We already wrote several articles regarding exoskeletons as HULC, HAL-5 and power suit developed for elder Japanese farmers, however, the exoskeleton described in this article differs in its main porpoise. A robotic exoskeleton called Rex puts wheelchair users back on their feet, enabling a person to stand, walk and go up and down the stairs… »

Since most of the procedures in modern surgery are performed with remote controlled tools that can be inserted into the body using only small incisions, laparoscopic surgery skips the need for large incisions and, in turn, usually results in shorter recovery times for patients. An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is… »

Researchers from MIT announced a new milestone on the path to functional fibers – fibers that can detect and produce sound. Yoel Fink, an associate professor of MIT’s Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, and his associates have been working to develop fibers with more sophisticated properties, in order to create fabrics that can interact… »

VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company’s Implantable Miniature Telescope which is used to improve vision in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). VisionCare’s telescope implant is integral to a new patient care program, CentraSight, for treating patients… »

The beautiful Alila Villas Uluwatu eco resort is located on a sloping hill in Bali’s Uluwatu region on the Southern Bukit Peninsula of the Indonesian island. It is the first of its kind to achieve the highest level of certification for Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) and is designed for the Green Globes GG21 standard. Designed… »

Pranav Mistry, Liyan Chang, and Pattie Maes, from the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab, were interested in removing the requirement for a physical mouse, while still allowing computer users to interact with their computers in a way with which they are familiar with. They developed an “invisible mouse” and named it Mouseless…. »

We already wrote an article where water droplets (or fog) were used as a medium where image was projected in order to create interesting walk-through and semitransparent displays (see our article regarding FogScreen eZ). A new projection technology, developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, is named AquaLux 3D and it can target light onto… »

The RoboCup is a fascinating combination of innovative research and one of the world’s most popular team sports – soccer. Standard Platform League is a league in which all teams use the same robot platform (Aldebaran’s Nao humanoid robot we described in the last year’s article about RoboCup 2009) so the teams are challenged to… »