Exoskeleton

Remember "clubbing"? You were young, slim, limber not a care in the world. You thought you could dance. If you couldn't, it didn't matter. Now look at you. Flailing flabby limbs swinging from a corpulent, jiggling mass. Disgusting. But San Francisco (where e…

Scientists at the IIT-Kanpur have ventured into the world’s first robotic hand for the rehabilitation of stroke patients and have finished their tests on it. The device is a two-finger robotic hand (exoskeleton) that uses a four-bar mechanism and has four de…

Published in July 2019 (Issue 110) | 8152 words © 2017 by Indrapramit Das. Originally published in Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted by permission of the author. Were recording. I was born in the sky, for war. This is what we were told.…

The rubber hand illusion is an impressive dinner party trick. It persuades an unwitting guest that a rubber hand on the table  is actually his or her own. For the victim, the illusion is rapid, dramatic, and convincingthe person feels the hand and experiences…

The "Medical Robotic System - Global Market Outlook (2017-2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Medical Robotic System market accounted for $6,078.31 million in 2017 and is expected to reach $33,652.34 million by 2026 grow…

A mind-controlling parasite turns ants into zombies, forcing them to climb to the tops of shrubs, bite down and die. Now, a new study finds that the fungus acts like a puppeteer, somehow "pulling" the ants' mouth muscles. The mind-controlling fungus breaks t…

Marine scientists have released a stunning video of a strange critter, the piglet squid, floating along with its tentacles waving above its head in the central Pacific Ocean near Palmyra Atoll. They spotted the squid about 4,544 feet (1,385 meters) below the…

We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Dr. Gildert with the alpha2 'Nadine' synth (Image Credit: Daniel Marquardt and Sanctuary AI 2019) There are now many types of robots and j…

Marine scientists have released a stunning video of a strange critter, the piglet squid, floating along with its tentacles waving above its head in the central Pacific Ocean near Palmyra Atoll. They spotted the squid about 4,544 feet (1,385 meters) below the…

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) They may well have been aliens from another planet for a French family visiting Everglades National Park: almost frighteningly huge bright orange and yellow grasshoppers all but taking over Anhinga Trail and other spots in …