Developed by EU researchers, the Smart Hand is a complex prosthesis with four motors and forty sensors designed to provide realistic motion and sense to the user. Te sensors enabled it to become the first device of its kind to send signals back to the wearer, allowing them to feel what they touch. Phantom limb… »
In our previous article where we wrote about NEC Retinal Imaging Display, we announced we’re going to write about several other examples of that technology. Brother Industries, Ltd, a company actively working on Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology, announced that they succeeded in development of a mobile prototype. RID is a projection technology that focuses… »
After writing about augmented reality glasses, the potential of see-through LED displays, and SixthSence, and even announcing the potential of retinal displays, we’re going to write about several Retinal Imaging Display devices meant to enhance our living in some manner. According to Japanese manufacturer NEC, foreign language dictionaries could be a thing of the past…. »
The AIDA project (Affective, Intelligent Driving Agent), a collaboration between Volkswagen of America and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SENSEable City Lab and Personal Robots Group of Media Lab), is a platform comprising of a personal robot and an intelligent navigation system that aims to bring more pleasant driving experience. Its developers envision it as… »
Swedish researchers have developed an interactive touchscreen 3D autopsy table that allows pathologists to examine virtual representations of real bodies in minute detail and from different viewing angles. The Virtual Autopsy Table has been developed by Norrköping Visualization Center in cooperation with Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization using science and technology which is… »
Robotic exoskeletons can be helpful in many ways as assisting the disabled and elderly in their daily tasks, or easing of any physically demanding task such as disaster rescue or construction. The HAL 5 exoskeleton helps the wearer to carry out a variety of everyday tasks, including standing up from a chair, walking, climbing up… »
In this article we’re going to write about a civilian humanoid aiding robot (unlike BigDog which is developed for army usage). Honda’s ASIMO humanoid already demonstrated its amazing walking and running capabilities. Other research labs are not so far behind developing robots just as capable. Toyota has an excellent and very advanced robot in the… »
A new ultrasound device, used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allows neurosurgeons to precisely burn out small pieces of malfunctioning brain tissue without cutting the skin or opening the skull. A preliminary study from Switzerland involving nine patients with chronic pain shows that the technology can be used safely in treating humans. The… »
