(Phys.org)—Toyota has unveiled a new single-arm robot to assist homebound residents with limited mobility. The 70-pound robot's arm has a two-fingered gripper and telescopic body to complete fundamental house tasks that ...
Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, ...
Engineering
Mar 9, 2012
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Geeks who brought the Macintosh computer to life became Silicon Valley rock stars on Saturday, with people asking for autographs or photos while celebrating the Apple desktop machine's 30th birthday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 26, 2014
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Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy announces the release of ROBOTC2.0®, a programming language for robots and an accompanying suite of training tools that are easy enough for elementary students to use, but powerful ...
Software
Apr 7, 2010
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Mobile computing devices will probably overtake the personal computer as the most common means for accessing the Internet worldwide sometime in 2013 and it may not be a seamless transition, according to Eli Tilevich, associate ...
Software
Aug 3, 2012
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Decades before changing the world with iPhones and iPads, Apple transformed home computing with the Macintosh.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 23, 2014
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Historians and other humanities' scholars often have to deal with difficult research objects: centuries-old printed works that are difficult to decipher and often in an unsatisfactory state of conservation. Many of these ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2019
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Plant biologists are facing pressure to quantify the response of plants to changing environments and to breed plants that can respond to such changes. One method of monitoring the response of plants to different environments ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2011
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More than 20 percent of people who use the web can't always tell the difference between shades of colors—but very few of them are colorblind, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
Software
May 12, 2016
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Astronauts on board the International Space Station will soon have a new roommate--and it's not human. It's a humanoid.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2010
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