Brain Controls Robotic Arm

People who use the system say it doesn’t require any more concentration than moving your arm normally.

4 Webby Award-Winners in 1996

The Internet in the '90s was full of drop shadows and Times New Roman text.

Robot Sailboat Out to Break World Record

During a porpoise research project, one autonomous sailboat may cover 150 nautical miles without human intervention, setting a new record.

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US Soldiers Make Real 'Predator' Machine Gun Pack

Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer

The science fiction film Predator inspired a new battlefield invention to help U.S. Army machine gunners carry a combat load of ammunition.

SHIRI Robotic Buttocks

Robo-Butt Gives New Meaning to Uncanny Valley

A robotic butt takes viewer's minds on an uncomfortably creepy tour of the uncanny valley.
Photo of a Google car in Nevada

Self-Driving Cars Alter Road Rules

Who’s at fault if there’s an accident? And can people now text and drive?
Humans 2.0

Med School Goes from Grave-Digging to 3D Printing

The U.S. Army wants 3D printers to make artificial body parts for training physicians and medical students in anatomy and surgery.

Laser-Powered Eye Impants

Laser-Powered Eye Implants May Help Restore Vision

New eye implants powered by near-infrared laser pulses could one day help restore sight, researchers say.
Durable DNA

Move Over, DNA, and Meet the More Durable XNA

Future synthetic lifeforms could use XNA, not DNA, as the basis for their genetic code.
Technotopia

How Korean Digital Library May Pave Way for US Version

Can the U.S. get 3D monitors and touch-screen tables in a national digital library?

Photo of researcher demonstrating the new virus-based generator

Virus-Powered Battery Could Charge Your Cellphone by Walking

A new virus-powered generator is a first step toward a shoe sole insert that could charge people’s cellphones.
Map of the world's distribution of tigers.

Interactive Map Shows Locations of 25,000 Species

A "Find species near me" app is on the way.
Shiny Things

Giant Robot Puts You in the Driver's Seat

Would you want to control this robot remotely or pilot it from inside?

Thor and Captain America defending Manhattan.

How Much Would the Avengers' Damage to Manhattan Cost?

The Hulk and his friends did quite a number on the Big Apple.
Portion of fresco showing 15th-century Italian statesman Lorenzo de' Medici

Software Will ID Long-Dead People in Paintings

Can facial recognition software, made to ID real people, work for centuries-old paintings?
Disruptions

Micro-Submarines Clean Up Oil Spills One Drop at a Time

Millions of the micromachines can be made in half an hour and they can be guided using magnets.

Missile Defense Agency

US Missile Defense Seeks Fix for Counterfeits

DNA may be a solution for helping the U.S. military screen for counterfeit electronic parts used in its ballistic missile defense system.
3D Printing Military Technology

US Ready to Bet $60 Million on 3D Printing

The U.S. government wants to find out if 3D printing technology can help revolutionize American manufacturing.
The End is Near

New Game's Fictional Drone Inspires US Military

A new video game about a U.S.-China Cold War and drones gone wild has already inspired a U.S. Military office to consider a new drone design.

Suicide Drone

Army Wants NonLethal 'Magic Bullet' Drone for Soldiers

A nonlethal suicide drone may eventually come to both battlefields and the U.S. home front.
Cyborg Clams

Cyborg Clams Power Motor as 'Living Batteries'

Clams have entered the Matrix by becoming living batteries hooked up to an electric motor.
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