(PhysOrg.com) -- When you hear the name Amenbo, what do you think of? Is it a computer mouse? Apparently the fine folks over at Double Research & Development Company did think of a mouse because they names their newest mouse ...
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explains why sad people are more likely to want to hug a teddy bear than seek out a visual experience such as looking at art. Hint: It has to do with our mammalian instincts.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2011
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You need a mouse and a keyboard, a touch-screen or a joystick to control a computer system. In the future, a new gesture command system will make it possible to use just the fingers of a hand.
Engineering
May 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to finding the single best tool for building, digging, grasping, drawing, writing, and many other tasks, nothing beats the human hand. Human hands have evolved over millions of years into four ...
No one thinks twice about picking up a cup of coffee, but this task has vexed robots for three decades. A new type of mechanical hand developed by researchers at Harvard and Yale promises to solve this problem.
Robotics
Jan 10, 2011
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Great hands. Elite athletes have them, and they are a standout characteristic of Robonaut 2.
Engineering
Dec 9, 2010
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is creating a new online games hub and making it more social by linking it to players' Facebook and Windows Live accounts.
Software
Nov 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can track hand gestures.
At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to ask the driver to step out of the car and open the trunk and hood ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are developing a new touch screen system, the HIRO III, that incorporates a robot hand that could offer a new way of simulating the touching of virtual objects and receiving feedback ...
