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Source: technorati.com --- 21 days ago
Tiny Robotic Hand has the gentlest touch Computer-controlled tweezers have a rudimentary sense of touch that helps them grasp delicate objects such as living cells Breaking News - 17 April 2008 ... Source: blog.wired.com --- 1 day ago
What makes a Hand so versatile? Fingers come to mind first -- but as designers of robot arms have learned, said neurobotics pioneer Yoky Matsuoka, the Hand is just as much about the palm. Specifically, the palm's flexibility -- a quality I'd never even considered until she mentioned it and I tried to use my Hand while keeping my palm stiff.Inflexible palms were a downfall of early attempts at mechanically mimicking our hands, said Matsuoka during her talk at the New Yorker Stories From the Near Future conference. She recently designed the Anatomically Correct Testbed Robotic Hand, pictured above -- as close in form and function to a real Hand as scientists have yet come. While she talked, I thought of the Cheetah legs used by would-be Olympian Oscar Pistorius. Unlike Matsuoka's Hand, these seem less like an attempted duplication and more like an intended improvement on nature's original design. Is that the case? I'm going to try and ask Matsuoka -- but in the meantime, if any WiSci readers know, comment away. See Also: Blade Runner Amputee Sprinter Denied Olympic Entry Measuring the Athletic (Dis)advantages of Artificial Limbs The World's Most Powerful Ankle Any Sufficiently Advanced Neurotechnology Is Indistinguishable ... 23 and Me: Certain About Uncertainty Climate Scientists Put Their Money Where Their Models Are Could Green Mayor Win Golden State Governorship? WiSci 2.0: Brandon Keim's Twitter and Del.icio.us feeds; Wired S ...
Source: www.newscientist.com --- 35 days ago
For the visually impaired or blind, learning to sign your name can be difficult, but a new "haptic" pen could help by providing physical feedback and sound ... Source: archive.gulfnews.com --- 21 days ago
A Japanese company is developing a Robotic suit that could help people with diseases such as muscular dystrophy move their limbs again, local media reported. ... Source: www.teleread.org --- 7 days ago
By DAVID FAUCHEUX From the New Scientist news service , April 4, 2008... " The 'McSig,' a forced-feedback pen, has been developed by University of Glasgow researchers to help blind and visually impaired children write clearly and consistently by gently guiding their Hand. In addition to haptic feedback, the system offers audio cues, with stereo sound panning to the left and right as the pen moved horizontally..." Could this help blind students learn shapes kinesthetically? IMAGINE That! ... Source: seekerblog.com --- 35 days ago
This Georgia Tech robot looks like an idea that will work in the real world - at least on flat floors. Laser pointers work well for communicating to a helper monkey. Applied to a Robotic helper the technique can eliminate the need for a static spatial map of the environment. A new robot from Georgia Tech [...] ... Source: gadgetbay.blogspot.com --- 27 days ago
Not sure why many of my friends now are crazy to build their first robot Hand. Where they got an idea to build that? All I know they even don't have any knowledge to build it. Then I asked them... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... Source: itsinthegame.ea.com --- 5 days ago
As you may have heard by now, we tonight announced Brett Favre as our cover athlete for Madden NFL 09 . Brett unveiled the new packaging on The Late Show with David Letterman, and I was proud to be present at the taping to see the announcement first Hand. It is with great pride that we take the bold step of featuring a retired player on the front of packaging, an honor normally reserved for a player at the peak of his game. I say with great pride, because some may question the marketing strategy behind this (and many at EA did just that, quite frankly). I don't for one minute. In this, the 20th year of this storied game franchise, as far as I was concerned there was only one choice. As we look back over the past couple of decades in the NFL, Brett stands out to me personally as a beacon for everything that made me a huge fan of this great game from almost the moment I arrived from the UK in the early eighties (and became a fan of the LA Rams, with Vince Ferragamo at QB, but that’s a story for another posting…). Forget all of his record-breaking stats – it was his approach to every game he played, his leadership and spirit on the field, his “gun-slinger” style in an era of Robotic QB’s, and most of all the way he wore his heart on his sleeve for us all to see. I can’t forget the Monday night game versus the Raiders the night after his father unexpectedly died, when he threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns. Unless you were wea ...
Source: pspupdates.qj.net --- 30 days ago
Two fan favorite titles have recently found their way onto the PlayStation Portable's Greatest Hit list: Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Killzone: Liberation . Whether you're new to either series or just want to take a walk down memory lane, this is definitely a good time to revisit both games for the handheld. You can relive all the fun moments of taking out hordes of Technomites in Ratchet & Clank using all those weapons and gadgets at your disposal. On the other Hand, if taking on covert operations and saving hostages is your thing then Killzone : Liberation should definitely be an enjoyable title to play with its new budget price. Whether you feel like taking on an army of Robotic critters or squads real-life military troops, both titles are currently being offered at the rock bottom price of US 19.99 . This offer is definitely a good way to introduce those who missed playing either title when they first came out, so go ahead and order them from your favorite retail store. ...
Source: www.azstarnet.com --- 3 days ago
HealthSouth Corp. will use Kinetic Muscles' Hand Mentor Pro neuro-Robotic rehabilitation system. ... Source: blog.cleveland.com --- 7 days ago
Marvin Fong/The Plain DealerRepublican presidential candidate John McCain speaks during a town hall meeting at the InterContinental Hotel. Sen. John McCain tried his Hand at using a Robotic surgical system to simulate heart valve repair Thursday morning at the Cleveland... ... Source: forums.thedailywtf.com --- 7 hours ago
I was surfing the web looking for a Robotic vaccum cleaner. Thy don't sell Roomba in Europe (a WTF in itself) so I was looking for info on an Electrolux Trilobite. I found it being sold on a local eshop and since I found the product there I used their search function to look for a Roomba (just in case). No luck so I looked around a bit and then entered 'trilobite' in the search field to go back. No product found. Odd. I went back via back button and copy-pasted the product name in the search field and this time it found it. I typed it by Hand and it didn't. Turns out the product name on their page was in uppercase and I was typing in lowercase. Their search engine is case-sensitive. ...
Source: techdigest.tv --- 28 days ago
Able to lift 1,000kg and with a reach of 3.2m, you could say the KUKA Robotic arm is being put to waste when wielding a tennis racquet or sword for an intense Wii session. In the video above, you can see a couple of chaps controlling the KUKA with a Wiimote, which has been hacked with some light pattern recognition so it'd duplicate their arm swings. The instructions on how to create a Wiimote controlled KUKA are over on their site, but first you'll need to cough up a fair bit - here's a second-Hand one on eBay for $10k... ... Source: soundcheck.freedomblogging.com --- 30 days ago
From the Secret Handshake’s Robotic, Cher-doing-”Believe” vocals to Jeffree Star’s campy electrosex grooves, for me the best part of Bamboozle Left Day 2 was the inclusion of electronica hybrid bands. Frankly, the festival didn’t really begin until 3OH!3 flung out some raunchy lyrics and suggestive Hand signs over danceable beats. Ultimately they were the only act [...] ... Source: io9.com --- 24 days ago
This looks like the poster for an awesome science fiction film that we'd like to see: a girl in a giant hulking exoskeletal suit of armor with her comic-effect tiny little Robotic pal perched on her shoulder. You've got evil signified by the pouring lava on the left Hand side of the background, while fighters triumphantly scream past a proud city on the right. Whatever is happening here, we want to know more. Sadly, it's not a movie poster. It's the personal creation of visual artist Yanick Dusseault, who provided concept art on GATTACA , 3D work on Titan AE, and painted matte paintings on everything from Star Wars to The Island . Somehow, he also manages to find time to work on an impressive array of his own personal artwork (like this piece), which can be seen at his website . ...
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Scientists have developed a pair of Robotic hands that are both strong and sensitive. The tweezers can guide themselves to pick up and move individual cells without damaging them, and have a grip that can be as slight as 20 nanoNewtons of force. In fact, so advanced are the little grippers, that they can be hitched up to a microscope and, with the right software, function without human control. More below.
The tweezers were developed by a team from the University of Toronto, and use basic Robotic concepts, but on a microscopic scale. What is so extraordinary about them, however, is that they can sense when they are getting close to things, such as surfaces or cells, and so avoid collisions. The tweezers are also aware of the strength of their grip. Manipulated by the software, they can get into position much faster than they could if they were controlled by a person.
The tweezers are just three millimeters long, and their tips just ten micrometers wide. Expect to see them being used in tissue engineering or for creating nano- and microscale devices. [ NewScientist ]
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Major Nelson has just announced the upcoming addition of two new games to the Xbox Originals download service : Tom Clancy 's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Metal Arms . Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory from Ubisoft is the third title in the hit Splinter Cell series. The game includes a multiplayer co-op mode as well as the Spies versus Mercenaries mode. Metal Arms , on the other Hand, is a city-stomping Robotic action game from Swingin Ape and Vivendi . As a half-ton robot named Glitch, players must take down the maniacal General Corrosive and his army of Mil bots. Both games can be purchased and downloaded for 1200 MS Points each starting next Monday, April 21. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is available in all Xbox Live regions with the exception of Korea (where the boxed version was actually banned) and Japan. Metal Arms is available everywhere but Japan.
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Mena Suvari sure has a nice booty (Click here) Janice Dickinson actually looking sexy!? (Click here) I'm sooo in love with Shayne Lamas (Click here) Rihanna's near nipple slip (Click here) Cheryl Tweedy’s hot body from a different angle (Click here) Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand is real! (Click here) Kate Beckinsale in skimpy clothing? Yes please ... ...
This is the successor to the Cube 2 and will hopefully have a better user interface as that was one of CNet’s main complaints of the Cube 2. It still has the OLED screen, FM Tuner, and 2GB of storage space.
This player also has support for MP3 and WMA formats which makes it PlaysForSure compatible. Other than the relatively low storage capacity, possibly difficult to navigate UI, there is the $99 price that you’ll have to get over.
However, this may be one of the few MP3 players that you wouldn’t look like a tool with it dangling from your neck. So if you are female this could be as much a fashion accessory as a place to store some music, it will be out May 1st.
[via PMPToday ]
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What does it feel like to be stalked by a giant red flower propelled by a Robotic arm? Lucky visitors to Terminal 3 of Singapore's Changi Airport get to experience this first-Hand with Daisy, artist Christian Moeller's new exhibit. The flower is actually a fiberglass cargo ship propeller, and it tracks movement around it via several video cameras embedded in the sculpture's base. Cute? Freaky? Moeller, for one, believes this is a comedic and friendly way of welcoming people as they get off the plane. You can watch a video of Daisy in action and decide for yourself. [ Christian Moeller main page ]
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