Am beginning to create some sensible order around tweets - so that it remains a fun thing to do but also begin to arrive with significant life purpose. What is obvious to me is that I am currently subscribed mostly to the ...READ»
Meet Festo, a prototype robotic arm that takes its design inspiration from the way an elephant's trunk moves every which way thanks to its series of highly flexible muscle segments. Clever? Yes. On the way to real robots? Probably. ...READ»
SmartHand is a European collaborative project to develop a next-generation robotic prosthetic limb, and as part of the project Swedish researchers have successfully demonstrated a neat psychological trick that makes wearers feel like ...READ»
Dean Kamen's Segway has been a modest success, but it certainly hasn't become "to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy," as the inventor once predicted. Still, that hasn't stopped Kamen from continuing to ...READ»
For the one in every eight souls around the world lacking access to pure drinking water, how about this: A solar-powered water purification system that spits out pure water, hydrogen and, just for kicks, electricity too. Could it get ...READ»
Do you remember seeing your first Terminator movie, and getting that creepy, itchy, uncomfortable feeling at the thought of a piece of autonomous intelligent machinery killing humans with electronic efficiency? It's not quite time ...READ»
The Segway hasn't been the runaway hit that inventor Dean Kamen hoped--only 50,000 have been sold in seven years--but that doesn't mean there isn't room for a little healthy competition. The Orbis, a one-wheeled self-balancing urban ...READ»
New technologies are helping close the gaps for those with physical disabilities. Each day, the physical capabilities that technology gives us is incredible, and we're not just talking about texting friends at lightening pace, or the ability to see our energy consumption in real time.READ»
What if you could wire up your nervous system to a robotic hand so well that it actually felt like your own? Would you be a real-life cyborg or Six Million Dollar Man? Yup. It's not only the future of prosthetic limbs. It's the ...READ»
For Bruce Mau, design is a way to help solve the planet's biggest problems. That's why he hopes to start a global conversation about how to create change in the world.READ»
I have been intrigued about Free Gift Inside since Rich wrote his review last month. Obviously there is the similarity in title to Seth Godin's Free Prize Inside and they both make references to cereal.
I decided to a more ...READ»
This fall's New England technology summit focused on risks and opportunities facing the region's tech sector in 2002. Festivities included some good-natured political sparring and a grimly optimistic forecast from a group of gloomy VCs.READ»
Coca-Cola is about to light the rocket beneath a project that may, with luck, slightly reinvent the brand for the 21st Century: It's ready to take its amazing Freestyle drinks makers mainstream, with 104 user-controlled ...READ»
Imagine for a moment that a business needs a radically innovative approach to a vexing problem. Designers and managers start with an intense focus on the human aspect--the real problems their customers face in daily life. Somebody ...READ»
Yesterday, Tesla Motors fulfilled its stereotype as a Silicon Valley startup by botching the unveiling of its second major product launch, the four-door Model S sedan. The feverish response to the news--from Digg co-founder Kevin ...READ»
We'll still have to wait a few years to mind-meld with our Camrys, but researchers at Toyota have unveiled an advanced brain sensing system that controls the movement of a wheelchair by reading a user's thoughts alone. By processing ...READ»
