Segway creator’s advanced prosthetic arm arrives in late 2016
The bionic wearable is all about offering the life-like dexterity that hasn’t really been an option until now: you can hold a glass over your head without spilling it, for example, and the hand’s mix...
View Articlechatbot has saved people millions in parking tickets
An “automated lawyer” chatbot service has successfully challenged and overturned more than $2.5m in parking tickets in New York and London, according to its inventor. The Do Not Pay service...
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The new way to pay: Contactless fingernails
Forget Apple Pay, the cool new way to get around on London’s Underground is to tap your contactless fingernails. Fantastic – the end of card clash and a whole world of new applications could be just...
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A Brain Prosthetic To Improve Memory
A startup named Kernel came out of stealth mode yesterday and revealed its ambitious mission: to develop a ready-for-the-clinic brain prosthetic to help people with memory problems. The broad target...
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MagicShifter 3000
The MagicShifter 3000 is an open source hardware gadget for RGB lighting, gaming and POV (persistence of vision) applications. By combining its accelerometer with 16 bright RGB LEDs you can draw images...
View ArticleNewly unveiled DJI Mavic Pro foldable drone
Like the Karma, the Mavic is foldable, and when compressed it’s “practically the size of a water bottle”, DJI says. It boasts a camera that can shoot 4K video at 30fps, 1080p footage at 96fps, and...
View ArticleDisney created this hopping robot that looks just like Tigger
Bipedal robots, such as Boston Dynamics’ Atlas may be able to balance on one leg, but Disney Research has gone one better and built a one-legged hopping robot. This unidexter automaton isn’t the first...
View ArticlePanasonic’s new technology transmits data by human touch
Panasonic has developed a new data transmission system in Japan. The new device can exchange information over a human touch. A prototype of a human body was created which communicated with the device...
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Microsoft and Liebherr are collaborating on an upcoming line of smart fridges
To help refrigerator manufacturer Liebherr improve upon its SmartDeviceBox, tech giant Microsoft has announced plans to partner with the appliance company on upcoming releases. A communication module...
View ArticleRadarCat gives computers a sense of touch
With the help of a new system from Scotland’s University of St Andrews, a computer or smartphone may soon be able to tell the difference between an apple and an orange, or an empty glass and a full...
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