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Making Skin for Robots
Helping HandTakao Someya Group/University of TokyoLike it or not, the day is coming when we'll live side by side with humanoids. But although most modern robots can grip objects and avoid walls, they...
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Thinking Beyond the Windmill
River Dance: Man-made lily pads on the River Clyde harvest solar power in the day and glow at nightPhoto courtesy ZM ArchitectureLily Pads as Power OutletsSolar panels don't have to be eyesores. The...
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Using motion sensors, brain signals and a heap of creativity, several new technologies promise to do away with cramped typing fingers, videogame-fried eyes and hoarse phone voices. This past summer in...
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Finer Wine
Vintage VinoGrant V. Faint/Getty ImagesParticle accelerators and electronic tongues ensure that your rare wine is the real thingRobot SommelierIs your $30,000 bottle of Chateau Petrus Bordeaux truly a...
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The Quest to Read the Human Mind
The Mind ReaderCoherent ImagesIt's after dark on a warm Monday night in April, and I'm lying face-up in a 13-ton tube at the Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center at the University of California...
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Invention Awards: A Drug Pump That Delivers Perfect Dosages
Mini InfuserJohn B. CarnettCheck out today's featured Invention Award winner, the Mini Infuser, a disposable infusion drug pump that may one day replace today's often-unreliable IVs.Injecting hospital...
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