at the University of Newcastle recently treated male embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a range of substances, which converted them first into germline stem cells, and finally into spermatogonial stem cells.
Artificial nerve cells come closer to realityJuly 8th, 2009 LONDON - Taking a step closer towards the creation of artificial nerve cells, scientists have now found that neurotransmitters can be used to communicate between the nerve cells in the body. Just like cochlear implants and electrodes, current methods to stimulate nerve signals in the nervous system are based on electrical stimulation.
Researchers edge closer to optical computerJuly 4th, 2009 LONDON - An optical transistor, successfully crafted from a single molecule, brings researchers a step closer to an optical computer, which would be much faster and more powerful than existing counterparts. Existing central processing units (CPUs) limit the performance of computers, for example, because they produce an enormous amount of heat.
Artificial ovary 'turns immature human egg into mature one'May 8th, 2009 LONDON - An artificial ovary grown in lab by researchers at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, has been able to turn an immature egg into one that is ready to be fertilised. Lead researchers Sandra Carson and Stephan Krotz had created the artificial ovary using slivers of ovarian tissue.
Scientists edging closer to 'artificial noses'April 24th, 2009 LONDON - Tracking something as elusive as a single molecule has been made possible by minute strings that resonate in characteristic fashion. If a molecule docks onto one of the strings, then it becomes heavier, and its oscillations become measurably slower.
Soon, robots could have muscles stronger than steelMarch 20th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have created a new material that is stronger than steel and stiffer than diamond, weighs little more than its volume in air, and could be the perfect artificial muscle for robots. According to a report in New Scientist, scientists at the University of Texas, Dallas, US, developed the material.
Britney Spears quits Los Angeles home for quiet lifeJanuary 13th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Britney Spears has quit her Los Angeles home and is all set to move into a sprawling new mansion to escape the paparazzi and her troubled past. The singer has bought a $8.9 million house in a gated community in the Calabasas area of California and is currently transferring all her belongings to her new abode, reports contactmusic.com.
Loading ...