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January 23, 2014

Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise for Prosthetics, Robotics
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014
North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military or athletic applications, including new prosthetics, robotic systems and flexible touch panels. The sensors can measure strain, pressure, human touch and bioelectronic signals such as electrocardiograms. "The technology is based on either physical deformation or "fringing" electric field changes. The latter is very similar to the mechanism u ... read more

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Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots! Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming aro ... more		BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans If we've learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it's that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn't interested in that development, bu ... more		From Crime Fighting to Methane Lakes: Designing Robots for Earth and Space In a remote corner of the Cleveland Police Museum, a famous robot languished gathering dust. In its glory days, this robot was part of the fight in the 1970s against Mafia domination in Cleveland. ... more
				Soft, flexible robotic device aimed at helping foot/ankle problems A wearable device mimicking muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of ankle-foot disorders, U.S. researchers say. ... more		NASA Seeks Partnership Opportunities For Commercial Lunar Landers Building on the progress of NASA's partnerships with the U.S. commercial space industry to develop new spacecraft and rockets capable of delivering cargo, and soon, astronauts to low Earth orbit, th ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Oppy Encounters A Surprise At Solander Point Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge o ... more		New sea anemone species discovered in Antarctica researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, while using a camera-equipped robot to survey the area under Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, unexpectedly discovered a new species of small sea anem ... more		EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief NATO 'far from being in a crisis' over Greenland: top commander 'War is back in vogue,' Pope Leo says		NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The "Messages to Bennu!" microchip will tra ... more
				A Decade in the Dust NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were launched from Earth in 2003. The two rovers were designed as robotic geologists, and were to spend 90 days roaming the surface of th ... more		The Cyborgs Era Has Started Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ... more

Solar systems for home and business installations

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

NASA Space Launch System Could Make 'Outside the Box' Science Missions Possible When it comes to scientific probes exploring the far reaches of our solar system, the rules could be changing. The human spaceflight community joined the space science community Jan. 13-14 at the Ou ... more		Cygnus Work Under Way, Normal Station Operations Continue Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station on its Orbital-1 resupply mission. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins captured Cygnus with the station's ... more		EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief NATO 'far from being in a crisis' over Greenland: top commander 'War is back in vogue,' Pope Leo says		ISEF-riding an asteroid to the future On Thursday, Washington, D.C. hosted the first ever ministerial-level meeting of space-faring countries. High-ranking officials from more than thirty nations came to the U.S. capital to attend ... more
				Technology one step ahead of war laws Today's emerging military technologies-including unmanned aerial vehicles, directed-energy weapons, lethal autonomous robots, and cyber weapons like Stuxnet-raise the prospect of upheavals in milita ... more		Robots invade consumer market for play, work The robots are coming, and they're here to help. ... more

Someday A Drone Might Save Your Life

McCain fury over 'secret' Congress move on drones

Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours

Smooth sailing: Rough surfaces that can reduce drag

CCNY Team Models Sudden Thickening of Complex Fluids

CCNY Team Models Sudden Thickening of Complex Fluids

Dutch hi-tech group ASML profits dip despite record sales

2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom

New Technique for Probing Subsurface Electronic Structure

Westinghouse To Build Three AP1000 Nuclear Reactors In UK With Nugen

Japan's Tepco to restart nuclear reactors?

India and South Korea to cooperate on nuclear power?

	Wake Up Yutu After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big ... more		New Science Bound for Station on Orbital's Cygnus Delivering ants to space, sloshy fluids for robotic satellites, a study on antibiotic drug resistance and other small satellites to the International Space Station can be a tough job, and now Orbita ... more		Clues from Orbit Aiding Exploration Of Opportunity Rover The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of smal ... more		Electronic 'mother' watches over home Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your "mother." ... more

Japan to test deep sea rare earth mining to cut China reliance

Meta partners with US nuclear companies to power AI data centers

AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers

Wall-Crawling Gecko Robots Can Stick In Space Too		Geckos in space: Novel robot takes a step to cosmos		After Impressive Demonstrations of Robot Skill, DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Conclude		Lockheed Martin Team Moves Forward In DARPA Robotics Challenge		Japan researcher builds device to transmit 'force'
Astronauts Finalizing Spacewalk Preparations		Japan robot astronaut talks Santa in first chat with spaceman		Yutu robotic rover begins lunar mission		Google buys military robot-maker Boston Dynamics for battle with Amazon		More Moon Missions For China

Robot herder brings the cows in for milking in Australia

NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help

NASA Developing Legs for ISS Robonaut 2

Mexico recovers radioactive material from stolen truck

Decommissioning of nuclear installations: world first for the robot CHARLI

Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA

Literal Android: Google develops robots to replace people in manufacturing, retail

December Expedition to Explore Life in Hydrothermal Vent

Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop

X-37B Marks One Year On Orbit

Russian android may take on outer space operations at ISS

Droids dance, dogs nuzzle, humanoids speak at Madrid robot museum

Japanese firm describes proposed 'power belt' for the moon

Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue

Spotlight on China's Moon Rover

Spanish scientists are designing a robot for inspecting tunnels

A new, flying jellyfish-like machine

NASA Sees 'Watershed' Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail

Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil

Penguin-inspired propulsion system

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