Robots get an artificial skin

Robots are breaking barriers: Long banished behind steel barriers, they are entering new fields of application such as the manufacturing, household and healthcare sectors. The requisite safety can be provided by a tactile ...

Activity sensing with software sensors

A computer science researcher at the University of Leicester has investigated a technique which senses the activity of the user with the help of computer software systems.

Wireless patients

A wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) could allow healthcare workers to assess a patient's health and the development ...

Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time

In the past several decades, microchips have transformed consumer electronics, enabling new products from digital watches and pocket-sized calculators to laptop computers and digital music players.

Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems

Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?

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